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BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
Sometimes hardware just stops working. Sometimes Windows handles this well, other times it doesn’t. Jude’s PC is rather old, and she has been running Vista on a machine that was not built for it. In...
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For Sale
I am upgrading my PC.The old one is for sale.Serious offers from $3000 up will be entertained. Email me tim at spyjournal dot biz or contact me using contact form. Here are the specs. Note this machine...
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So I need inspiration. I name all the Ps and servers in this place.We have serversMAGE - SBS2003APPRENTICE - Server2003WAITER - Server2008WONDERLAND – Windows Home ServerPORTCULLIS – Linux...
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Motherboards - bah!
I have had all sorts of problems getting the 8GB of DDR3 RAM to run in my new Striker II Extreme board. In fact getting the board o run at all has not been easy It started with CPU INIT errors, and...
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MAC V PC - There and Back Again - Part 1
One man’s journey from the darkness, into the light, and then back to the darkness, which turned out to be not as dark as he remembered. I wanted to buy a Macintosh back in 1991 when I sold a bunch of...
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Jumping Ship
Last week I mentioned that I did not leave the world of PCs and Windows because I needed an easier interface. I’m a fairly serious computer user. I slogged my way through programs back in the early...
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I thought this thing was supposed to be easy
I hope you’ve seen Pulp Fiction.You know what the funniest thing about the Mac is? It’s the little differences. I mean, they got the same stuff over there that we got here, but it’s just, with a Mac,...
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What I like About the Mac
Leopard SpacesLast time I told you that there were some awkward moments in making the switch from PC to Mac. But in spite of those, there are so many things I love about the Macintosh. Let’s start...
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Building Sparrow - a water cooled workhorse
I have upgraded my main workhorse machine.Components are:Intel S2011 Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz 6x Core CPU (No Heatsink included)Corsair Cooling Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU CoolerASUS S2011...
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Getting started in business with technology
Quite regularly I come across people who are just starting out in business. Often this is due to dissatisfaction with a corporate career, change in circumstances or location. Many older people who are...
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