Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
AMD Athlon™ 64/FX dual core optimizer for Company of Heroes
AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processor Utilities & Updates Upon installing Company of Heroes, I was told to download the dual core optimizer on this page. The message didn’t give the link so I have to do some searching to find it.
Sumo Glue Super Strong Glue
Sumo Glue Super Strong Glue I love using glue, and I’ve used my share of epoxies and superglues. This glue was the first foaming expanding polyurethan glue I’ve used, and it did a good job of repairing my daughter’s sole which was peeling away from her upper at the front of the shoe. Epoxies are … Continue reading
PBS | I, Cringely . September 14, 2006 – Swimming With Sharks
PBS | I, Cringely . September 14, 2006 – Swimming With Sharks But Blu-ray and HD-DVD are both deploying slowly and there’s a risk that they’ll destroy each other with market confusion, so then what? Then the iPod, that’s what. Apple can present to its studio buddies the idea that iPods are perfectly good movie … Continue reading
Synchronize! Pro X Intro
Synchronize! Pro X Intro Native on Intel Macs – Synchronize! Pro X runs natively on Intel Macs. Bootable backups can be made to both FireWire and USB 2.0 external hard drives. Intel Macs will boot from backups on either type of drive, while PPC Macs will not boot from USB drives. This is great news … Continue reading
server reached –max-clients setting | SpamAssassin | users
server reached –max-clients setting | SpamAssassin | users Based off this thread, I’ve decided to round robin my Spamassassin children. I’m giving them a max connection setting of 20 so they’re killed before any one of the children starts eating up too much memory.
Slashdot | Mold-a-Rama Machines Still Alive and Kicking
Slashdot | Mold-a-Rama Machines Still Alive and Kicking Ah, this brings back childhood memories of the smell of Mold-a-Rama machines when I was a child in the Chicago area. It was always a treat to watch those machines work when I visited a zoo or a museum. I don’t believe they’re still working.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Spammers manipulate stock markets
BBC NEWS | Technology | Spammers manipulate stock markets I’ve noticed a lot of pump and dump spam over the past few months. I’m simply amazed people would speculate based on stock spam reccomendations.
Animated gif spam
Spamassassin with the fuzzy ocr and imageinfo plug-ins have been catching most of the image spam hitting our mailservers. Then I noticed a flood of image spam getting through over the past few days. I noticed the images changed a little as I opened them, and when I examined them more closely, I saw that … Continue reading
Apple – Get a Mac
Apple – Get a Mac The Mac Guy looks better groomed in the new ads.
Ars System Guide: August 2006 edition
Ars System Guide: August 2006 edition The Core 2 Duo E6400 system that Apple should make into a Mac that would be between the iMac/mini and the Mac Pro. I think they could make this Mac without cannibalizing too much of the sales of the Mac Pro, and they could definitely get a lot more … Continue reading