about 11 months ago - No comments
Last week I decided to start playing around with Windows 7 on my laptop … just to see how it’s going to work. Luckily I have a spare SATA hard drive, so there was no risk that I would damage anything permanently. If the Windows 7 install went bad, I could simply switch back to
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
This will probably be the last post I write with the Dell Latitude E6400 I purchased recently. Next week I’m going to call Dell and arrange to return the laptop for a refund. This is the first Dell computer that I’m really dissatisfied with and, frankly, I’m surprised that Dell dropped the ball so badly.
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
I really get frustrated when it comes to hard drive diagnostics. Specifically: S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). The theory behind S.M.A.R.T. technology is that the hard drive is supposed to provide predictive failure information for hard drives. The problem is, I’ve never had a S.M.A.R.T. technology accurately report a failure. I’ve had hard drives
about 1 year ago - No comments
Ginny told me about this video of Perpetuum Jazzile … they do an incredible acapella version of Toto’s Africa … complete with rain effects … check it out. Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:I got a ‘thanks’ onlineRoombaiPhone ComplaintWindows XP Desktop GridGlobal Warming Technorati Tags: africa, choir, music, toto, video
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
For quite some time I haven’t been happy with the level of data protection on my servers … a while ago I ran mirrored (RAID 1) IDE (PATA) drives on my system using a Arco Duplidisk adapter. It seemed adequate, but after I upgraded my servers to the Dell PowerEdge systems, it didn’t seem to
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
My poor little Laptop … something’s gone wrong with it’s video card. A few days ago I was watching a video on the laptop and something went horribly wrong … the video got completely corrupted. Even rebooting the system didn’t help. My initial thought was that my external monitor had gone casters up, so I
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
This video was found on YouTube by someone who subscribes to my CPF0000 mailing list. Quite enlightening, don’t you think?[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/bDsIFspVzfI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Here’s my contribution to spreading the word. Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:Net NeutralityBarack Obama CostumeI’ve got it…WordPress Tags to TechnoratiWhat are they smoking? Technorati Tags: Climate, video
about 2 years ago - No comments
Today was our first full day on Maui … I woke up really early … around 2am Hawaiian time (due to the time change). Dinked around with the computer a bit (of course I brought it along). Around 4am I made coffee for Ginny and I and we watched the day break. Ginny and I
about 3 years ago - 6 comments
Picture this … you’re going through the security checkpoint at an airport … you’ve taken your laptop out of your bag and sent it through the x-ray machine. You get through the metal detector … and find TWO laptops, identical in appearance, at the end of the x-ray machine. Which one is yours? Something like
about 3 years ago - 2 comments
I’ve noticed something … in recent memory, I have not suffered one single hard drive failure. I’ve only suffered multiple hard drive failures … all my drive failures seem to happen in batches. Last weekend the refurbished Seagate hard drive in my laptop (Rohan) started generating errors. About the same time, the main drive in
about 2 years ago
I still use my RS-232… well actually I don’t, my laptop (Dell Inspiron 9300) doesn’t have one, so I have a USB->RS232 adapter. I use it for our switches, routers, and firewalls.
I agree on the parallel port, it’s a little odd, but I guess until somebody guarantees that there aren’t any more parallel port printers, manufacturers will keep putting them on. USB is just more convenient.
I think I’d be frustrated if they took off the DB15. Both my home, and work monitors still use them, and while I could get a converter, it would be a little disappointing opening a brand new laptop, and finding you cannot use a second screen
What’s your idea? I think I’ve seen slimline tablet screens, no keyboard/etc, just the screen., with all connectors on there I’ll have to see if I can find the site again.