Netbook Thermal IssuesNetbook Thermal Issues
Recently there has been increasing attention paid to thermal issues. The power used by computers not only impacts the electricity bill (and battery life for a portable device) but is[...]
Category: Misc Computer
Random Computer stuff that doesn’t fit the other categories.
Old PDA vs New Mobile Phone for PDA useOld PDA vs New Mobile Phone for PDA use
Since about 2002 I have been using a iPaQ [1] for taking notes while on the move. I have a pair of H3950 iPaQs that were given to me for[...]
Video Camera for Shared MoviesVideo Camera for Shared Movies
I have never felt inclined to create content for Youtube due to the low resolution of the display and the fact that only one format is supported (Flash which is[...]
Slicehost vs LinodeSlicehost vs Linode
Six months ago I investigated the options for Xen virtual servers [1]. I ended up receiving an offer of free hosting and not needing that, but the research was useful.[...]
Flash Storage and ServersFlash Storage and Servers
In the comments on my post about the Dell PowerEdge T105 server [1] there is some discussion of the internal USB port (which allows the use of a USB flash[...]
Integrity and Mailing ListsIntegrity and Mailing Lists
One significant dividing factor between mailing lists is the difference between summary lists (where the person who asks a question receives replies off-list and then sends a summary to the[...]
The Latest Dick Smith CatalogueThe Latest Dick Smith Catalogue
I was just reading the latest catalogue from Dick Smith Electronics (a chain of computer stores in Australia). The first interesting thing that I noticed is that laptops are cheaper[...]
Combat WaspsCombat Wasps
One of the many interesting ideas in Peter F. Hamilton’s Night’s Dawn series [1] is that of Combat Wasps. These are robots used in space combat which may be armed[...]
Some RAID IssuesSome RAID Issues
I just read an interesting paper titled An Analysis of Data Corruption in the Storage Stack [1]. It contains an analysis of the data from 1,530,000 disks running at NetApp[...]
Future Video GamesFuture Video Games
I just watched an interesting TED.com talk about video games [1]. The talk focussed to a large degree on emotional involvement in games, so it seems likely that there will[...]