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Building my new PC - Step 2: Putting it all together
An avid follower of my blog (the only follower of my blog ?) reminded me the other day that I never completed my series on putting my PC together. I think the fact is that I've been too busy playing with it to write up my experience in assembling it!...
Building my new PC - Step 1: buying components
Ever since I got my DSLR and a couple of 4 gig CF cards a few months back, I've been shooting away to glory each weekend and contending with 100s of RAW images. My poor 'kitchen laptop' with a 40 gig hard drive and an outdated processor couldn't take...
The economics of texting
One thing I never understood about the way mobile operators work is why texting (aka SMS ) is so freaking expensive. I figure its something like what the drug dealer 'Nick' in New York Magazine's recent feature on profit making said about maximizing profit...
Reports of Microsoft's death have been greatly exaggerated
It's probably a bit too late for a April fool's prank, but Paul Graham's essay ' Microsoft is Dead ' has caused a bit of buzz over the weekend. Like most other pieces of anti-Microsoft blabber, it was on Slashdot earlier today . I...
User generated ads
Kiss 106.1, the radio station we usually listen on our way to work everyday recently ran a contest for the best commercial that user's could come up with. Now, I had heard of contests for the best slogan or the best punch-line before, but this is the...
My Blog is moving…
I totally hate doing this… but I guess this is the way it's meant to be :-) I'm moving my blog from its current home on MSN (nee Windows Live) Spaces to its new home on my own server at blog.umeshunni.com . It took a bit of work over the past couple of...
Early 'Computers'
Fosfor gadgets has a short but interesting article that compares gadgets from the '70s & '80s to today's versions. While they talk about mobile phones, stereos and storage devices, they've missed out on comparing yesterday's computers...
Wiring my home
I spent a Sunday a couple of weeks back rewiring a couple of rooms at home with Cat 5 cabling. Mostly just moving the cables from one outlet to another. Some things I learned… 1. Making ethernet patch cables is easy: Get bulk cable and use the...
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