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Scion xB
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Continue reading →: Scion xB!>http://cars.about.com/library/graphics/scionxb_ext.jpg! 2004 Scion xB – Test drive and new car review – 2004 Scion xB. _This car is just about everywhere at our school. It sure is practical and I love the price. As Alex says, just about as ugly as sin, but maybe right for Dad. Ironically, it was…
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Trackbacks are killing me
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Continue reading →: Trackbacks are killing meLearning Movable Type: Trackback Spam. Another example of how anything popular is going to get spammed. Trackbacks are now the disease for me. Instead of just shutting them off, they are at least moderated with MT-Moderate so they don’t appear, but they are still very annoying. A new one gets…
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Continue reading →: Conway's Law
Conway’s Law Conway’s Law: prov. The rule that the organization of the software and the organization of the software team will be congruent; commonly stated as “If you have four groups working on a compiler, you’ll get a 4-pass compiler”. The original statement was more general, “Organizations which design systems…
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Continue reading →: Windows History
windows history and “Computerhope”:http://www.computerhope.com/history/windows.htm _Someone just asked me, when were you at Microsoft and what were you doing. I’m completely embarassed to admit that I know I joined in 1988 and left in 2000, but the intervening twelve years is a blur. Thank god for the Internet. Reminded me of…
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Connectors
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Continue reading →: ConnectorsNow that Grace has a Sumicom S600, I can finally get my DFI 855GME to be a home theater PC. The main missing step is connecting my *old* HDTV monitor that only accepts component input. Fortunately, the HTI and NVIDIA Video Card Buyer’s Guide summarize very well what I need.…
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Sumicom S600 is Loud
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Continue reading →: Sumicom S600 is LoudWho would have ever thought such a small box could be so loud. This is mainly because I have an old Western Digital WD120BB in it and it sounds like a vacuum cleaner. So, the next step is a $105 investment in an ultraquiet hard drive. These are mainly identical,…
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Sumicom S350
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Continue reading →: Sumicom S350SUMICOM S350 Wow, they just shipped this, this is a Intel 865GV system that is the size of a standard CD-ROM. A whole PC in 6x10x1.65″ if you can imagine that. Only takes Celeron CPUs and requires a slim disk drive and 2.5″ hard disk, but pretty amazing. It is…
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Windows Key Finders
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Continue reading →: Windows Key FindersWindows Key Finders. A super useful site, helps you to find those missing product keys in your installation.
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Slimpro 620 (aka Sumicom S620) and NEC ND-6500A
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Continue reading →: Slimpro 620 (aka Sumicom S620) and NEC ND-6500AFinally getting my really tiny PC (6x10x3″) together from “Cappuccino PC”:http://cappuccinop.com called the SlimPro “SP620”:http://www.cappuccinopc.com/sp620.asp which is really the “Sumicom S620”:http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/51/products_id/167 underneath. It uses the older Northwood Pentium, so was a good way to still get use out of my old Shuttle SS-51G with a dead motherboard. But, as I…
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Nokia 6620 PC Suite
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Continue reading →: Nokia 6620 PC SuiteNokia USA: Nokia 6620 PC Applications. I’ve had a boatload of trouble trying to get my contacts into my 6620. I know I have 5,400 contacts, so that is more than the average bear, but really. The original software CD has version 6.1 and it spend about an hour trying…
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