The ramblings of Aprazeth, an recent convert to minimalism, enthusiast of computer technology – with an outspoken opinion about everything and everyone.
Archive for July, 2008
Off reading X-bit labs article on Adaptec cards
Jul 30th
Linky: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/adaptec-controllers.html
Interesting stuff :)
DNS vulnerability got you worried? Use OpenDNS
Jul 29th
Over at Lifehacker.com (I swear, I spend way too much time there :mrgreen: ) they have a great post detailing how to setup your system to use OpenDNS.
However, if you use Windows Home Server or the likes please be aware that this may cause internal network-issues. To get around these, either use an internal DNS-server where all your machines register (advanced setup) or setup static DNS entries in your DNS-tab of your router (simpler)
I recommend setting up OpenDNS servers only on your router, and not on your home-PC’s. This way you can ‘solve’ the above issue by just using a local DNS-entry / static mapping in your router to have your network working normally – albeit protected from the DNS vulnerability.
On top of that OpenDNS is really fast and good. And I use it to block miscellaneous stuff, such as phishing-sites and more (free registration required though)
Top 10 productivity tools I use
Jul 28th
Well, not too long ago I started reviewing my own productivity and started reading up on things, specifically the Zen-to-Done and Getting-Things-Done methods (you will probably see more of these appear here in the future)
After reading multiple posts and articals I now have a few tools that I live by – short as it may be :mrgreen:
So without further ado – the top 10 at this time:
- Moleskine
The pocket-sized notebook / scrapbook / agenda / calendar / to-do list… whatever you want it to be. - Remember The Milk
A simple task management system that is straight-forward, integrates into Google Calendar and well, it just rocks. - FireFox
And it’s list of plugins I use, which I plan to post this week. - GMail
Best online mail system so far. - Google Calendar
Works great, simple and integrates with Remember The Milk - Pidgin
Great open-source freeware multi-IM system. It helps to prevent me from loading: Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk and so on. - Google Reader
Great RSS feeder. - Launchy
Application launcher, on steroids. It indexes your Start-menu, so when you start it and type a part of a program name it just finds it immediately. The advantage? Never go through the Start-menu again. - Process Lasso
Lowers CPU-hogging processes to a lower priority – keeping your system available and running while you do other stuff - Foobar
Just music (MP3, OGG and anything else under the moon). And no fancy stuff you never use anyway :)
Rumors for 500 pound MacBook
Jul 27th
Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2222556/apple-planning-500-macbook
Speculation is mounting that Apple plans to enter the £500 laptop fray with a MacBook sporting a 13in screen.
Gene Munster, an analyst at investment bank Piper Jaffray, told Apple Insider that the move is part of an overall strategy to cut gross margin to 31.5 per cent for the current quarter and down to 30 per cent for 2009.
“We believe there is an 80 per cent chance Apple will introduce redesigned MacBooks and possibly new MacBook Pros at lower price points,” he said.
Woaa, might be the one thing that will really start to push Apple in to a lot more homes. More often then not Apple products are considered a niche or too expensive. If they dive into the 500 range it will definately help them target a lot more people. This will be interesting to see :mrgreen:
Windows Live finally free on PC-platform
Jul 24th
Well, it seems Microsoft finally got the idea… Windows Live, the gaming platform similar to XBOX Live (well actually – the PC-version of it) has gone completely free. The Silver Membership was free before, but a tad-bit neutered of a membership that was. Then there was Gold, but that had a monthly fee.
If you compare that to say Steam, InstantAction and the likes, Windows Live really wasn’t even remotely competing. Shame though, because it has a lot of potential.
Well that has now been rectified and from what I understood and heard – they will also start to offer games and content on Windows Live – just like XBOX Live. Finally… :mrgreen:
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