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Things you need to know before buying an LCD monitor…..
Research, research, research…..and then some more research. (most) LCD manufacturers are trying to cut costs down so you need to know what you’re paying for before you walk into the store. So here are a bunch of good sites to go to in order to find the relevant information: Jeff Atwood’s great little introduction of…
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When SysAdmins Ruled The Earth…
Just found this on Cory Doctrow’s blog…..When SysAdmins Ruled The Earth….It’s a great read/listen, specially if you’re a current/former SysAdmin. Here are the different parts read during his podcast over a couple of sessions: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 If you like to read it yourself here is…
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Data Analytics and Visualization upgrades for world’s fastest Open Science Supercomputer
Argonne National Laboratory will soon have the data analytics and visualization capability to complement its distinction as the fastest computer in the world for open science. Argonne awarded GraphStream, Inc. a contract that will help to make data analytics and visualization at this scale possible through the world’s largest installation of NVIDIA Quadro® Plex S4…
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8K VFX Shots, When 4K is just too small…..
Great article by Barbara Robertson over at studiodaily.com, outlining the process of creating the VFX shots for the new Batman movie (The Dark Night). I have to admit I did not love the movie like many others, but the VFX were first rate and after reading this article I have a better appreciation of what…
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So you think you are getting an HD quality signal……
Hehehe, yeah people used to make fun of me when I mentioned how much I hate Robbers (Rogers) and Compressview (Expressview) services in Canada and that I would refuse to pay for their so called HD premium service because I KNOW what kinda abuse the content goes through before it gets to my TV. I’ve…
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16 GPU Monster…..
So how do you emulate the human vision system. Well if you ask either Nicolos Pinto, David Cox or James DiCarlo, they’ll probably point at the harmless looking machine sitting in the corner of their lab. The machine in question is “quietly” humming away as it tries to simulate a real-time human level artificial vision…
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Google strikes again…..Introductory CalDAV support
Yeeeeeaaaa, It’s X-mas all over again. Google takes another step to free you from your MS/Exchange/.me addiction. No more need to get a “Cloud” account to sync up your calendars, No more jumping through hoops with sync connector programs that don’t work. Google has added CalDAV support to Google Calendar…….Read all about it here.
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Access your MAC formatted disks under Windows
Okay so it’s read-only access, but it’s Free :-). Have a look at HFSExplorer the next time you need to grab a file from that mac formatted firewire drive. It’s a little Java program that allows you full read access to any HFS+/HFSX formatted disk. It works nicely under boot camp to give you access…
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Mount ISO and ZIP Files as virtual folders under Windows….
Yep, you can finally do it and it’s gonna cost you nothing. Thanks to the free Pismo File Mount utility windows users can now also enjoy the ease of mounting a ISO CD/DVD image and/or a ZIP file as a Virtual folder. Lots of cool possibilities and you can’t beat FREE.
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Backup your present windows Device Drivers
Yep, we’ve all been there. You buy a cheap PC/Notebook and there is no driver disk provided with the package. You of course curse the manufacturer and then get down trying to figure out what driver file does what. After about 5-6 hours you finally realize that your attempts at backing up the drivers that the machine…