I finally broke down and replaced the old Lappy-686 with a Lenovo ThinkPad SL500. I know, the SL series are kinda the cheapies, but the damn thing was really affordable and really fast, especially after I removed all the crap from it and did my custom “optimization”. Specs after the jump… Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
New Hardware
I landed some new hardware in the past couple of days, notably the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 set and 2 Velociraptors. Let me start off by saying: Yummy. Continue reading
Frozen Pipes!
The pipe running to my kitchen sink froze overnight, probably because it runs in front of a basement window under the floor and the temperature outside last night was -19ºF! That’s -28ºC! OMGWTFBBQ!
The hair drier is now pointed at the pipe in the basement, clamped to the rafters with quick clamps, in an attempt to melt the pipe. My brother is on the way with a kerosene heater to put in the basement to speed up the process.
UPDATE: As I was writing this, the water started flowing again. YAY!
I heard it in a Chipotle
I was eating in a Chipotle last weekend and heard this, faintly under the din of voices and people munching on kick ass burritos. As a fan of rock, I had to see if it was for real, and it is.
Windows 7 Beta – Theme?
I have installed the Windows 7 Beta both on The Beast and some piece of crap extra machine I had laying around. First Impression: Good, and a major improvement over Vista, but needs some minor improvement before I’ll be head over heels for it. Continue reading