RRoD: Another 4 Letter Word

So this weekend my roommates and I had some people over. We’re having a good time and streaming music via my Xbox 360. At some point someone asked “what happened to the music?”. I go instead to check and the xbox is frozen. No music is being played and the xbox is unresponsive to controller [...]

I’m not sure what it is, but I want a Chumby

Passing time in the SeaTac airport on my way down to the Intel Developer Forum, I picked up my favorite rag – WIRED.
I lied. I know what a Chumby us and I’ve toted with the idea of getting one, but this cemented it.
The things are ultra- useful and I have to admit, they give [...]

Left That Report on Your Vaio at Home? Intel says “No Problemo…”

People around the world who use their beefy home computers to do what their pared-down ThinkPads won’t can rejoice. No longer will PowerPoint presos sit on a laptop at home next to that questionable bit of downloaded material (DRM anyone?).
Computerworld dropped a bit of knowledge about a new(ish since it’s been alive in the server [...]

A Call To Arms: How to Manage Your Digital Life ~ part 1

I don’t consider myself to necessarily be a fanboy or an early-adopter of anything. I also have very little brand loyalty with regards to most things. Very few items in my life (other than beer/alcohol) are purchased on a whim. In fact most purchases, especially electronics, go through a strong research and vetting period which [...]

VMWare Bringing Clouds to Sunny E. Washington Town?

In a bit of news that hits close to home (literally, I’m from the fertile V of the Wenatchee Valley), Palo Alto-based VMWare has apparently made plans to 125,000 of 189,000 available sq. feet of yet to be constructed datacenter in the Wenatchee Valley.
Is this a play at broadening their steps into cloud-based computing or [...]

Are you a geek? Put your mana where your mouth is… Ultimate Geek 2K8

I know, I know… maybe I’m prematurely throwing the G-word around, but seriously minions, who can actually say they were crowned the Ultimate Geek?
Apparently, anyone who enters Intel’s Ultimate Geek contest and walks away with their grand prize and the Ultimate Geek monniker can clearly make a case that they are the master of microprocessors, [...]