Archive for the ‘Represent’ Category
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I've finished the tests I'd planned and the results are posted in the PDF linked here.
(I've updated this since yesterday into one document with added notes, so grab the latest copy.)
In the end, Seagate trounces the competition on performance. However, the second place Samsung disk is still a strong ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
And the winner is... well, that depends on what you're looking for in a 1TB drive. The clear, overall winner was the Seagate ST31000340NS. It won in overall speed and in sheer 'clockwork-like' consistency. But hot on its heels was the Samsung Spinpoint F1 RAID. Not only is this drive ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Tim Russert has died. But all around the Internet I'm seeing loving, sad and poignant tributes to him. So to his family and friends who are mourning him today, please know that the Internet mourns with you. We've lost a great champion of fair reporting and commentary.
The Internet and America ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
In honor of the special pants of that inimitable raconteur and beloved pundit, my friend/acquaintance/culinary cruise director/whatever-you-prefer Andy Ihnatko,
I present a re-telling of Jonathan Coulton's 'Mr. Fancy Pants'. *ahem*
Chances are your pants are not as tactical as those
Ordered from the Internet by Andy Ihnatko
They're functional but generously fitted in the ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Mac Camp Boston (for which no camping is involved) is being held May 10th.
It will be organized, or is that un-organized, as an unconference in, I believe, the BarCamp style.
Go. Sign up already!
http://maccampboston.com
They'll be having a meet and greet the night before at BetaHouse.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Wordpress 2.5 includes new media tools so that you can add images, videos or music to a post. I thought I'd give it a go here and see how it works. So, here's a themed post with a mix I did a while back in Soundtrack Pro featuring a Daft ...
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