hardware
I've seen a number of hardware-oriented developers [http://www.iunknown.com/CommentsWithEntry.aspx?entryid={1D2B47DB-E479-472F-9BE9-1D23AA72C73A}] talk about setting up striped RAID arrays on their personal desktops. It does seem like a reasonable idea, given the current strong trend towards "doubling up" on hardware to leverage performance
hardware
Remember when anything you could possibly imagine could be controlled with a single stick and a single button [http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d39/]? Trace the evolution of human interaction in video gaming from 1980 to the present through this remarkable visual game controller family tree [http://www.axess.
hardware
The always entertaining Dan [http://www.dansdata.com/] linked to something I hadn't seen before-- an archived page of the Google server hardware circa 1999 [http://web.archive.org/web/19990209043945/google.stanford.edu/googlehardware.html] : [http://web.archive.org/web/19990209043945/google.stanford.edu/googlehardware.html] Here
hardware
The “beige box” PC industry has been slow to capitalize on Apple’s proven track record of design. I may not be interested in the Mac Mini, but I sure hope it spurs Taiwanese manufacturers* to produce more interesting looking small form factor PCs designs. And some of that will,
software development concepts
I’m currently building up my new Pentium M system for HTPC duties. This means doing a bench (open air) install, clean OS build and Prime95 torture test burn in. I also flash the BIOS to the latest revision from the manufacturer’s support page. Sometimes the motherboards are fairly