I purchased this boxed motherboard with processor from Newegg and it arrived yesterday for me to tinker with for the coming winter nights. I want a dedicated machine with no fan noise to make use for my retroarcade/computer/console gaming endeavors. It will motivate me to create a new emulator frontend using the latest in 3D [...]
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Intel Atom D525
Dec 29
Linux Hack & Slash client
Oct 29
In the last millennium, I developed a custom Hack & Slash gaming client for Windows ’98, because I wanted to embed both music and sound effects to enhance online play. The result was a big hit among its players. But as a Linux user, I could not get that cool feature… that is, until today. [...]
Radeon HD 5670
Sep 15
Specifically, a 1GB video card manufactured by XFX, purchased through Newegg.com. This replaces the Radeon HD 3870 X2 I installed as part of my new workstation. That card was simply outrageous in terms of speed, flexibility, and price (as in expensive). Over the years, its onboard fan got a bit louder and louder, which I [...]
HP LP2475w
Jun 10
I got another 24″ monitor (left) and its make is also HP. It sits comfortably paired with an HP w2408h (right) and its stand also supports tilt and swivel, something HP got right that other makes still don’t get. It is packaged with a complement of cables: a pair of HDMI, a pair of DVI, [...]
Fedora 15
May 29
Kudos to the Red Hat Fedora team for this new release. A slew of new things to learn and control. I already used its preupgrade utility to easily apply it to this KVM guest running my Internet services in web site, email, et al, with only a little bit of work associated with some service [...]
