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20 Nov 2009

Add This to the Bookshelf

I bought a few new books. Or at least it started as just a few new books. I wanted to catch up on classic sci-fi books that I had never read. And then it turned into some classic fantasy as well. And then a few classic cyberpunk books. And after that I had to get some random fantasy to try out something new. And then a few classic books. Oh and a graphic novel.

November 2009 - Catching up on reading

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20 November, 2009 at 20:24 by Michael Hartog

Tags: best, book, nerd
Posted in Books | 5 Comments »

7 Sep 2009

Patch Tuesday

I just wanted to mention something that a lot of people don’t know about, Patch Tuesday. That would be that scheduled Microsoft patched are sent out the second Tuesday of every month. The only exception is that critical patches become available as soon as possible.

Why does this matter? Well if you don’t want to run automatic updates you can make a note of the second Tuesday of every and just run Windows Update then instead of always having a background process.

7 September, 2009 at 20:15 by Michael Hartog

Tags: nerd, optimization, updates, windows
Posted in Computers, random | No Comments »

26 Aug 2009

Star Wars: The Old Republic – First Gameplay Videos

This came out about 5 days ago but it was nowhere to be found on my RSS feeds: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/816/816935/vids_1.html

Looks wonderful, I can’t wait until this comes out. Finally an MMO where taking on more than one NPC is normal and won’t get your ass handed to you.

26 August, 2009 at 1:52 by Michael Hartog

Tags: nerd, RSS feeds, Star Wars
Posted in Computers, Gaming | No Comments »

5 Apr 2009

Redoing my Computers

So, a few weeks ago I decided it was time to change my software setup. At the time I had the Windows 7 beta running on my desktop and laptop and FreeBSD running on my server. I switched it up by putting OS X back on my laptop (yay hackintosh!) and this time with sound working.

I also brought my server into my room and have started using it for TV and such. I realized that it was being used almost exclusively for storage and since it had a lot more power than that I wanted to use it for something else. That combined with my problem with a few games not liking dual-monitors made me recommission it as a Debian box which is sitting in my room now. Whenever I’m playing games or other things on my desktop I use that box for TV. Apart from that it still serves the exact same purpose as before, but it’s also easier to maintain with Debian.
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5 April, 2009 at 13:40 by Michael Hartog

Tags: internet, lappy, linux, mac, nerd, windows
Posted in Computers, Technology | No Comments »

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