Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Parkzone Sukhoi
This plane looks hot! If the price is $100, it will be a hot seller. To have a plane at this size doing what it can do in the video is amazing:
All day all day Domino Dancing
All day all day Domino Dancing
Biking the Iditarod
Link via Velonews.com In temperatures as low as -40F, common grease and chain lube can begin to work against the rider. “The first absolute imperative is to remove the factory grease from the free wheel mechanism,” said Oatley, “The factory grease will freeze around zero degrees.” Oatley chooses to use arctic-grade Mag 1 grease. “All … Continue reading
Disappointed by slow speed of …
Disappointed by slow speed of twitter. It’s like Blogger before Google bought them.
Hoping some white clover comes…
Hoping some white clover comes up.
Fallen star SGI to sell most assets for $25M
Link via sfgate.com Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc. for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star that once dazzled investors and customers with the prowess of its fancy computers. A sad day for a computer company that used to sell the … Continue reading
Drive Technology Advances
I just bought 2 Seagate 500Gb drives at $59.99 each with free shipping from Newegg. These are one platter drives, whereas in 2006 when the first 500s were out, the Hitachi used 5 platters and the Seagate used 4 platters.
Taiwanese Bicycle Manufacturers doing well.
It’s good to hear that at least one “green” industry is doing well these days: Link via Bicycle Retailer News One factor that has kept Taiwan factories humming is the island nation’s surprisingly strong domestic market. Until recently, Taiwan residents have never taken to cycling for recreation despite their country’s reputation as the world’s source … Continue reading
Ordered a Dell Mini 9N for $199
I ordered a Dell Mini 9N for $199 yesterday which was $50 off the normal price of $249. I’ve been looking for a netbook I can use for casual browsing around the house, and this was the best price I’ve seen for this size. It runs Ubuntu, and I’ll see how the 512 Mb of … Continue reading