Unswitchable May 6, 2008

I read MacRumors on occasion. It’s not just because I want tech gossip. I’m thinking, when shall I get myself a Mac? The old Mac Envy.
It’s still nowhere in sight. Even if technical articles showed to me demonstrating Mac superiority over Windows and even Linux, I have already invested in building a home Linux/Windows PC, [...]

NetBeans Notes March 23, 2008

Is the NetBeans blogging contest a SEO scheme from Sun?

I have nothing contest-worthy to say, so I’ll just list what I’ve been doing in NetBeans:

Installed NetBeans 6.1 beta, the full edition, in Windows Vista. Installed JDK6 Update 5 as well.
The Look and Feel is a bit Vista-like, but not enough to look native.
Started on a [...]

shortposting March 10, 2008

My experiment with WordPress Prologue was a bit of a success. I was able to post stuff longer than I can in Twitter. But, I still can’t post regular blog entries. Essays, much less.

So, I’m doing the short posts here! I imported my posts from wordpress.com.

No need for special atl1 configuration. … March 10, 2008

No need for special atl1 configuration. While the installer didn’t recognize the LAN, upon boot it was OK. According to some posts, it doesn’t perform well under load. Let’s see. Now enabling compiz (which requires the enhanced nVidia driver). The installer chose the open source “nv” driver.

S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring not wor … March 10, 2008

S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring not working under Speedfan on Vista. Asus P5K-SE (P35+ICHR9). Concerned because the Seagate Will find out on Linux soon enough. Trying Ubuntu 64-bit – to work best with kvm virtualization. Had to use the text mode “alternate” install. Will need to set up the “atl1″ Attansic driver.

Finishing up the installation of my new … March 9, 2008

Finishing up the installation of my new rig. Just using a generic case with no side fan sense. Need to monitor temperatures to see if this is good enough, or if I need a “branded” case. Also plan to add memory and a hard drive when Moore’s (price) law catches up.

I really can’t restart my blogging groo … March 7, 2008

I really can’t restart my blogging groove. Time to give it up trying??

Almost done with Code Complete 2nd Ed. N … March 7, 2008

Almost done with Code Complete 2nd Ed. Not that great. Now going through Doug Lea’s latest – fork-join, like map-reduce, part of JSR166. Goes well with my other work in Java clustering.

Finally get to start a classic: Code Com … March 2, 2008

Finally get to start a classic: Code Complete, 2nd edition. On Safari.

My old desktop PC is dead. It didn’t ma … March 2, 2008

My old desktop PC is dead. It didn’t make it through the night. I tried swapping memory modules, but no go. I don’t have a PC speaker to get beep codes. Now speccing a replacement. Looking at a Xeon 3210 – a Kentsfield Q6610 with lower clock and lower price. Xeon and Cheap – an [...]