aviary

Found The Unofficial Apple Weblog a few days ago… forgot how. It’s a very interesting site.

After realizing that most of my “news” posts are balantly ripped off comments of the sites I read, I remembered the original purpose of this record-keeping - to be able to FIND what I’ve READ before (as in the actual article). Not only has the copying links been very tedious, but it also reminds me of my rather weird “collective” nature - the “I must have all of these logged” feeling that I so hate when I start feeling it; it’s a very powerful feeling that can otherwise bind me into behaviors I wish I didn’t have.

So, I’ll now try to start doing what I meant to do - post links and small descriptions of each article that I actually read, and hopefully whatever I tag them with is what I’ll use to search for them whenever I need them again.

Reverse Chronological order (like I used to read articles), from Slashdot, one from Flexbeta, and possibly from Neowin

• Mars’ dust storms turn out to be much bigger than anticipated.
• Dual-core processors change licensing models
• Shrimp shell band-aids clot blood immediately
• NYT - Correupted PC’s Find New Home in the Dumpster
• Another theory behind Apple’s switch to Intel is the Trusted Computing Platform on x86
• Someone’s project to monitor all circuits in his house
• China’s planning a second manned space mission
• Amazon sues Cedant for patent infringment, while we thought they weren’t going to
• Purdue has a completed a table-top nuclear fusion experiment
• This blogger has earned 20,000$ from blogging with Google AdSense
• 56.2% of software developers use some sort of open source software
• Another idea: Convert LP records using its image, but it “sounds like it’s being played at your neighbor’s house–across the street”
• Intel is going to use hardware Trusted Computing/DRM to not allow Linux to boot on its processors; To AMD!

After my dual Athlon MP 2400+’s burnt out, I’ve been living in the laptop world. It definitely is a very different view from the desktop world, which I’ve preferred since the beginning of time. After getting the T43p though, I really miss the fact that I can use a dual screen of equal size on the desktop; not to mention that the density of pixels can be lower, so everything’s generally easier to view.

To actually be able to use that function though, I need a new processor. Of course, I have a few options - if I’m getting a processor, I can get an Athlon XP, an Athlon MP, or an Athlon XP-M; if I’m willing to upgrade the motherboard, I can get one that is pin compatible with Athlon 64, or even one that is Socket 939. For now, though, I think I’ll stick with XP-M. It’s cheaper, going to run a lot less hot, and works with my current motherboard, which can actually sport two XP-Ms at a later time.

For reference, the articles that I read yesterday on this topic are here:

• Intel Pentium M 780 as Heart of Your Desktop PC, with ASUS CT-479 Adapter
• The Next Generation of Cool: AOpen’s 37 Watt Pentium M Desktop PC
• 4 AMD Socket 754 MicroATX Motherboards: Getting the Job Done on the Cheap
• Life in the Fast Lane: New Boards for the Athlon 64
• Finally Available: Nine Socket 939 Athlon64 Motherboards!
• Digital Daily review of Epox 8RDA3+
• Digital Daily review of Abit NF7-S
• Digital Daily review of Asus A7N8X
• Digital Daily review of boards based on the NForce2 Ultra 400 Northbridge

Wikipedia, again, served very helpful.

• List of AMD Athlon XP processors
• List of AMD Duron processors
• List of Sempron processors
• List of Athlon 64 processors

That’s it for now, though I’m sure there’s a lot more articles that I’ve read about this topic that I never actually jotted down.