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My Dell is 10 Years Old

Happy 10th birthday to my first computer. It was this month in 1999 that i got my first personal computer: a Dell Dimension XPS R400 with a 400MHz Pentium II processor and a whopping 128MB of RAM. I think i paid nearly $2,500 for it complete with a 17″ “flat” CRT screen, and top-of-the-line surround [ READ MORE ]

Dvorak Over Synergy

Note to self: The Synergy host system (physical keyboard) determines the keyboard layout, no matter what layout (QWERTY, Dvorak, etc.) the client system is set to use[ READ MORE ]

Google Pack

Interesting. Google’s one-stop solution to turn computers into usable machines. Since i’m “that guy,” i’ve been called on to set up several boxes recently. This isn’t quite as complete as i’d like, but it’s an interesting step. I need an XP disc that installs unattended with all my programs and settings with a default profile [ READ MORE ]

EAC Drive Settings for Teac DVD+RW DV-W58E

Drive * Drive read command: Read command MMC 1 * “Big Endian” byte order (Motorola): unchecked * Swap channels: unchecked * Spin up drive before extraction: checked Offset/Speed * Use read sample offset correction Read sample correction value: +12 * Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out: checked * Speed selection: ??? * Allow speed reduction during [ READ MORE ]

EAC Drive Settings for Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616E

Drive * Drive read command: Read command MMC 1 * “Big Endian” byte order (Motorola): unchecked * Swap channels: unchecked * Spin up drive before extraction: checked Offset/Speed * Use read sample offset correction Read sample correction value: +12 * Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out: checked * Speed selection: ??? * Allow speed reduction during [ READ MORE ]

The Years