So after I added the SSD to the HTPC and moved my hard disk into the NAS drive, I began to notice the machine no longer automatically goes to sleep. If I hit the power button (set to sleep) or run it from the command line (%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Standby) the machine goes to sleep just fine,… Continue reading Windows 7 Sleep Debugging
Jumbo Frames, iSCSI and Disabling Nagle
So the new project (which I get to spend about 15 minutes a week on) has been to remove the mechanical harddisk from my HTPC and have it run completely silently off the SSD. The first stage was purchasing the ReadyNAS NV+. 2TB drives have dropped below $100 so a NAS device with 1Gb networking… Continue reading Jumbo Frames, iSCSI and Disabling Nagle
Intel CPU Info tool.
Cool geekware to tell you about your CPU: http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.55-setup-en.exe. Be sure to disable the evil Ask toolbar window from the install wizard.
Open Apple Pages .pages files in Windows
Quick fix for Grammie. Someone had sent her some .pages files and she couldn’t open them on Windows 7. Turns out that they are a Winzip compatible file archive with a PDF preview in them. Since she doesn’t even have Winzip installed, I simply exported, edit, and imported the .zip registry entry so the Windows… Continue reading Open Apple Pages .pages files in Windows
Allway Sync now supports Amazon S3
So I’ve been using AllWay Sync tool for a couple years now to keep laptops synchronized (free for home use). I recently downloaded the latest version to help me back up the HTPC harddisk before pulling it out and moving it to the ReadyNAS NV+ as an iSCSI device (a story for another time). In… Continue reading Allway Sync now supports Amazon S3
More CPU Envy
So just completed the configuration of my new Dell M4500. Intel i7 Q72o @ 1.60GHz (not the fastest i7, but uses the least power) 8GB memory 60GB SSD drive 500GB HD Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit The machine measures twice as fast as my old 4300 and the i7 excels at running VMWare machines. (Task… Continue reading More CPU Envy
CPU Envy
When I first started working for SCO in 1989, Xenix was the ONLY 32 bit operating system available for the Intel 386 platform. In fact, in 1983, when Linus Torvals was 14 years old, SCO had Xenix running on two platforms: the Mac Lisa and the Intel 8086. Yes, years before Tanenbaum’s Minux was released,… Continue reading CPU Envy
Simple document scanner program
Ever needed to scan a document using a manual scanner? I used to go through this painful process using the scanner wizard and pasting the images into a word document. With a quick search, I found Documalis Free Scanner It’s written by a French company, so depending upon your language skills, you may have… Continue reading Simple document scanner program
Every SSD could use a little TRIM
So I was an early adopter of a Corsair P128 SSD drive for my media center machine. I was extremely pleased with the fact that it eliminated 95% of the disk noise, even though I left the 1TB HD in the machine. Even when recording to the HD, it barely makes a noise since the… Continue reading Every SSD could use a little TRIM
Fun with the iPad
So I decided to get my wife an iPad for mothers day that MPSharp needed to do some iPad research (business requirement), so I picked one up at Best Buy a few weeks ago. Went for the 64G version with no 3G, thinking that I really didn’t need to give AT&T more money on a… Continue reading Fun with the iPad