Category: Retro Computing
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The Command Center
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As they do every year, the folks in chat were showing off pictures of their computers and desks in a “rate my space” sort of thing – and I played…
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Game testing…
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I’ve made mention a few times here on ye olde journal that I used to be fairly big in the games arena. We dont really do much with the games…
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Merry Christmas to me…
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Just got back from Microcenter with the parts to build myself a PC-based gaming rig… $2400 in parts… But I plan to run Second Life at 30fps come hell or…
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This year’s birthday Mac is…
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I tend to buy a new Mac on my birthday, and this year is no different… Though this year it came from Microcenter versus the Apple Store. 17″ MacBook Pro,…
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My office…
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Everyone in chat was showing off their computer space, and I played along. Here’s where I run the universe for all of the Roanoak players. Ahh, my trusty iMac. And…
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More Apple Tomfoolery
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I’ve always been a big fan of Apple machines – probably my constant desire to root for the underdog mixed with a love for Unix. Anyway, with my birthday fast…
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Apples and Unicorns
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As a bit of a belated birthday present to myself, this afternoon I jumped back into the Apple realm with the purchase of a brand new 15.4″ Macbook Pro. It’s…
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Yet another laptop…
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First post with my new HP DV7-4060… Much better than the netbook I own or the Dell I borrowed from work. 🙂 I have all weekend to get it loaded and configured…
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Vista…
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The new laptop came with Vista, so once again I’m using Vista… Have I mentioned I despise Vista? There’s just so much of it to hate I’m not sure where…
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New computer…
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Well, I picked up a new computer yesterday. The 24″ iMac I had was awesome, but I spent so much time in “Bootcamp” (a Windows OS partition via OSX) that…
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The iGod is happy…
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Yes… As of last night I too am a happy little pod-person. I finally broke down and joined the teeming masses by purchasing my very own iPhone; the 16 gig…
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My two weeks with Vista…
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Well, a great many things have happened since I last posted and I’ve been very busy keeping the world safe for game software – so the postings have been few…
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09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0
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What a simple little thing; a 128 bit integer – nothing more than a string of letters and numbers. It could be anything, from the output of my cat on…
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Vista and YOU, part 2…
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As I will undoubtedly have to install this on *something* in the near future, if only for the inevitable tech support issues, I figured it’d be good to get it…
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Vista and YOU, part 1…
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Vista is coming, Vista is coming! Well, being the good little technology whore that I am, I wanted to see how my laptop, which is pretty much the supreme being…
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On the road again…
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I’m always the gypsy… That’s a good thing because in my opinion people in general need to be less into their “things” and more into their “life”. Get out there…
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DSL
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Having just spent another hour with a senior lineman here at the Chateau I finally have working DSL. It turns out, after some troubleshooting I did with an oscilloscope and…
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The number you have reached…
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Well, I’m back in Avon for another week of trying to talk Qwest through fixing the DSL here, doing tech support for Larry and Vivian, and finishing the database for…
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My plan to escape…
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Ok, I’m having the rear axle bearings replaced on the Honda in preparation for what is being billed as “Geek-Trek 2004” later this month: My drive back to Colorado. See,…
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Movies and Macs
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Just got back from seeing “Hellboy”… It’s a pretty fun romp with all of the prerequisites for a good SciFi flick including some really nice special effects We, Zeze and…