As I found in my previous post, “Liquid Cooling“, the onboard GPU/NB chipset was getting very warm as I had pulled several fans out of my case. Also, as I had gotten a new GeForce GTS450 graphics card, I found that my placement of the reservoir was poorly planned. Thus, I embarked on another shopping spree from FrozenCPU to cool the onboard GPU and rearrange my cooling system. This is my second adventure in the realm of water cooling. My Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H motherboard has the nVidia GeForce 9400 GPU/NB Chipset. I kind of took a risk that the Swiftech MCW30 Chipset Waterblock was going to work for me. I took a rough...
Liquid Cooling
After messing around with some lowbrow cooling, I finally stepped it up and purchased a liquid cooling kit. The Swiftech H20-220 Ultima XT CPU liquid cooling kit seemed like a beginner/intermediate setup and that was what I was looking for. It comes with a pump, a radiator, a reservoir, a CPU...
New Theme
I was out looking for an easy store front theme for WordPress and found ElegantThemes.com. I used their eStore theme for the website I did for The Local Fringe. Then a grabbed another for my wife’s site and decided it was time for a new look on my site as well. There are still a few bugs...
T-Shirt Design (skul...
I picked up a nice technical pen and began sketching out some ideas for a t-shirt. I have not put pen to paper in such a way in quite some time, but it felt really good. This is probably not going to be a big seller, but I’d wear it. I have a couple more ideas using the same skull so I...
Cure for Cancer? Puh...
My son came home from school the other day and exclaimed that a cure for cancer had been found. I immediately grew skeptical, not just because my son has a rather strange sense of humor (wondering where he might get it) and sometimes says the oddest things, but because I had not heard about...
New Venture
My wife and I recently partnered with a local artist couple in their art gallery, The Local Fringe. While many galleries in our area are geared around Adirondack art, this one sits more on the fringe. The gallery sat quietly in its sliver of real-estate for about a year before my wife...
WOT v12
Book Review: The Gathering Storm is book 12 in the never ending series The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan wrote books one through eleven and did so very well. I have read and re-read novels one through eight just so that I could continue up to and include eleven. I was both saddened and worried...
NAS Noodling
I picked up an LG-NAS drive over a month ago and had been working to get it going just the way I wanted it. This being my first NAS drive, I now know a bit more about it than when I started. The main thing I’ve realized is: You get what you pay for. Don’t get me wrong, this sexy...
First Stamp In Passp...
My job usually sends me around the states, but this past week I was sent to Edinburgh, Scotland. Being the first time overseas, I was a bit apprehensive. I had to rent a global phone (the Droid X is not GSM capable, doh!), I had to make sure my credit cards would not defraud, and I had to find...
Deception Begets Mur...
Just read this article and you will see, there is not much more I need to say. It’s only a matter of time, now. While I pause to contemplate the long term, I can’t help but shiver with fear and delight. The fear is common so no explanation needed, but the delight… that may...
My DroidX
Hopefully I don’t go blind, but I have been playing with my Droid X like a fiend. All I can say is that it has met all my expectations and more. Like everyone, I await eagerly for the OTA Froyo update, which will provide access to many new features, most anticipated: Flash 10.1. The...