Archive for May, 2003
Thursday, May 29th, 2003
Computers and People
The first of the new toys has arrived. The ATC 610-GX1 case came in yesterday, it’s pretty slick looking, can hardly wait to get some components into it. FedEx says the next box from NewEgg should be here yesterday. That’s got all the really fun stuff in it. Looks like I should be doing a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Random Junk by Chip
Friday, May 23rd, 2003
Post from a Palm
This is my first posting to be done wirelessly from a PalmOS device. Yay! I’m out at the Moody Point wellhouse today. I’ve already done all the stuff I’m here to do, so Mark is letting me play with his Handspring Treo.Not so sure I like the keyboard on this thing. It’s making my hands [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Work by Chip
Friday, May 23rd, 2003
Weakness for Toys
It finally happened. I broke down and purchased all the fun PC upgrades I’ve been wanting. After I get the parts, I’ll be able to upgrade my main PC, and have enough parts left over to built the HTPC. Here’s a quick rundown of the new toys:
Abit NF7-S nForce2 motherboard for my main PC
AMD AthlonXP [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Geek Stuff by Chip
Thursday, May 15th, 2003
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Went to see The Matrix Reloaded last night. Somewhat mixed feelings about the movie. On one hand, the fight scenes and CG looked very nice. The CG may have been a little over the top in a few cases, making it somewhat hard to suspend disbelief, but it was visually impressive throughout. However, it didn’t [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in Geek Stuff by Chip
Wednesday, May 7th, 2003
Happiness
Life is good. Things have been going pretty well recently. Work is moving along, though somewhat slowly. I’ve been testing out our SimLink-RS software under Gentoo Linux, instead of the NetBSD that we currently use. I’m hoping that V4L makes it worthwhile. Since we do a lot of stuff with cameras now, it’s a pain [...]
