Tag Archives: Hardware

It’s Alive!

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Martin

I got my new computer parts earlier this week, and after a an hour or two of assembly, it gracefully sprang to life. And on the first try, no less. I’m proud of myself, because it’s been a while since I’ve built a computer entirely from scratch.

Here’s how the final build turned out… Continue reading →

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Scatterbrain

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Martin

I haven’t been able to update the blog as much as I’d like over the last few weeks, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about things to write about. Instead of letting all of my random thoughts go to waste, I thought I’d present them here as a collection. If you’re just looking for a few moments of entertainment, you like reading the musings of the slightly insane, or you’re looking for something to spark your pent-up rage, the following list is probably for you! Continue reading →

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A Notch Below the Rest

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Martin

The other day at work, I wanted to move around some of the items we have sitting on a table at the back of the room I work in. This included a monitor, a small printer, and a large flatbed scanner. The monitor and the printer were easy to move, but the scanner had run out of USB cord length, so I couldn’t move it any farther away from the computer it was attached to. Thinking I had remembered seeing a USB extension cord floating around the office somewhere, I got out our box of random computer parts and started digging through it in hopes of finding something useful. Continue reading →

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