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R2D2 vs. t2B
!>http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/1016893924623325.JPG?0.8786707252578194! R2-D2 versus the Scion t2B – Autoblog – www.autoblog.com _. _Who would have every thought you’d get car names like t2B. This is the next generation xB (which is of course the US version of the Japanese bB. Confused yet?_ Most interesting factoid. R2-D2 stands for “Reel two, Dialogue two” something George Lucas took…
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MP3 Editing Tools
Now that we are podcasting galore at “Geekfishing”:http://geekfishing.net with the iRiver iFP-795 and the Sound Professionals stereo cardiod lapel microphones, the next step is to do some editing of MP3s. There are lots of tools out there, but “Snapfiles”:http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwaudioedit.html recommends some of these: * Audacity. This is a freeware editor, it edits in WAV format…
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Budget Sempron 3100+ Palermo
X-bit labs – Articles – Another Gift to Overclockers: AMD Sempron 3100+ on E Core Revision (page 11). For budget folks a good choice is the new Sempron 3100+. Like the Venice core, this uses the Palermo core or the E revision. It overclocks to 2.7GHz and is as fast as the big boys. The…
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Chaintech VNF3-250 and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro incompatibility
Tong Family Blog: Installing a new Windows PC. I’ve had a terrible stability problem with Calvin’s machine. The issues are that when I would restart the system, one of the IDE drives (Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB) wouldn’t get recognized and I’d have to wait 10 minutes before starting the machine. Also, when I plugged in…
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AMD Athlon 64 Venice Arrives
!>http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/athlon64-venice/icon.gif! X-bit labs – Articles – AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU: E3 Processor Core aka Venice at the Door. _The new Venice chips are now shipping, these are formally called the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ and 3800+ with E3 stepping, now that is a mouthful the short word, is that they are worth the wait…
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Athlon 64 DEP and Skype
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Outlook need DEP off
_Thank goodness for the Internet. I couldn’t get Spambayes to work properly. Amazingly, someone found exactly the same problem. I had turned on DEP since I have one machine that is an Athlon 64 and this prevents data execution errors. I’m gathering that Spambayes is probably a bad self-modifying code program or more likely python…
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Seasonic S12-430
Seasonic S12-430: Beyond the Super Tornado :: SilentPCReview.com. Seasonic’s Super Tornados are great, but they are being superceded by a slightly quieter Seasonic S12 series. The Super Tornados are running down on stock and are quite a bit cheaper right now $91 at Newegg for the 400 watt SS-400HT while $102 for the 430 watt…
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Sony VAIO T-140PL W22N51.SYS Crash
WiFi-Forum – Blue screen with Centrino 2200BG wireless card when TKIP is enabled. Well, maybe TKIP is the problem, but under high load, the Centrino 2200BG driver crashes on my Sony VAIO. Only happens when really pushing the driver. I’m not sure it is reproducible, so I’m going to get the latest updated driver. I…
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April 7 Deadline for Washington State Elementary Chess
2005 Washington State Elementary Chess Championships. Yikes, this web site is really hard to find, but you need to register by April 7 for the state chess tournament so go, go, go! !>http://www.chessenrichment.org/Images/image002.gif! They only had a open registration window of a month (March 3 to April 7, so no surprise that you might miss…