Pink Martini, Sympathetique

The HotHardware article, dated October 18, reports some pretty impressive speed gains on the A8N32 SLI. I read a later article on AnandTech, dated November 6, however, that pointed out some problems with the HotHardware review. This centered around an outdated (and somewhat incompatible) driver revi...

Then there's only one thing to do, if the fat's not sufficiently saturated. Something is needed that will liquefy when heated, to allow convection, but solidify when cooled to room temperature to make the system portable. Something is needed that is saturated enough to have a long shelf life. There ...

Or you could drop in some sort of noxious scented oil like those plug-in oil warmers. I have relatives who use those all over their houses. If you have network over your indoor power, maybe you could just have plug-in SCPR Folding Team brand room deodorizers... [/url]

I am rather guessing on this one; I almost posted in Enclosures, since technically this is an enclosure... I can get some information but my German's almost nonexistent and Babelfish isn't helping me too much. It appears a gentleman, apparently to settle a bet, has submerged almost all of his comput...

In another thread, koody mentioned filling the corrugations of some cardboard with sand to dampen noise from inside a case. This, for some reason, linked in my mind with a link I saw today where you can apparently purchase five pounds of Silly Putty from Crayola. Does anyone have any knowledge of us...

If you're talking about the cloth fiberglass like you'd use for insulation, it will be an excellent thermal insulation also. It also can release fiberglass filaments when agitated, moved, or cut. You probably want to invest in a mask when working with this stuff. It is really, really, really nasty t...

Careful with the "only 110 Volts" thought. 110V is less likely to throw you onto the floor, but it can still kill you dead. I found that out once; when doing some wiring, not knowing that the circuit breakers had been re-closed, I grabbed a 110V wire :shock: . I physically could not let go of the wi...

I recently purchased an A15-S129 Toshiba notebook. It's a 2.4 ghz celeron system, and is quite... quiet. There is some fan noise when the fan turns on, but it's nowhere near the volume of comparable laptops I have used... The fan is not constant, and of course kicks on more when I'm running Office, ...

I have heard of a WebStation system which is being pushed by the Lindows folks -- apparently, they're trying to attack the super-low price segment with a sub $200 PC. This WebStation basically runs a modified Linux distribution from a Lindows LiveCD -- in essence, it's a CD-based thin client. I'm ce...

I really, really wanted the Eco to be a good PC, but the initial reviews I saw of the box were, to say the least, disappointing. Of cource, the price at the time was around twice what you're talking about (if I recall correctly), which made it impossible. I just couldn't scratch up $1500 for an unde...

Y'know, I totally forgot about the Eco. I was very excited when I heard about the system, but then I saw that stupid price tag. For the performance, and what you get, it is really ridiculous to put $1600 on it. I mean, $1600 is enough to get a good and quiet laptop; for my money, I could drop $1000 ...

Ever since the Crusoe came out, I have been hunting for mainboards that would let me run one. I have not found anything. :( The closest I have found is http://www.transmeta.com/developers/devkit.html which is a development kit, and a bit out of my price range for that kind of power. If anyone finds ...

Though I hear the most recent Dell workstation replacements are rather noisy, I was pleased with the quietness of a Dell laptop I had a few years ago. I think it was an Inspiron; we had several different models around the office and they were all quiet, especially compared to the Gateway 2000 laptop...

Probably a good idea to check at http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/humidorm/ as Jeffrey Stephenson has done several humidor PCs based on the Epia. There seem to be few details on the how, but definitely notes on the what. I would think that the building would require hand tools, probably a dremel. I ...

Sounds like my $$$ are better spent going towards a good laptop or some such. Sounded neato tho...

I dropped a link to this in the Hot Deals forum in case anyone is interested there, but I wondered if anyone in here had worked with an IOpener. There is information on it http://www.galstar.com/~jupo/iopener/ and one can be had for around fifty bucks at http://www.badflash.com/iopener.html . I chec...

I had tried this sort of strategy about a year ago and went with cheap cables. The keyboard and mouse were fine (PS/2) as was the audio, but the video was god-awful. A ghosting popped up when I extended my signal too far -- apparently some of the video signal bounces off the cable connectors, and so...

If you need to break sound off the wall behind, hit a hippie-ish record store or some such. I have had good luck breaking echoes with small cloth wall hangings. Usually, I hang large, thin-cloth tapestries for that, but you should be able to find smaller, heavier cloths. Maybe the wife'd prefer a ni...

I'd think just about any CRT moitor will make a whine of some sort, it just may be too high for human hearing when all is working well. I've had my current monitor about five years. I'm now looking at replacing my monitor because it is starting to fail (an oddity with the horizontal alignment or som...

I, too, have noticed the monitor sound with a white screen. I've got a Princeton EO900 which makes a little buzz. I was able to reduce the buzz by tinkering with the refresh rate on the CRT. It might work for you -- I had a fairly lod buzz at 75 Hz, but at 85 Hz it was much quieter. An old 17" HP mo...

Thanks for the pointer on 32' firewire cables. I picked up a fairly nice KVM some time back and have been half-heartedly looking for KVM cables that would reach far enough for me to put the system in an enclosure. Between the firewire cables and a cheap powered hub for extending USB devices, my only...

I'm looking at a Shuttle SB51G based system, which is a small form factor and so a bit tight on the inside. Has anyone had experiences with moving stuff like the CD/RW and secondary hard disks outside the chassis, maybe using Firewire devices? I know it's more expensive to do this, but I'm thinking ...