Posted in Misc on Apr 9th, 2008
I just installed a KVM switch to share a Keyboard, Video and Mouse among several computers. Specifically, an ATEN CS1734B, a 4 port switch that also permits sharing of USB and audio peripherals.
Ahh, your Hitler box
said the lady of the house when I described it. A Master of The Universe (MOTU) I could understand, though I am not such an exalted person, but Hitler?
My old KVM switch, which she seemed to have forgotten about (or perhaps never noticed), had died en route from the tropics. As result, I have had two keyboards, mice and monitors on my desk for my Vista and Linux computers for the least year or so.
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Posted in Misc on Sep 7th, 2007
The “theory” of plate tectonics is science you can kick or hit with a hammer. It’s too bad most people have no idea
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2007
Open source software advocates like to imagine that Microsoft will fall over and die a painful death. But how likely is this? Chances are it isn’t going to happen but Windows and Office won’t remain as dominant as they have been.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2007
An entertaining YouTube video: Adolf Hitler reacting badly to some soccer results. Actually, this is a work of comic genius — as good an advertisement for secondary use of original material as I’ve ever seen. I don’t know the ins and outs of the football story but you don’t have to. You don’t even need [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2007
How new technology has changed what’s on TV. The digital video recorder and my new interest in history programs with computer graphics. Helen of Troy gets a passing mention. Could she possibly have held a candle to Bettany Hughes?
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