Dice Electronics cables must be dipped in gold

A couple of years ago I got a Dice Electronics adapter for my Audi A3 so I could listen to my iPod and then iPhone while also charging it.  It's worked pretty well with some caveats that I knew about getting into it.  That is, until I got…

Atlas has finished Shrugging

No, I don't think we're done with the downturn.  I finally finished Atlas Shrugged two nights ago.  I'm proud to say that I read every word...all 1200 pages! It certainly was a long book and at times was tedious.  The final speech by…

Saving iPhone apps on a new computer

I had sync'ed my iPhone with my previous OS install some time ago and it's been ok for me for a while.  However, since rebuilding to Windows 7 I haven't gone back and set up sync again.  Just didn't need it.  Podcast&…

SMF upgrades

Well, it's been a pretty busy 2 weeks.  I've been occupied with helping a new customer transition to MPLS.  It seemed like whatever could go wrong, did go wrong.  It's all good now and the customer seems happy so life moves on... I upgraded…

Google servers revealed!

I love this kind of stuff:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html Here you have a company that's entirely about the efficiency of massively parallel systems.  They're finally pulling back the current a bit and showing how best it works on a scale of 1000&…

SGI, oh SGI...what has become of you....

I just read about SGI's demise over on GigaOm.  It seems Rackable has scooped them up for a measly 25 million.  This is just depressing. Back in the day I was infatuated with SGI.  For hardcore geeks they were cool before Apple was cool, again.  I wanted an…

NorcoTeck RPC-450 install

I didn't see much in the way of review info on the NORCO RPC-450 4U Rackmount Server Case .  On top of that, the pics almost always showed a microATX motherboard installed, which was nice for having lots of room left.  However, I had an Extended ATX or EEB…