Category Archives: Technology
Why I might not build a PC again
This post might come across as something that sounds like a five-minute rant, but this is something a bit more than just what the title says. It’s just more of a trend of where technology has been going for the past few years, and how that trend seems to be likely to continue. Before I [...]
ChromiumOS Downloads
Jumping on the ChromiumOS Downloads, I have built and compiled a version of ChromiumOS, the URL for viewing builds and downloading is available at http://www.spcook.co.uk/chromiumos
A tale of a laptop (and Windows 7) Part 1
— This is part 1 of a post that I will continue with when I have tested more — Well, as you may or not be aware, I recently bought a new laptop, a HP Pavilion tx2530. It doesn’t have multi-touch or any of the other naff that the latest TouchSmart tx2 series has, but [...]
How to upgrade from Fedora 9 to 10 using Yum
On Tuesday, the latest version of Fedora came out which includes the usual round-up of new updates for several purposes, which can be read http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/index.html#sn-Fedora_10_overview I use a Fedora 9 server, which I can’t get to, so the normal method of putting a disc in and letting anaconda do all the work just isn’t suitable [...]
New Gmail Themes
Just got this update literally a minute ago, and it confused me… what the hell, my gmail looks different. It appears theres now themes built into it, which seem to be just like iGoogle themes. There are 31 themes at the moment, and I have screenshotted a few for you here: Right now I am [...]
My Computers PhotoBuild
Right, finally got round to building my computer, and while my Team Fortress 2 maps directory copies from one system to this new one, I can finally put the pictures of my computer being built. Firstly, the parts that I ordered: Corsair Memory 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5 Corsair Memory 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 CL5 [...]