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Archive for February, 2008

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Mahi-Mahi

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Ok, so this kid gets PR from the school after copying not Wikepedia, but Mythbusters (Screened episode 11, season 1)
C'mon teachers: modern pop-culture is not defined by merely "the internets".
Oh, and a big thanks to Sue Waters: the person with the best job title I know of: Aquaculturalist. Evidently, Mahi-mahi are smart fish.

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What’s it is *really* like working at Microsoft

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

From Tina, on10.net and other people in DPE Redmond:

Life At Microsoft - The Truth Revealed

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Free Microsoft Software and Online Services

/AFK

Friday, February 8th, 2008

/AFK

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General Melchett goes Vista Ultimate SP1

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Whilst General Melchett has been Vista x64 from birth, we Microsoft people were recently given early access to the final Vista Service Pack 1.
Last night, I downloaded the updater. Backed up General Melchett. Double clicked. And watched.
So, firstly a note to all. When the installer says 1. Several Reboots and 2. About an hour - [...]

LEGO +Mobile Phone Mashup

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/02/i-for-one-welco.html
I have something to do! A remote controlled cat-chasing LEGO bot!

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Phenom in ASUS Motherboard: Works

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

After the desperate fail of the Gigabyte motherboard with the Phenom processor last week: I indulged my motherboard addiction, took Michael Kleef's valuable advice and purchased an ASUS.
Specifically, the ASUS M2A-VM HDMI board. Installed, upgraded the BIOS and it worked. Booted first time. In fact, a few driver installs later and the machine is working.
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Decimation of the Smart One Thousand

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Before you get all concerned about the word 'decimation', read the etymology.
OK, now we see we are getting 10 groups of 100 people thinking (thanks for correcting my spelling, Uncle Mike) deeply about topics important to the future of Australia in a radio-sound-byte year (why not 2022. Nah, 2020 just sounds better)
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Am I addicted to Motherboards?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Just look at the cleanliness of this Intel Motherboard. Can has?

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AMD Phenom Phantom on Gigabyte Guts with no Glory

Friday, February 1st, 2008

According to documentation, you should just be able to socket replace your AMD Athlon (Socket AM2) with an AMD Phenom. Boot, and watch the bits fly. Well, theoretically.
In my Gigabyte's case: this was not to be so. The smaller Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H (blah!) is in our Media Center PC. This combination has been working well in [...]

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