Month: October 2009
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What to do with a Pentium III?
A few months ago I found another PC in the garbage. Much like Trash Server, this one was (mostly) functional. But unlike trash server, I didn’t really have a use for it. This beige mini tower sports a 733MHz Pentium III CPU, a couple smallish hard drives, and a dead CD drive. After sitting…
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Minor Updates
Not much is going on here, so I’ll share some minor and likely boring updates. I haven’t mentioned any computer issues, projects or upgrades recently. So, here is one: I swapped the 2.5″ 500GB 5400RPM hard drive in the newest of the Mac Minis for a 2.5″ 500GB 7200RPM drive. In an equally interesting news,…
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Getting Ready
I’ve decided to ride in the 2010 Mutual Community Challenge Tour, which consists of riding one of the stages of the Tour Down Under. This year the stage starts in Noorwood and ends in Goolwa, and is 160.5km long. In preparation, I’ve been riding the Gunnar on many of the local bike bikeways and trails.…