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Tower Case with a cheaper faster CPU

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

I recently wrote about a tower case solution which sliced $500 off the cost. Last night we found an ASUS m/b for a Phenom II which supports ECC. This will be a cheaper faster solution. I will, however, have to buy a NIC. This NIC runs a Realtek chipset. No […]

Pentabarf - seeing the speakers

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Both BSDCan and PGCon use Pentabarf for accepting and reviewing proposals for talks. An issue raised in 2009 highlighted the ability to see the speaker name when review the list of submissions. It is a bit of very useful information.
This year, I’ve found out that we can see that vital data. Provided […]

Biff + stitches

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

I biffed last night. Hard. It was in Wissahickon. Fortunately, the injuries will heal and no scars will be visible, unless I want them to. It was entirely my fault. I sat where I should have stood and got tossed over the bars. I was going too fast too. […]

The weekend - Mexican, bikes, BBQ, train, nun

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

This weekend has been much better than last weekend. Friday night I went for Mexican food in Chalfont. Saturday morning I met up with Tom from Reading and we rode Salisbury up near Bethleham, PA, which is about an hour north of my place.
I was late leaving, and Tom called me to make […]

Portland Mountain Bike Scene

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

I am in Portland OR attending OSCON 2008, I’ve brought my mountain bike. On Saturday, I had the amazing Siouxon Creek Trail ride with Gabrielle. Last night (Monday), she led me to the Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series 2008. This was race 5 of 6.
The event is held at a motor […]

Picking up Emma Jane

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

I finally picked up Emma Jane.
The goal was to escort her from Portland airport to downtown upon her arrival. This was Emma’s first trip to Portland. I think I’ve been here 3 or 4 times now. This was planned for 2:30 PM on Monday. At about 1:10pm, I get a phone […]

More tidbits about the bike ride

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

I meant to include these tid bits in the prevoius post:

Johna is an awesome rider for someone that’s never gone off road before.
Shortly after we fixed Gabrielle’s single speed problem, my rear disc brake developed a very loud scraping sound. I’d heard it once before. The little clippy thing on the Avid […]

OSCON 2008 - the MTB prelude

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Giday!
I’m in Portland, for OSCON. I arrived Friday night. Saturday morning, I headed north into Washington to do some mountain biking. The trip leader was Gabrielle. She led Jonatha Leto and me into the Siouxon Creek Trail. This is described by the locals as rolling single track. Umm, yes. […]

I’m in yer Austin, ridin’ yer trails!

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

I’m in Austin, TX on business. I’ve been here since Wednesday night. Thursday was all work. By the time I got back to the hotel, it was time for a online meeting of the BSD Certification group. By the time that was over, it was too late to get to Home […]

Trail riding, fire ants, and stitches

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

At 4:30 on Thursday, August 30, Lynne and I headed north in her Honda Element, with two mountain bikes tucked into the back of the vehicle. Along for the ride was camping gear. We were head to North Carolina to ride at Tsali.
About an hour or two into the trip, we stopped at […]