1986 computer vs. 2007 computer
Check out this comparison on several fronts…. 1986 wins many tests!
HD Homerun
Now this is cool….
I may have to get one for my new computer. This is a network-only ATSC tuner.
Building a supercomputer
OK, not really, I got put in charge of maps for the BMFPD, and took it as an excuse to buy a new computer. Here’s some details and my screwups.
First, I went around all the computer retailers, online and brick-and-mortar, to see if I good buy what I wanted in a built-to-order or off-the-shelf computer. I couldn’t.
The criteria were:
- Silent. I live at 7400′, so fan runs faster up here. A silent computer at sealevel isn’t silent at my house!
- Fast.
- Diskless or small hard drive (HDDs come cheap).
- Dolby Digital Live and/or DTS connect for on-the-fly encoding of game audio.
- Serial port, just because. (Maybe a new weather station in my future?)
- Fanless video card.
Windstorm in the mountains
Got the nastiest windstorm (gallery here) come through and sit on us all night on June 6. Up at Carter Lake, the top winds clocked were 101 MPH, but I think we might have beaten that wind speed (120 MPH from the top of Lee Hill).
At midnight, we saw that our arch over the stairway was gone, and the BBQ and deck chairs had collapsed the railing. The hot tub cover had been ripped off, and I had to go find it. We brought everything in. I slept with earplugs.
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Date: 11/14/2003
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- All the Presidents’ Pets : The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over by Mo Rocca
- Voice of Reason : Why the Left and Right Are Wrong by Ronn Owens
- Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News by Tucker Carlson
- 1491 : New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
- The Original Turtles Trading Notebook by Russell Sands
Current books:
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Recent books:
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn\’t by Robert I. Sutton
