Monthly Archives: May 2006
Why not just get a Mac Mini?
I saw this box advertised on this page at Surplus Computers for the price of $599. It made me think of 2 things. Why? For the same price, I can get a new Mac Mini, WITH an Operating System. Apple … Continue reading
Arch Linux Bandwidth Limiting Rocks
It’s complicated, but it works great. I have a Linux box that I put up for http access on my DSL. I sometimes let friends download stuff, and I need to limit the bandwidth. Luckily, the system is running Arch … Continue reading
A good web page on XGL for any distro
Here is a linux forums article on what XGL is all about. Good stuff! BTW, tried it on my old Athlon – no go. I don’t have SSE on that chip. I thought it was a Duron, but it turns … Continue reading
On my whiteboard…
About 4 years ago, I put up a whiteboard in the garage. I put up a list of the areas where the world would have some big issues or trends. I made money only on one of them, energy. Here … Continue reading
Posix under Windows
If I don’t blog about this, I will forget this. I know I’ve probably researched this before. Larry Osterman posts about the origin of the file IO flags under Win32. He goes all the way back to DOS. Why is … Continue reading
Vista Beta 2, Mac OS X, and X Windows XGL
Ok, I’ve been trying out the new stuff. Mark J installed Vista Beta 2 on a desktop near him at work. Sweet! I checked out their progress. This release, IMHO, is getting much closer to production. Things are much snappier … Continue reading
Holy Crap – Regalado is blogging
Mr. R is blogging over at his site. I can’t believe it. Wow. Check out his first post. I actually think the guy can write or his mind has been warped from reading to much sports journalism!
New Era Meme: Death of the Middle?
Recently there have been a few grreat memes that have described some new and relevant patterns. The Long Tail is a great example of this. As I was watching the events of recent, I’ve been noticing a pattern too. I … Continue reading