OK, getting back to Windows, so many things I’ve forgotten. If you want to run without a disk drive, but have the DVD what do you do? Well, if the DVD doesn’t have copy protection, you need to turn it into an ISO and then run virtualCloneDrive to mount it as a disk image and away […]
Month: September 2012
Sailing Simulators
If you love sailing, well then why not play a simulation on your computer. It is not like most folks have $100M to run an Americas’ Cup campaign, so here’s a quick search of what is out there: Sailing Simulator 5. Shipped in 2010 and there is a Windows demo. First hit on google, so […]
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Apple owes me $44
Argh. Darn Apple Maps, they think the Washington Athletic Club is down on 5th vs the actual address on 6th. Wandered around looking for it and got a ticket 2 minutes before I got back. Was there for 15. Wow, the ever efficient revenue generation of Seattle! And there is of course no way to […]
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Gamers PC Blu Ray Player Samsung SE-506 or use digital downloads only
OK, I thought I could get away without an optical drive, but it is pretty clear that PC games are still delivered this way, so I still need some way to read them. Not everything is on Steam or downloadable yet (when will that be???). You do have to suffer with things like EA’s Origin […]
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Gamer PC Drivers, drivers
Well the hard part seemed to be putting the hardware together, but it is really getting the software particularly when everything is flash. Here are the steps: Download the Windows USB Installer Put in your DVD and make it Goto the ASUS site and download all the many new drivers Goto the nVidia site and […]
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Cyberpower AVR vs LCD
I got a Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD which is a pure sinewave version costing $200. It is confusing as there is also a model called CP1500AVR and CP1500AVRLCD. AVR means that it isn’t an actual sine wave, but a triangular. Not so good theoretically for modern power supplies that use PFC. If you can get away with it, the […]
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The difference between a .dmg and .cdr and .sio
The difference between a .dmg file…: Apple Support Communities explains a bunch to me. Basically, if you want to get a disk image, the Mac way is called .dmg. The PC way is called .cdr or .iso (they are the same). The Apple Disk Utility has a conversion that lets you swap. Just double click on […]
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Ubiquiti Unifi AP-Pro beware get 2.3.x and switch to HT40
Well that was quick, got one of these units. Supposed to be amazing on range and manageability. Has 3×3 MIMO at 2.4GBHz and 2×2 at 5GHz. Also it uses POE, so I should need a power cord. We have an old Netgear GS748TP switch and it is supposed to do power over ethernet automatically. The […]
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Pretty amazing
How apple innovates. They are trying to get incremental but important things like thinness or a smart connector done. Really admire them.
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Gamer PC Fans Noiseblocker M12-S1
I’ve used the Nexus 120 SilentX fans for the last five years, but things always get better, so for quite a bit more money, you can get fans that are amazingly quiet and cool. SilentPCReview.com just updated their reviews and liked: Noiseblocker M12-S1. It is expensive at $22 a pop, but unreal quiet spinning at only […]
