Posts tagged “hardware”

On Computational HygieneMar 27, 2005

My computer Anton was overheating and crashing constantly. After trying unplugging, removing the case, vacuuming, and yelling, I finally removed the fan to find a solid dust blockage. Cleaned it out, CPU dropped 20 degrees. Lesson: maintain your hardware. Yelling does nothing.

Hey!Mar 4, 2005

Sick for two days and feeling worse, not better. Managed to get X working on Debian, which is progress, but compiling wireless drivers is a nightmare.

Oh dear godFeb 28, 2005

Drowning in a high-stakes project that may literally kill me, and spending my remaining energy trying to get Linux running on an ancient 366MHz laptop. Ubuntu and SuSE both crapped out. Geeks, I need distro recommendations for low-spec hardware. Save me.

This is why it's .com, not .orgAug 19, 2004

Selling my Wacom graphics tablet on eBay. Upgrading to a better one for my birthday.

Hmm. Flat panel CRTs have been developed by IBM; just as cheap as the latest LCDs and possibly...Jul 25, 2001

Flat panel CRTs from IBM match LCD prices without the manufacturing headaches. Interesting, though I'm still holding out for flexible screens.

I had an interesting lecture this morning by a guy from Intel about the Pentium 4, the Itanium, and...May 25, 2001

Sat in on a great Intel lecture about chip architecture. Now wondering if the Itanium/AMD split could balkanize computing the way Mac vs. Windows did, but with incompatible hardware too. Could be a nightmare for porting, and interesting times for Linux either way.

Die, XBox, die! Microsoft's new gaming console crashes during a demo, revealing a PC-like boot...May 20, 2001

Xbox crashed during a demo, flashing a very PC-like boot screen for all to see. Funny stuff.

Back in London for a weekend, what joy. An amusing link comparing Microsoft Tech Support and the...Apr 28, 2001

Back in London for the weekend. Amusing links: Microsoft tech support vs. Psychic Friends (psychics win on price and friendliness), IBM's self-healing networks, transparent PC cases, Maryland blocking Microsoft Passport, a terabyte stored in glass, and a keyless keyboard. Also, Black and White's gesture interface is getting well-deserved attention.

I said it two years ago, and I'll say it again: look out for polymer displays! They've actually...Mar 27, 2001

Polymer displays are finally real, and they're better than LCDs in every way. The market's exploding from $3M to $2.7B by 2005. Watch Kodak and Cambridge Display Technologies.