Archive for January, 2006

My Main Machine

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

Here are the specs of my main computer, which I affectionatley call Athlon, due to it’s processor
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Processor running at approx. 1838MHz
512MB PC3200 DDR-SDRAM - Generic
80GB Seagate 7200RPM IDE Hard Disk
Soltek SL-75FRN2-L Motherboard with an nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset and onboard audio, 10/100 LAN, USB2.0, and a few other […]

New LCD Monitor

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

A few months ago I noticed my BenQ FP-737S-D 17″ LCD Monitor started to develop a strange clump of dead pixels, which grew over time to the point where it was a real annoyance, (It was about, hmm, 24 pixels high by about 120 pixels wide, and oddly-shaped) so I decided to take it back […]

A very agreeable post

Monday, January 16th, 2006

I found this great article via Digg, it seems to sum up completely how I feel sometimes after someone asks me a tech-related question: I’m a Programmer, Not A Computer Guy!
I put up with similar stuff … I’m often mislabelled by people I know as a general computer guy (even though I’m a bit more […]

Brief Profile

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

I became bored enough yesterday to write a quick profile page, you can view it here if you’re interested.
–Ben