Archive for the 'Computing' Category

Article of the Day: How the TrackPoint was made

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Computing

Here’s an interesting article on how the IBM TrackPoint was developed, how it was dismissed and forgotten about, and how it suddenly became the feature that made IBM ThinkPads the best notebooks on the market. For those who don’t know, the TrackPoint is the pointing stick found on IBM, Toshiba, the business Dells, and a […]

Installing XP/Server 2003 without using a CD Drive

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Computing

I just built a low-end server for testing and backup purposes, out of an old motherboard, an Antec case and a 640gb hard disk. I made a decision to not include an optical drive in my system, not necessarily because of price (a Pioneer SATA DVD-RW is $35 at CentreCom right now! </shameless-plug>) but because […]

Does Pascal code turn you on?

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Computing

It can if you want it to. The Synapse socket library for Pascal makes it quite easy to create a Wake On LAN program, which can be used to turn your computers on over the network. By sending a special packet via UDP, you can turn on any modern computer remotely, as long as it […]

Why DivX Stage6 Is Good

Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Computing

Recently I’ve been looking at DivX’s Stage6 video portal, and I have to say, it’s good! I think I like it more than YouTube right now, for a few simple reasons which make it a much more usable and useful site.
High Quality
Let’s accept something: 320×240 videos suck a bit. They’re not all that bad, it’s […]