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June 9th, 2009

12:24 am - I Quite Like The New 13" MacBook Pro... Finally I may have to give in and actually get one. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: impressed Tags: apple, tech

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October 30th, 2008

10:44 pm - You Know You're Getting Old When... You have to enable the "Recycle Bin" on your computer instead of having deleted files actually getting deleted as the default action. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: pensive Tags: humour, life, tech

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January 31st, 2008

10:00 pm - Widescreen! Holy cow. This is the first time I have done video editing since I got my Dell 2007WFP 20" Widescreen Display. And WOW, this is the first time I truly appreciated the benefits of a nice big widescreen display. There's no going back anymore! Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: impressed Tags: tech, videos

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January 28th, 2008

10:51 pm - 4100 Lumen Flashlight Sets Things on Fire! Yes, this will be an essential tool of destruction in my quest for total world domination. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: mischievous Tags: random, tech

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January 21st, 2008

12:05 am - UltraPortable Notebook Computers I finding it amusing that as soon as the last MacWorld Keynote passed with the announcement of the Macbook Air, both Dell and Fujitsu started filling my inbox with adverts about their ultraportable offerings. (I'm on their mailing lists.) Apple sets the tone as usual. Though I think the real benchmark in the industry is still the Asus Eee PC. The standard model is only $399 and it is plenty of computer for most people who need an ultraportable solution for light use and network access. This sort of appliance is what will drive the low end of the market. And it's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. I see this as a very bright and promising time in the ultraportable ultracompact PC market because so many other manufacturers are targetting the Eee PC and will need to embrace Linux to keep the price down. Competition will rise the solid state dynasty will truly begin. My dad was predicting this type of thing thirty years ago. And I am practically salivating at the possibilities of ultra compact low cost low-end PCs that are exactly what I'm looking for. Beautiful. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: contemplative Tags: apple, tech

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December 12th, 2007

07:29 pm - I Was Totally Pwned By This... Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: geeky Tags: humour, tech

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October 1st, 2007

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September 28th, 2007

10:13 pm - I am *SO* glad I never purchased an iPhone. Damn straight. So damn glad. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: cranky Tags: apple, tech

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September 9th, 2007

10:45 pm - I Finally Unloaded That Old Monitor Finally that 19" Sony CRT display is not cluttering up by bedroom. I've been trying to unload it for months. And I'm $50 richer. Excellent. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: pleased Tags: tech

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July 26th, 2007

09:49 pm - Upgrade New hardware is up and running! Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: geeky Tags: tech

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July 25th, 2007

05:10 pm - New Computer Hardware Goodness... This has been sooo long in coming... The following just arrived yesterday: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.66GHZ 1333FSB 4MB Retail Motherboard: ASUS P5KC ATX LGA775 P35 DDR3 DDR2 1333FSB 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 3PCI Sound SATA2 1394 RAM: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Cooling: Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme 6 Heatpipe Cooler LGA775 Heatsink Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM Cooling Fan 1600RPM 28.0DBA 63.7CFM FDB Video: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card Yay for me! Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: excited Tags: tech

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July 21st, 2007

10:39 pm - Video Problems Solved! I finally figured out why the VGA port on my video card was so flaky... Today I flipped my PC's case on its front to lubricate some fans. A little blue plastic rectangle fell out of the case on the floor. It was the exact same shade of blue as the VGA port. I looked at the port and there was a space on the back of the same size. Turns out this little rectangle is actually some sort of retainer that attaches to the back of the VGA port. I slipped it back into place and suddenly I had no more connection problems with the port. Hooray! Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: pleased Tags: tech

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July 20th, 2007

11:39 pm - Intel Price Drops The Q6600 is now down to CDN$290. I am going to drown in my own drool. Now I must play the waiting game to ensure that all the old steppings are out of the supply chain so I can get a new G0 unit. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: geeky Tags: tech

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March 10th, 2007

03:46 pm - Canon PowerShot SD700 IS My New Camera: Specifications Got it on sale for $350 at Future Shop. Normal price: $470. It's technically last year's model but I'll accept that due to the bargain. The main advantage here is the Image Stabilization feature as it should help a lot for non-flash situations. It should definitely come in handy when I go to Europe this May. Future Shop wanted to charge me $140 for a 2GB SD memory card, but I got the same one at CostCo for $54. My old camera (PowerShot S400) is going to my sister. In all honestly, the old one feels a little more solid than the new one and has a better finish. Current Location: My Condo Current Music: Joe Pass - How High The Moon Tags: europe2007, tech

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March 3rd, 2007

05:55 pm - Computer Cleanup... - Take the sides off my machine, take it out on the balcony and give it a good power-dusting with the compressed air. - Find that missing screw that was behind the computer. - Power-dust the area where the computer was situated. - Take out the old failing DVD-ROM and disused Plextor CD-Rw drive that were sitting in the bays, taking up power and making the machine heavier. - Remove old cabling no longer used. It is the end of an era. That Plextor drive has been in my computer for 5 years now. I bought it for some large sum of cash in downtown Toronto. Made in Japan with invincible reliability and burn quality. May it retire in peace and grace. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: hungry Current Music: Monkey Island 3 - Blood Island Theme Tags: tech

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February 17th, 2007

10:15 pm - Installing OSs From The Hip I got pissed at how my computer was running, so on a whim I repartitioned the drive and updated to XP and let it install while I was cooking dinner. (Prior to that I was running Windows 2000.) The only real 'incident' was that the SATA controller driver and pretty much every other driver was on one of my SATA drives, so I had to download it again on my notebook to get things going. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: geeky Tags: tech

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February 8th, 2007

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February 6th, 2007

11:13 pm - Nine Months Without A TV I'm honestly starting to miss having a television. Just a little. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: bored Tags: tech, tv

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February 5th, 2007

06:21 pm - Notebook Deal I have the opportunity to purchase a brand new top-end IBM (Lenovo) T60 notebook for $900 off the list price in a completely legal and legitimate way. Damn it. The fact is that I don't really "need" a notebook right now. And I want to save my money for a vacation this year. Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: anxious Tags: money, tech

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February 4th, 2007

08:36 pm - Automatic Document Feeder I must say, the automatic document feeder is a truly marvellous invention! Current Location: My Condo Current Mood: awake Tags: tech

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