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Mar/08

Long Boot Times With External HDD On A Mac

Filed Under Mac at 9th March 2008 23:57 by

I have noticed that it took exceptionally long too boot into Leopard for some reason. It would seem to hang after the white background with the Apple logo but before the login window. It would just show a blue screen. … Continue reading →

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Mar/08

£30 CPU Upgrade

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 7th March 2008 15:09 by

Pictures of the new CPU and HSF upgrade below:

05

Mar/08

Lian Li Tidy Up

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 5th March 2008 21:47 by

I bumped into a cheap CPU for my Linux box which only costs £30! I remember pay more than twice that for the one I have. Before it goes out of stock like my last last generation graphics card I’ll … Continue reading →

02

Mar/08

Subversion on Ubuntu 7.10

Filed Under Linux at 2nd March 2008 1:21 by

I set about setting up a svn repository on the server and my god was it hard. Let me clarify what I was trying to do. I want a svn repository on the server so that it was accessible online. … Continue reading →

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Feb/08

Geek News Central #351

Filed Under Podcast Shoutout at 29th February 2008 12:22 by

Another email of mine has been read out and Todd even said it was a good idea! GNC #351 (51 minutes) Geek News Central

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Feb/08

Re-discovering Linux

Filed Under Linux at 27th February 2008 19:48 by

Every so often I go back to Linux. In 1999 I discovered Linux for the first time and used SuSE. Then some time around 2002 it was Fedora Core and again in 2006 with Ubuntu. Now after installing the new … Continue reading →

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Feb/08

Antec SmartPower 400 Broke Again (update)

Filed Under Hardware at 25th February 2008 14:56 by

I got a replacement power supply back from Antec and … They have upgraded it to a newer model! It has 30 extra watts but I’m not sure about the rails and ampage. I will wack the unit in later.

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Feb/08

Warped MacBook Pro Battery

Filed Under Laptop, Mac at 22nd February 2008 12:07 by

This is worrying: