I built a new workstation Tuesday, February 23, 2010. I built the last one starting in June of 2008, upgraded April of 2009. It was time for something entirely new. The system is a very capable mid ranged workstation, comprised of: ASUS P7H55-M Pro Motherboard mATX Intel Core i5 660 3.33Ghz Processor 4G Corsair DDR3-1333 2X2048… Continue reading New Toy oh oh oh!
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SanDisk Issues Continue to Astound!
I called the Corporate headquarters for SanDisk this morning to suggest that they need to implement some changes to the wording of one of their knowledge base articles. The receptionist finally picked up the phone after 25 rings. Please connect me to the Director of Support or the Public relations department. She replied: “We do… Continue reading SanDisk Issues Continue to Astound!
Significant increase in business and traffic.
I am very happy to report that I have seen significant increases in the amount of business I am doing this year versus the same period last year. I certainly hope this trend continues throughout the year. The first quarter is looking great already. I am also quite pleased with the increase in traffic to… Continue reading Significant increase in business and traffic.
Technology costing analysis. Why you pay for Sparkling wine, instead of the draft.
I have formal training and certifications including: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, US Government certified Terminal Area Security Officer, with various other lesser certifications. I have 25 years of data technology experience. I build some of the fastest servers. The fact that my profession requires more of my personal time than most other professions to be… Continue reading Technology costing analysis. Why you pay for Sparkling wine, instead of the draft.
WordPress 2.8 Blank Page issue.
I will provide the answer. For a fee. Ship an OCZ SSD drive to me from my wish list on my Donations page. When it arrives, I’ll fix your issue or walk you through the fix on the phone. ( You have to live in the USA and have a USA phone number I can… Continue reading WordPress 2.8 Blank Page issue.
Pick up the slack Nvidia.
There was a press release from Nvidia related to the performance differences between Intel Core 2 Duo, and Intel i7 processors. Basically they observed that the Core 2 Duo was just as fast in real world games tests. They just published this article last week. I published documented findings to this same effect back on… Continue reading Pick up the slack Nvidia.
Power Outage
My apologies to those of you that found my Gurulog® unavailable today. I had a local power outage in Long Beach. This took the site down for a few hours. It also changed my ISP provided Dynamic IP address. I created a Dynamic DNS link for the Gurulog. This will prevent future issues with the… Continue reading Power Outage
Gigabyte Authorized!
For those of you that have not read my previous Gigabyte related posts: I had a very negative set of experiences with Gigabyte starting in July of 2008. The situation has never been resolved to my satisfaction. I do not recommend Gigabyte products, nor will I use them, unless a client requires it. Imagine my… Continue reading Gigabyte Authorized!
Evga
I have purchased 5 video cards and three motherboards from Evga. I have had to return an 8800 GT video card and a 7900 GT video card for warranty repairs. Evga offers a lifetime warranty. They honor this warranty even if you overclock the part. You do have to register your product within 30 days… Continue reading Evga
Gigabyte
I attended the Intel Channel Conference, June of 2008, in Irvine. Gigabyte had an impressive display at the conference. They even had one knowledgeable person that spoke English well. My fiancee won the raffle for an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad core processor at that ICC. I decided to give a Gigabyte motherboard an… Continue reading Gigabyte