Archive for the ‘Represent’ Category

Disk Test Results Round 2

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 ...

Disk Test Results Round 1

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 ...

Tim Russert, the Internet loved you

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 ...

In Honor of Pants

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 ...

Mac Camp Boston = unconference

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.

Playing with WP media…

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 ...