The latest cards from ATI stomp all over nVidia…for half the price! Also, in my personal experience, ATI’s Vista drivers seem to be more stable than nVidia’s. Ars also has a first look at the upcoming AMD+ATI Shrike chip that includes an on-die GPU. Time to get a new video card… Random
Archive for June, 2008
ATI’s New Cards Offer a Better Value than nVidia
Posted in Random Stuff on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Really Useful Software
Posted in Random Stuff on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t checked out our Really Useful Software page yet, you can download some useful software for free (stay tuned for more to come). Make software, not war. Random
80-20: A Space Odyssey
Posted in Essays, tagged linkedin on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of well-known bloggers and pundits like to talk about the 80-20 rule. In relation to technology, the idea is this: the best way to create a Fast Company and get featured on Tech Crunch (preferably becoming rich and famous in the process) is to nail the 20% of features your customers want and [...]
Fun with Wordle
Posted in Random Stuff, tagged captain constructor, fun, wordle on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Being a subscriber to TEDBlog, I found a really nifty applet this morning called Wordle. I took the story of Captain Constructor and fed it into the machine. Here are a few examples of what came up. (Note: requires Java). How about another?
June Software Pick: Exposé for Windows Vista and Server 2008
Posted in Software Picks on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have long had Exposé (Mac OS X) envy. Now you can get the love on Windows Vista with Switcher: http://insentient.net/ I would recommend editing shortcuts to add the mouse-in-the-screen-corner shortcut to better emulate the Mac Exposé behavior: Settings > Shortcuts > Edit Shortcuts > Add Shortcut > Mouse Over Screen If you have more [...]
