Heh. I was only kidding. Yes, I am a computer programmer. I wasn’t kidding about that. (Although “computer programmer” is not usually what people think when they think of me.) But I wasn’t really worried about getting this thing running with a sound card. Hello? How hard is that? I freakin’ built Bud from scratch,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Hardware
Hardware Sucks
Heh. Cool. I’m a computer programmer. I am not a hardware guy. I am using a server as a development machine. The hardware guy just gave me a sound card and a screwdriver. Let’s see if I can do this … <Dr. Nick>Good night, Everybody!</Dr. Nick>
Excellent Error Message
Jason received this error message from one of the NT Servers at work: While validating that COM3 was really a serial port, the contents of the divisor latch register was identical to the interrupt enable and the receive registers. The device is assumed not to be a serial port and will be deleted.
Handspring Visor
Did I already mention that I will absolutely die if I don’t get one of these in the very near future? That’s it. I’m buying one tomorrow. Case closed. Whew! It feels good to get that decision out of the way.
Handspring
Damn! Bryan blogged about his Visor and now I can’t imagine living another day without an ice blue one with a modem and digital camera eye …
Internet Infrastructure
Here is an excellent article about how the web works. Thanks, Jason!
Bud
Bud has been going strong for about a half an hour now so I think it’s safe to say he’s cured. Many thanks to those of you that sent him well-wishes and were obviously concerned. You may notice that not only is he happy and whirring away, but my little WebCam Go! is running again… Read more »
five days
It’s been five days since the last time I blogged her , so I guess it’s safe to write that today I learned that Kamu lucu is Indonesian for, “You’re funny!” Ryan and I managed to find a new power supply for Bud at lunch today. My little buddy should be whirring away and ready… Read more »
Bud
Well Bud is on his side on my desk at the house. His heart (power supply) has been removed and he hasn’t whirred a click in over 24 hours. It’s probably the longest I’ve been without computing at home in five years. Last night I was in a daze. I couldn’t get on-line; no eMail;… Read more »
Headphones
If you’re wearing headphones and listening to the Foo Fighters then you won’t hear your cell phone ring at midnight but it’s okay because the cell phone ether waves will make your monitor all fuzzy …