Planet Foo-ProjectsPlanet Foo-Projects - http://bar.foo-projects.orgBrian Tarricone: On Broken ACPI DSDTs- January 24, 2008 A couple months ago, I replaced the AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.8GHz) in my HTPC with a newer AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.2GHz). It&8217;d been having some trouble multitasking: specifically recording and watching HD content at the same time could often cause stuttering, especially if the commercial flagger was running at the same time. It also had issues with some higher-bitrate 1080p content. So, I got the replacement CPU. I swapped CPUs (scaring myself to death when I realised I&8217;d almost broken...http://spuriousinterrupt.org/journal/archives/2008/01/24/1906/ Brian Tarricone: Air- January 16, 2008 I&8217;m a bit disappointed in the newly-announced MacBook Air. I want one, but&8230; I don&8217;t. The good: Super-thin form factor: 0.16&8243; to 0.76&8243;. MacBook Pro-style aluminum case. Small size: 13.3&8243; widescreen display. 802.11n wireless (dual-band 2.45 GHz). Intel GMA graphics (very well supported on Linux, even if it&8217;s not as &8216;powerful&8217; as nvidiaATI). Backlit keyboard. LED-backlit display. Multi-touch trackpad (though I have no idea how well-supported or useful.http://spuriousinterrupt.org/journal/archives/2008/01/15/1904/ Jasper Huysmans: Its a girl!- January 14, 2008 Im very proud to present to you my daughter: Cute photograph Her name is Leonie and she was born on Sunday, January 6, 21:06 CET. She is undoubtedly the most beautiful baby in the world. Youre thinking all fathers say that, but Im sure this time it is true ;-)http://blog.xfce.org/?p=181 |