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Continue reading →: Cooler Athlon XPs
While working on Bill’s Athlon 64, I discovered there are some things you can do for hot Athlon XPs. In the same “SilentPC”:http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?p=64530 piece, but there are some utilities that allow an Athlon XP to actually halt when idle. Apparently Windows XP doesn’t do this, so you need a special…
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Continue reading →: Bill's Computer Unstable
Got down to San Diego. _I know, I know, guide to Beijing/Shanghai and San Diego are coming soon._ Anyway, checked out Bill’s Athlon 64 3200+ Shuttle SN85G4 is unstable after about 5 minutes. Here’s how to diagnose. Essentially, after about 5 minutes of running flat out, the machine hard shuts…
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Continue reading →: Campy Compact Cranks
Campy CT Cranks. These are compact cranks, so you don’t need to get three rings in the front. Great for guys like me that don’t need 53×11 big rings. They are 50/34 rings vs. 53/39, so a little lowe4r range. Also, they are lighter overall apparently too, so that is…
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Continue reading →: Klein Palomino
www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis . Well, there are sure a lot of great bikes now. The Klein got a glowing review from cyclingnews.com as did the new XT system particularly the cranks.
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Continue reading →: Off to China
Well, I’m off the China for a business trip. A quick week. Amazing number of things that you have to do: * Visa. You have to mail away for this. * Destinations: East Asia | CDC Travelers’ Health. Check here to see what shots you need. The big one for…
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Continue reading →: Military Reading List
Military Books – Recommended Military Reading Lists. I admit it, I’m a student of military history as our family knows all so well. There are lots of books out there that aren’t of the usual blood and guts sort. Like all such things, there aren’t great recommendation sites. Here’s a…
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Continue reading →: Guide to Notebooks: August
I haven’t covered notebooks before as this is a big topic and don’t buy many, but with the model change to Dothan, they are becoming pretty interesting. Given the performance improvments of the new Intel chips (AMD doesn’t play in mobile much), you should probably wait until notebook folks swap…
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Continue reading →: Monitor Calibration
How do you make sure the red you scanned in, looks the same as the red you see on the monitor and the red you print? Welcome to the arcane world of color management and calibration. Some good guides are: * “About.com”:http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa031003e.htm. A good basic tutorial on how to set…
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Continue reading →: Minolta Dimage 5400 Quirks
DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 | KONICA MINOLTA. Well I finally sprung for a 35mm and slide scanner. The price got right and the features too. Haven’t really given it a full workout, but there are a bunch of quirks about this machine that don’t seem to be documented anywhere. So…
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Continue reading →: Linksys NSLU2: Home NAS gets even better
Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 Part 1. With the first network printer that actually works easier running in our house (the Brother HL-5170DN is cheap and works well), I’m on to figuring out storage. For a long time, because network attached devices just plain didn’t seem to work (I’ve tried print…
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