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Must-Have For OS Geeks

June 30, 2011
Must-Have For OS Geeks

If you run more than one operating system on your machine, you’re no doubt aware of the dull default bootloaders that rape your eyesockets every time your machine powers up. I’ve just discovered BURG (it’s GRUB backwards, and rather loosely stands for “Brand new Unified loadeR from GRUB” — they might as well just...

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Project: Awegasm (For Sale)

January 16, 2011
Project: Awegasm (For Sale)

Internet: meet Awegasm.  My current behemoth of a P.C.  ((Click here to go straight to the eBay auction)) * Intel i7 920 @ 4.2GHz * ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard * Tri-channel 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 9-9-9-24, 1600MHz * Creative X-Fi Titanium soundcard * BFG H20 NVIDIA GTX 295 * 2x Intel X-25M...

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Virus Warning: Softwarear (“Powerfull” PC Protection)

December 28, 2010
Virus Warning: Softwarear (“Powerfull” PC Protection)

Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukah/Hail Krampus/Praise Mithras/ What does your family do at Christmas time?  The general tradition in our family is for everyone to get together, eat a lot of turkey, and then go: “Hey Dan, how are you?  Say, I’ve been having some trouble with my PC…” (cue me spending the...

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(I can’t be arsed with eBay)

September 22, 2010
(I can’t be arsed with eBay)

I have a netbook that I’m not using.  Anyone interested? It’s a “Dan Improved” version of the Samsung NC20 (which is still selling for £400). http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/samsung-nc20-599510/review?artc_pg=1 “Dan Improved” means: * Replaced the 1GB of fairly ‘meh’ RAM with 2GB of high-speed Crucial RAM * Replaced Windows XP Home with Windows 7 Professional (although kept...

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