On a lark, and knowing that 10.3 had pretty good USB 2 support, I decided to pick up an el-cheapo usb 2 controller while at Fry’s the other day despite it not having mac drivers. I popped it in tonight,Continue reading… USB 2 for mac
Gigabit Notes
Notes from Today’s Slash discussions and my own research. SMC8508T 8 port gigabit switch. Supports jumbo frames and costs $150. Intel Pro 1000 cards seem to get a lot of good reviews. Jumbo frames and linux support. 66mhz, but onlyContinue reading… Gigabit Notes
Yellow on Blue
Today I had a lot of fun setting up Yellow Dog Linux on a Blue and White G3. Beyond some initial formatting issues, the install went very smoothly. Yellowdog is essentially Redhat 8 cleaned up for PPC. I was prettyContinue reading… Yellow on Blue
Ichabod
This started out as a response to a comment, and was so long, I thought I would just make it into a post. Here’s the comment and my response. Didn’t they try this? It was called the G4 Cube, andContinue reading… Ichabod
New Motherboard
In the interest of science, I ordered another motherboard for fluffy. I got a refurbed Gigabyte GA-7VT600 based on the Via chipset instead of the Nvidia based motherboard I have now. Some interesting results. Samba is a lot faster. DownloadsContinue reading… New Motherboard
Headless
Over at Nic’s page, there was some hub-bub about the headless iMac, and why it will never happen. The headless iMac is a constant bone of contention in the Apple world, and for good reason. It exposes all of Apple’sContinue reading… Headless
Another Day, Another Design
So, I figured everyone else was going with a fixed 2 column centered layout, so why not me? I’ve tested it on most mac browsers, but not on the PC side of things yet. I’m sure it breaks in aContinue reading… Another Day, Another Design