the body of a very slow loop
Hopefully this will save somebody a headache.
This evening I was looking at System Profiler and I discovered that my MacBook’s SuperDrive didn’t appear quite as super as the one in my wife’s MacBook. Specifically, my drive reported 0KB cache, and a greatly reduced set of supported DVD formats.
Turns out that this was because I was running Parallels.
Here are the details from System Profiler:
Continue reading ‘SuperDrive Suddenly Not So Super?’
Just a quick rant: Why does Google still suck for finding BIOS and drivers online? A search for K8N-DL BIOS yields exactly zero first-page results from the Asus web site.
Hey Google, this is the link I want.
kthxbye
Briefly, undervolting is the process of manipulating a processor’s P-state tables to cause it to run at a lower voltage, while keeping frequency unchanged. This has no effect whatsoever on performance, but can extend battery life and reduce heat dissipation.
Undervolting cannot damage your CPU, but it can cause your machine to crash. You should be prepared to boot your mac into safe mode, in the event that something goes awry.
I’m going to assume a basic knowledge of undervolting, and merely describe the process and results for my MacBook. (For more detailed info, there’s a great article at Nordic Hardware.)
OK lets get started. Here’s what we need:
Continue reading ‘How to Undervolt a MacBook’
Burton Smith, David Patterson and a host of other parallel computing and computer architecture demigods were on hand to answer the question, “What the hell are we going to do with all these cores?”
If, like me, you couldn’t make it, at least you can view the slides, available here.
Here’s the problem: I read about 100 blogs and generally end up reading the same story more than once. It’s like some kind of bizarre internet echo. Many bloggers merely link to another’s article, sometimes without so much as adding their $0.02. Sometimes I wonder, “Did I already read this? Is this just deja vu? Am I going insane?”
I want an aggregator which digs down a few levels of indirection and attempts to identify the primary source for some story. This would be the root of a whole tree of links. Then, merely show me this “uberpost” and give me an easy way to de-prioritize the others.
If I have this problem with 100 blogs, just imagine what Scoble has to deal with — he reads over 600: Lifehacker, Hackszine, Four-Hour Workweek (this is the primary source…case in point)
Who will build this first?
Update: Upon reflection, I think the real problem is the sense of deja-vu. I might be satisfied with a feed reader which simply restores my confidence in my own sanity. So maybe just give me a view that shows the related posts together. Or perhaps, just give me a UI indication “Links to primary source (Read Tuesday at 9:22 AM)”
Seriously, what am I missing? Somebody like Apple would be in a great position to add this across their product line, and integrate it into a bunch of applications.
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