Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

  • Building a new PC from scratch. First time in a few years. CPU coolers have gotten a little silly haven't they? #
  • Bell 3G. 1 bar signal. 6mbps down, 400kbps up. This level of service deserves more than 1 bar. #
  • @travelmop Not an overclocker, but I want quiet. A bigger cooler with a large fan will be quieter than a small cooler and a small fan. in reply to travelmop #
  • Brantford Rib Fest. Cool. http://www.btfdribfest.exofire.net/index.php #
  • http://pomegranatephone.com #
  • Ted Stevens dead in a plane crash. :( He's the "series of tubes" guy. #
  • New system built. Playing an H.264 movie, the CPU usage is toggling between 0% and 1%. Wow. #
  • @anotherlab i7-930, MSI X58 Pro-E, 6g triple channel DDR3 RAM, GTX 460 video. Insanely fast, but not insanely expensive. in reply to anotherlab #
  • The "remove this before installing" sticker on the heat sink does not transfer heat very well. #
  • The Zerg and the Protoss are no match for carpal tunnel. #
  • Setting up JBoss at home because I can't find cheap hosting. #