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More Fun with FC5
I’d love to ditch XP completely, but I still have a few things that I need windows for. My master plan is to run FC5 as the primary OS and use XP in a Parallels virtual machine. I’ve messed around with Parallels before on ancient history PC hardware (400MHz PIII, 384Mb) and found it pretty…
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Harddrive Replacement
Monday, I took a day off to concentrate on some chores that never seem to make it off my to do list. On of which was replacing the OS harddrive in my primary PC at home before its impending failure. Starting with a brand new 120Gb ide drive, I figured it would be best to…
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Videos of the Day, VW Style
A bunch of fun videos regarding VWs this week: VW vs. Toyota Soccer Top Gear rocks. See the I-Go vs. the Fox. V-Dubsrock Part 1 Hehe. “This amplifier has airbags…” With Nigel Tufnel from This Is Spinal Tap. V-Dubsrock Part 2 Sweet. Can’t have rock and roll with out Slash. V-Dubsrock is their new promotion…
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Windows Vista RC2
On my daily run through digg, I spotted that the Windows Vista RC2 was now available to everyone (formerly it was available only to folks who signed up for the beta testing program.) I remembered that it was easy enough to get the installer, but you needed to have an install key to keep it…
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Yar, Busy Busy Busy
Haven’t had time to sit down and do any writing lately, between work, exercise, visiting relatives, and some side projects. Exercise-wise (man, that’s a nice domain. nuts, its already taken.) I’ve been trying out some new stuff. Turns out I messed myself up a bit in the final stretch at the ARC Run half marathon.…
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Wow, that’s a little excessive…
Was flipping through the latest PC Magazine, and spotted a full page ad for the new Black Diamond high end cell phone. Its got a pretty sexy form factor, Windows Mobile, Quad Band, Mini SD slot, 4 Megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, and two diamonds…. Hey wait, two diamonds? Yep. This is one of the those…