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Mac PC and Linux

Published at August 11, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments


My Delicious Tags

Published at August 1, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

I’ve been using Delicious for sometime now and I am really excited about the new features they’ve released. One feature that i like in particular is called Tagroll; it allows you to embed your Delicious tags on your site.

This is slick!


2008 ultimate pc

Published at July 5, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

quadcoreI’ve been researching new computer parts for a few months now and I’m finally at the point where its all coming together. (I’m writing this post from the new machine).

When I started the project, I wanted to build a machine that would last at least a couple of years. I’m not quite done, but I’ll just say that it’s working fine on Windows and will need some tweaks in order to run Linux.

here is the hardware list:

  • Motherboard: ASUS, M3N-HD/HDMI - allows you to browse the web without having to load the OS
  • CPU: AMD Phenom™ X4 Quad-Core -Black Edition allows you to overclock
  • Video Card: Nvidia 9600GT/HTDI/512M - allows you to plugin 2 LCD monitors
  • Power Supply: ANTEC Trio - 550 Watt PSU - SLI ready can handle multiple graphics cards and the quad core CPU
  • Memory:  4GB Kingston DDR2 1066 - with room to upgrade to 8GB
  • Hard Drive: 200GB IDE
  • Pioneer DVD/RW
  • All this hardware is kept cool in a metal case with 4 fans & blue LED lights
  • 2 x 22 inch widescreen monitors
  • 1 TB NAS (Network Attached Storage)

1 terabyte NAS

Published at April 17, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

Hard drives have increased their storage capacities while prices have dropped dramatically. I usually keep a couple of spare hard drives to backup my personal data (e.g. photos, music, documents) from time to time; This technique works fine as long as I can remember where i put my spare hard drives and where to find the cables that go with it. Wouldn’t it be great if you could connect to a spare hard drive over a network or wireless? That’s exactly what a NAS does. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage and I just got one with 1 terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) of storage.

I am tired of seeing hardware advertisements that say something like “Supports Windows Vista & Mac”. wait a minute, what about Linux?

I ended up purchasing the LaCie Ethernet Big Disk mainly because they proudly say they support Linux on their website, “Supports Linux 2.4 or higher”.

This device is also capable of streaming audio and video over WiFi to other plug-and-play devices in your home. This is awesome!


last.fm is awesome

Published at February 26, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

Everybody knows this by now, but I just gotta say that last.fm is awesome! Their website let’s you listen to almost anything you want; just type the name of an artist or a tag such as “jazz” and start listening to music online!

If you don’t like what they are playing, just click a button and you will never hear it again. When you hear something you like, you can express your love for that track by clicking on an icon shaped like a heart. Over time, their system recognizes the type of music you like and don’t like and recommends music to you based on your taste.

Oh yeah, you can also create widgets that play your music everywhere. Go ahead give this a try…

using virtual earth v6

Published at November 22, 2007 in Technology. 0 Comments

Here is another stab at using Virtual Earth to plot an address. Go ahead and drag the map around the screen and zoom in & out; you can also switch to Road or Bird’s eye view.
I plan to do a few more things with Virtual Earth over the next few weeks, so stay tuned.

Here is the code if you want to try this at home.