Don’t read headlines or news feeds on your favorite websites. Do use RSS. Save a lot of time by collecting the RSS feeds of your favorite sites then use a feed reader to keep up with the latest things. There’s a cool site called Bloglines where you can keep track of all your favorite feeds. […]
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Don’t decide between Windows and Linux. Do dual boot. There’s no reason to choose one operating system. If you have some reason to be using Linux (e.g. just for fun, for some software development projects, etc) install your Linux distribution of choice, partition your drive and install Windows too. Tips: Install Windows first then use […]
Don’t go out and buy the latest largest hard drive to store your piles of data. Do get the most value out of your existing drives by adding them to a RAID array. You can join an array of drives of any sizes to create a huge volume. You can even install Windows on a […]
Don’t buy the top of the line video card. Do buy two older GPUs and SLI them. If you’ve got an ATI chipset you’ll need to shop for CrossFire compatible video cards. Let me crunch some numbers for you: You can buy a GeForce 8800GTX with 575MHz core clock and 1800MHz memory speed for around […]
I just finished swapping my XBox drive with a 120gb Maxtor. Now I can copy every game I ever wanted to play to the harddrive and I won’t have to carry disks around anymore. I used the tutorial at http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=244043 to operate xboxhdm. Here’s what I did: Bought XBox Before the new softmodding kits came […]
I just got an Audiovox SMT 5600. I’ve got it running Windows Mobile 5 and here’s how I did it. First I hit thepiratebay.com, searched for “windows mobile 5” and downloaded Windows.Mobile.5.ROM.Pack.For.HTC.Typhoon.C500.SMT5600. The nfo file contains instructions for flashing the ROM however mine came with the latest Smartphone 2003 image and could not be upgraded. […]