Archive for August, 2007

Build Out

18 August 2007

My new super computer is complete! The process was not without challenges, but rewarding none the less. I bent some pins when installing the CPU and bending them back took about 15 minutes of very careful work with a small screwdriver and a paper clip to move them back into position. I [...]

If You Build It

10 August 2007

Our home computer is 5 years old which, by computer standards, is a bit outdated. For that reason I borrowed a company owned Dell Optiplex GX620 for personal use and to experiment with Vista. At the point where my company downsized to 20% of the former staff there were plenty of computers to [...]

Stranger in my Bed

9 August 2007

Every so often I wake up in the middle of the night not knowing where I am, and thinking I’m laying in bed next to my mom/sister/brother/etc. My mind struggles to make sense of the situation. Where am I, why is someone else there and why am I naked?
Something akin to panic starts [...]