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Computer Tales: Is That Plugged Into the Right Spot?
As some of you may recall, I bought parts to build a new computer a little over a month ago. My tale last left off with me awaiting the arrival of a heat sink and fan, so I could actually, … Continue reading
Geeky Dreams
Some people’s dreams revolve around sex; others, nice sports cars or being able to see long-dead relatives. For me, one “happy” topic is foreign language books, apparently. I dreamt this morning1 that I was at a massive shopping area; it … Continue reading
Battlestar Galactica: I need my fix – now!
I’ve been doing pretty well in keeping my cool about the return of Battlestar Galactica this Friday (as in, the day after tomorrow!), but I’m now craving a Battlestar Galactica fix. This evening I watched the two half-hour specials about … Continue reading
Josh Vs. The Video Card
If you’ve worked with computers for a while, you’ve probably heard some standard things about maintaining your system. Defrag the hard drive regularly; keep your virus definitions up-to-date; uninstall stuff you’re not using to free up space; update your drivers, … Continue reading
Death of a Hard Drive
Well, it finally happened to me. I lost a hard drive – or I would have, if I hadn’t swapped it out. It’s really quite amazing, I think, that I’ve been using computers heavily since I was 9 years old … Continue reading
Two bits of game news: one good, one bad
(Note: If you’re not into gaming, you’ll perhaps find this post exceedingly boring; it’s not at all like most of my other Sys13 entries. You’ve been warned. If you aren’t a gamer geek, you might want to turn back – … Continue reading
OhioLINK rocks.
A few days ago, I blogged about seeing this book over at Todd A.’s website. Through the power of OhioLINK, I now have a copy of it to read, a mere 3 days later. And the only time I had … Continue reading
It’s finals week for me.
Finals week. Lots of studying going on. Luckily, all I have left now are history tests. Seeing as I absolutely love history, that isn’t much of a problem.
Life in the universe, and the killer virus
I finished watching Emancipation the other day, the episode of Stargate SG-1 that was bugging me. I bitched about it already here. After finishing Emancipation, I moved on to the next episode, the Broca Divide. While the Broca Divide still … Continue reading
Interstellar space, here we come
I saw this over here: “Voyager 1 is now at the outer edge of our solar system, in an area called the heliosheath, the zone where the sun’s influence wanes. This region is the outer layer of the ‘bubble’ surrounding … Continue reading