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Very odd.
I've had my "34nm 160 GB Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid State Drive" since 5/18/2010, and it works like a champ. I use the Intel SSD Toolbox as well.
Commented May 3, 2011 on The Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale at Coding Horror
The Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale
As an early advocate of solid state hard drives … The State of Solid State Hard Drives (October 2009) Revisiting Solid State Hard Drives (October 2010) … I feel ethically and morally obligated to let you in on a dirty little secret I've discovered in the last two years of full time SSD owne...
I have a cheap-o, Acer Revo AR1600-U910H (~ $199), added 1GB of extra memory ($24), and loaded XBMC. Plays 1080p on my 62" DLP with such glory I hear angels sing every time I watch a movie (and it's not just the speakers hissing).
The trick is switching it to use hardware GPU acceleration vs. software.
Commented Mar 30, 2011 on Revisiting the Home Theater PC at Coding Horror
Revisiting the Home Theater PC
It's been almost three years since I built my home theater PC. I adore that little machine; it drives all of our family entertainment and serves as a general purpose home media server and streaming box. As I get older, I find that I'm no longer interested in having a home full of PCs whirring a...
You made me want to post the story of my Netbook (which I gave you credit for). http://www.cybertough.com/technology/ode-to-the-netbook/
Commented Feb 13, 2010 on A Democracy of Netbooks at Coding Horror
A Democracy of Netbooks
As a long time reader of Joey DeVilla's excellent blog, Global Nerdy, I take exception to his post Fast Food, Apple Pies, and Why Netbooks Suck: The end result, to my mind, is a device that occupies an uncomfortable, middle ground between laptops and smartphones that tries to please everyone...
I guess, based on your article, I need to significantly rethink my http://www.cybertough.com/technology/the-cost-of-friending/ blog. Perhaps there needs to be some benefit / cost-feedback component, which will be harder to measure.
Commented Feb 10, 2010 on in which the impact of twitter on my life is examined, and thanks is given to @ev and @biz at WWdN: In Exile
in which the impact of twitter on my life is examined, and thanks is given to @ev and @biz
When my friend Sean first told me about Twitter, I just didn't get it. "I already have a blog," I said. "Why would I want to tell anyone where I am or what I'm doing ... and why would anyone care?" Still, I signed up so I could have an account (I have to do a lot of this "defensive registering" ...
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