Month: September 2004

I’m now totally switched over to my new PC, which I called Barracuda. I moved it over to my desk, after tossing my old PC aside. I’ll come back to that later and install Linux on it. In other news, I got 3 vaccines today: tetanus, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B. They said I need… Continue reading the switch is made

request – I enjoyed this. I imagine this budding young actor had a good time making it.

Lowercase Tee – If I had a kid, I’d buy one of these.

The New York Times > Technology > After Foray Into Space, Pilot Says Rocket ‘Flew Like a Dream’ – 2 down, 1 to go!

I’m impressed. The MoveMe software worked quite well. I apparently moved all my applications and data files over to my new PC. In fact, it moved some apps over that I thought I got rid of long, long ago! It got about 80% of the apps right, with the other 20% needing some manual repair… Continue reading MoveMe worked pretty well

Well, I took the day off work and spent about half the day building my new PC. In the end, I decided to take the full ATX size motherboard that I originally bought by accident, and the non-ECC RAM I bought when I learned the ECC wouldn’t work, and base my new PC off that.… Continue reading the new PC shall be Barracuda

Well, my project to build a new PC has been the typical frustrating mess these things usually turn out to be. By Friday, all the various parts had arrived. I spent some time Friday evening and Saturday putting it all together. And when I turned the new PC on, nothing happened. Not even the beep… Continue reading building my new PC

CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Siberian boy, 7, raised by dogs – I didn’t believe this when I first read it on another web page, but it looks like the BBC is reporting the same story. I’m more inclined to believe what I read from the BBC, compared to Onlypunjab.com. Bizarre, eh?

This weekend, I’m going to start building a new kick ass PC. The last of the parts shipments were just dropped off by the UPS guy, according to an IM from my lovely wife Beth. Once I finish building this machine and move everything over, I’ll wipe the disk and install Linux on it. Then,… Continue reading Building a New PC

Wilhelm scream – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – How come I never knew about “the Wilhelm scream”?