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I wanted to log the CPU utilization during a game (Half Life 2: Lost Coast - more on that later). I found an article entitled Troubleshooting High CPU Utilization that taught me how to do it. This seems like a great tool to figure out what the performance bottleneck of o computer is in a [...]

How We Built the Quintessential Sentry Gun

I upgraded my PC, namely got the following components:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Asus A8N-Sli Premium
Kingston 2x 1GB DDR 400
XFX NX7800GTX
I formated my computer and reinstalled Windows XP. I have and HD just for OSes and programs and I try to keep my data in another HD but I already noticed a major screw up: my [...]

I remember a conversation I had with João Paredes (Chefax R&D) a couple of years ago about using FPGAs instead of microprocessors in high-performance/super computers. João did hint it in a comment under his interview at OSnews:
I’ll just give you a hint: it’s amazing what one can do with FPGA’s.
Fast-Forward two years and I [...]

I finally got around to reading something about the Cell Processor:
Introducing the IBM/Sony/Toshiba Cell Processor — Part I and Part II. There are two more detailed articles entitled The CELL Microprocessor and CELL Microprocessor Revisited but I haven’t gotten around to reading them and I doubt I will anytime soon.
More Links:
IBM will unlock door [...]

Is Iomega going to finish the Blue-Ray vs HDDVD war by killing both formats with its 800GB DVD?
Now I want the Debian Linux/Gnome based Nokia 770. More info at mobileburn,InfoSyncworld and for developers there is Maemo: “Maemo is a development platform to create applications for Nokia 770 Internet Tablet and other maemo compliant handheld [...]

I just have to blog about this, it’s freaking unbelievable. My brand new DVD recorder, a NEC 3520A, just PULVERIZED a cd!!! The cd is now in pieces, mostly very small pieces!!! WHAT THE HELL?!? I inserted the cd, the drive started to read it then I hear a very loud “BOOM” i open the [...]

Python 2.4 is out and here are the highlights.
SCO.com got hacked again (screenshot) - with a lot of class. Their new slogan as far as I am concerned is “We own all your code pay us all your money.” - damn good description of their business plan (tough the alternative would’ve been cool too: [...]

I just plugged in my old CRT monitor in a dualview mode. I had the idea to do this ever since I had this extra monitor lying around but I finally got to it when I saw this article. I placed my feedreader in the second monitor and firefox in the first. [...]

My motherboard decided to die on me so I was left without my desktop PC. No biggie, I still had my laptop. Unfortunately, its hard drive had other plans. Oh well, I still have access to various computers both at Chefax and at FEUP. And one thing all those computers have in common: USB ports [...]

I haven’t blogged for a while but now I have a lot to blog about. I’m going to start with the changes to my ‘working’ environment.I bought a 21.3″ monitor, the Samsung 213t (review) and cranked the resolution all the way to 1600×1200. I can’t remember how I lived before it. It’s one of those [...]

Late is better than never - at least for bluetooth and its users (yours truly included). Can’t wait for Wireless USB (WUSB).

Charlie Demerjian, looking straight at the horizon and through the marketing fog, is the author of the best piece of IT journalism I’ve seen in a very long while.