Archive for the ‘General’ Category

How an Xbox is made

Have you ever wondered how an Xbox is made? Curious as to what the plant would look like? Well it seems photos have been posted of an Xbox plant in Hungary. This is back during the 1.0 days of the Xbox but is interesting none the less.

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Gas and run

So I am at work today and around 1PM we are all told to evacuate the building because of a gas leak. Not just any leak mind you but a 8 inch high pressure line not far from our building. Needless to say several thousand people trying to leave out a single exit just doesn’t […]

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Xbox 360 launch date announced

Yippeee! The Xbox 360 is coming to stroe shelves on Tuesday, November 22nd. I am very excited to get my hands on one as it seems to be a cutting edge change from the current Xbox. Now excuse me as I go reserve mine. Happy gaming.

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Sun brings it to Dell

Sun Microsystems flew a plane over Dell’s HQ yesterday, reminding the Great Satan of Hardware it still isn’t officially selling servers that use non-Intel microprocessors. Don’t you love it when you are quietly reminded of your business decisions?Check out this picture from the event.

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Annual credit report

Did you know that the government has made it a requirement that the three main credit reporting agencies provide you a free credit report? You are allowed one free report per year. The report will be from all three agencies (Equifax, Transunion, and Experian.) There is only one site to visit to get this all […]

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2005 SysAdmin Day

Ok everyone, don’t forget that July 29th is SysAdmin Day. Time to remember that special geek in your life. You know the one who keeps your computer purring along at light speed. The master of bits & bytes. The hero that saves you from viruses and spy-ware. So when the 29th comes around shake his […]

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No more registering

So tell me, are you tired of giving personal information just to log into a site to read an article? Seems kind of crazy to me and most times I miss some good reading and information because I don’t want to give personal information out. I also just don’t want to spend the time registering […]

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Need a Visio Stencil?

If so I have the place for you. The Visio Cafe is one of the best resources for computer related Visio stencils. The site is free and has a search tool to make it easy to find just the right image for your network design. The site also seems to be updated fairly regularly which […]

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Xbox 360 to be backward compatible

Microsoft revealed that the Xbox 360 “will be backward-compatible with top-selling Xbox games.” This non-specific explanation seems to indicate that the changing processors between Xbox 360 is going to make it too difficult to ensure complete compatibility – however, it’s unclear what percentage of Xbox titles will run on Xbox 360. This is great news […]

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Chronicles of Narnia is coming to the bigscreen

With ‘Lord of the Rings’ now just a magnificent memory and ‘Star Wars’ wrapping up, how are die-hard fantasy fans supposed to fill that gaping hole in their lives? Get pumped for ‘The Chronicles of Narnia,’ of course. With the director of ‘Shrek’ at the helm and C.S. Lewis’ tomes to draw upon, this story […]

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