Closer to Cyberpunk 2020
October 23, 2004 @ 14:19
The late 20th century futuristic Role Playing Game Cyberpunk 2020 plays out in a dystopic, highly technologized future. Characters can opt to "chip in" and...
New iMac
August 31, 2004 @ 13:40
Poooff and the new iMac is here. Watch the blogosphere light up... Personally, I'm not entirely seduced by the 'pizza box on a stand' shape...
RSS software update feeds
August 18, 2004 @ 13:45
Software is frequently updated. That's nice, because new versions usually fix bugs and security problems and sometimes offer new functionality. Increasingly programs want to auto-update...
A better WiFi connection
August 10, 2004 @ 12:43
I forgot where I first found this tip, but it's been instrumental in getting my dad online this weekend. The Situation: The phone line and...
New series
March 18, 2004 @ 10:08
Intel's new processor numbering scheme will drastically change the way geeks talk about their gear. "So... what are you driving down the Infobahn these days?"...
Router, webserver, old and new
February 16, 2004 @ 10:49
So, it's been a bit quiet on the weblog, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy... au contraire, mes amis! The semester just started...
Low power
December 25, 2003 @ 00:47
It's christmas already, I'm still kind of ill from a nasty case of the flu, and I'm writing in with something techy. There is a...
Better keyboard
October 21, 2003 @ 10:50
Too many people I know, myself included, have some form of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) from working with computers for too long, under stressful conditions,...
Terabyte
September 2, 2003 @ 22:30
Some reports trickle in about Sony's new 500 Gigabyte digital video recorder. 500 Gigabyte (two 250 GB harddrives the Dutch report says, not one 500...
2 become 1
August 29, 2003 @ 12:55
Owen points to a very interesting dual screen hack for Windows, Win2VNC, and Matthew Haughey's comments on controlling multi-computer, multi-monitor set-ups from one keyboard and...
Defect subpixels
August 7, 2003 @ 11:34
My research rig was almost ready when I returned from our holiday, so I picked it up last Tuesday. There's an important lesson to be...
Silent computing
July 8, 2003 @ 11:41
Researching games is pretty cool. For example, you get to put together a rather high-end gaming rig and you don't have to pay for it....
Test screen
June 16, 2003 @ 14:31
For future reference: MonitorsDirect Toolkit for testing CRT and LCD screens. Handy for picking out screens with dead (sub)pixels while still in the store....
Floppy disk RAID
April 18, 2003 @ 10:53
This is for geeks only: a guy managed to chain together five floppy disk drives into a striped RAID. He used a bondi-blue iMac, running...
Prelim FX findings
January 27, 2003 @ 14:31
I've been scouring the websites of Dutch hardware shops looking for good prices on the various components needed to put together a fairly high-end gaming...
Laser cannon
November 6, 2002 @ 09:39
Yahoo News reports that the US army succesfully shot down an artillery shell in midflight using a high-power laser cannon (via Slashdot). Seems now we...
OS X to go
September 26, 2002 @ 16:36
Everybody seems to love OS X and Apple TiBooks. I certainly wouldn't mind having one, but they're kind of expensive. You can get a top...