Veteran software developer / sysadmin and holds a PhD in Computer Science. Avid computer enthusiast (geek) who has been dabbling with technology ever since his Dad brought home an 8086 computer.
Legal / Scam
It’s bad enough receiving 2 to 3 Ebay or Paypal scam every month, but now people are targetting ads on the McGill Classified Ads bulletin board. It all started when I posted an add to sell my ITX computer. Mini PC ITX, EPIA MII 10000 1Ghz, Memory 256MB PC2100/
Computer
Once in a while, a company comes up with a toy that is so cool, I need to have one. A few of them comes to mind, the Sony PSP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable], Optimal Optimus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Primal] or the first logitech
Networking / Linux
Lets face it, Debian has too much politics. I’ve never seen a slower moving Linux distro. Don’t take me wrong, it’s a great Linux distro. I wouldn’t use any other Linux distro for a server. But I need more for a Desktop system. Last weekend, I
Computer
I just finished installing my new MSI K8T Neo2 motherboard with a blazing Athlon 3000+ 64 bit processor. Add to that a full gig of memory and you have a very nice workstation. Of course, getting the memory to work was a pain. Initially, the motherboard would only recognize the