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Continue reading →: Lame is not an MP3 Encoder
The latest places to get LAME for my new machine build: * Multi-threading LAME MP3 Encoder. Kind of cool, this is a multithreaded version of Lame that should run better on hyperthreaded Pentiums by splitting the integer from the floating point calculations and also compiled by the special Intel compiler.…
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Continue reading →: Saturn Rings
Thickness of Saturn’s Rings. _Grace asked how much does Dad know and one question was, how big are Saturns rings, so google helped him…_ The rings are very wide, about 170,000 miles across, but only about a mile thick.”
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Continue reading →: Yaris
Carscoop: Toyota Yaris Verso. Wow, Toyota seems to have figured out life in the $3/gallon range. They just announced the Yaris. It will cost less than $13K in the US. Has four doors and gets 40 mpg. Maybe that’s why they are the only car company to grow sales last…
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Continue reading →: Junior Bikes
Between clearly kids bikes that cost about $100 from Wal*Mart and grownup bikes, there is a funny zone. Basically, until you get to 5″4″, you can’t really get on a mainstream 54cm high bike, so what can you do until your child is big enough to get on a 26″…
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Continue reading →: Too much Thermal Grease
Arctic Silver Instructions. I’ve been getting pretty hot temperatures on the new Athlon X2. When the two CPUs are running, I rapidly get to 70C and this causes thermal shutdown. These things should run about 50C at maximum according “AMD Forums”:http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=59602 particularly with a high quality heat sink like the…
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Continue reading →: Athlon X2 stress test
Back to getting my X2 overclocked configuration stable. Right now at 245MHz FSB x 10, I’m driving the CPU as hard as I can. I’m also now running at 5:6 multiplier to memory, so memory is now at 223MHz running at T1 2-2-2-6. So how do I test stability, well…
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Continue reading →: Useful MovableType Plugins
With MovableType 3.2 installation done, there are a couple of plugins that are pretty much mandatory installs including: * MtInlineEditor – Movalog Plugins – Trac. This lets you inline edit text entries. * “Enclosures”:http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/plugins/plugin/enclosures.html. You pretty much have to have this to do podcasting. When upload an MP3 that’s a…
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Continue reading →: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra D and Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB fix
Tong Family Blog: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra D and Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 bugs. Well, here’s an update, you need a couple of things to get this drive working right: As they say at “DFI-Street.com”:http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9496&page=6&pp=20 you have to get a new piece of firmware called the BANC1E00 and then you…
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Continue reading →: MovableType 3.2 and StyleCatcher
Six Apart – Professional Network – Power Tools. Well, have flipped the “tongfamily”:https://richtong.net and soon the “geekfishing.net”:http://geekfishing.net blogs over to MovableType 3.2. “Ludwig”:http://www.theludwigs.com was right, the install is tricky, since configuration files are changing and there in compatiblities with the anti-spam stuff I use. Notably MT-Blacklist has to be manually…
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