Ah...MacBook glory...

Well, it's official.  I'm on a MacBook now.  Yep, I finally convinced my employer to buy me one.  I know, amazing... It's very nice so far.  Very good performance.  The reflective screen isn't too distracting and the keyboard is very nice.  Those…

Macmall bait and switch

I finally convinced my company to get me a Macbook to replace my aging Emachine laptop.  The Emachine's done well but I've been having screen flickering problems.  So, we went to Macmall to place the order as they are advertising a $75 rebate.  We declined the…

Too many I told ya so's...

Not been posting much lately.  That's mainly because I've been fighting with the M3.  I've been having a bit of an overheating problem.  So far I've replaced a fuse, the front auxilary fan and now the coolant.  I doubt the coolant will…

Now I feel old

Silicon Graphics has entered bankruptcy. I used to have a...perverse desire for an SGI workstation.  Of course, SGI boxes have always been made of unobtanium.  So, in my early days of being paid to do this thing called computing I would take every opportunity to drool over them.  I…

Reading the signals - part 2

Well, that was quick!  The hazard flasher does work perfectly.  I've updated the diagram to reflect the new design. I just had the thought that I'll probably be able to elminate some more cable by running the wires coming from the switches through the bus bar…

Reading the signals

Spent a good part of the weekend hooking up the turn signals and the hazards.  I was a bit worried about making sure I was thinking straight so I did this diagram in visio real quick.  I missed a couple of things so I'll be posting a "…

Optical LAN's? Not in my lifetime

Om has an interesting piece on a small startup working on a new optical technology for LANs/SANs.  While I always find new optical gear interesting I have a hard time accepting that we'll ever see optical LANs.  The optical folks always seem to forget the huge sunk…

A@H 2.8 is out

Installing it under Virtual Server R2 right now.  A couple of weeks ago I installed the fresh new Linux Additions for VS R2 in an older version of A@H I had loaded previously.  I was mainly curious to see if the clock kept better time.  So far it'…