Monthly Archives: January 2009

Damn just bought 1 TB SATA drive for $60

Posted on January 31, 2009 by admin

Or about $70 after 2 day delivery. Bought it from mwave.com, thanks to uncle for telling me about it. Going to put it in my Icy Dock enclosure, pretty sure it supports 1 TB drives. Also bought a IDE and … Continue reading →

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Slow ass bank

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

The refund I got from system76.com still doesn’t show up, because it takes 3 to 5 business days, system76.com said 3 business days, and that I could contact bank to get it to show up, so I emailed bank, they … Continue reading →

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Damn Apple you must really want me to buy MacBook

Posted on January 21, 2009 by admin

Apple just updated the $999 MacBook which now has nvidia graphics. All changes below, copied from macrumors.com. – Processor moved to 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo with 1066 MHz frontside bus from 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo with 866 MHz … Continue reading →

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Will system76.com ship laptop tomorrow?

Posted on January 19, 2009 by admin

I emailed them saying, if they cannot ship it tomorrow, I want my money back. As then I will be buying a macbook next month, I don’t think it takes apple 8 business days to manufacture it and then ship … Continue reading →

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DS: Warranty Voided is gone

Posted on January 17, 2009 by admin

Looks like my uncle decided not to pay the bill, since he never updated it, and I stopped updating it for him. The theme it had might be released for free, I made it, so I can do whatever I … Continue reading →

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Mac CrossOver Games

Posted on January 15, 2009 by admin

I got CrossOver Games a while ago for free, they were giving it away for free, can’t remember why. Finally messed around with it some more, serious sam the first encounter works, and so does half life 2. Half live … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit how to get serious sam the first encounter to work

Posted on January 14, 2009 by admin

The simple answer is to run ssam_lnx.dynamic, which is in ssamtfe/Bin. Found that on a russian forum, used google translate… Full instructions below. First install 32 bit libraries and linux32. sudo apt-get install ia32-libs linux32 Now go download serious sam … Continue reading →

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Parallels opengl support in ubuntu sucks

Posted on January 14, 2009 by admin

For the heck of it I tried running serious sam in ubuntu in parallels, well I guess parallels doesn’t support opengl very good in linux, only in windows. Figured if it worked, then it would work better, but I guess … Continue reading →

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Spore Creature Creator works in parallels on mac mini

Posted on January 8, 2009 by admin

As most mac users know who have tried the Spore Creature Creator demo, it doesn’t work with a mac mini or any mac with intel GMA 950 video, unless you are running windows. I guess they can support that video … Continue reading →

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Bought Pangolin Performance from system76.com

Posted on January 6, 2009 by admin

Damn I hate tax, would of been cheaper if there was no tax. Got the laptop instead of desktop, cause the HDMI made it to tempting to resist, guess the video card isn’t as good as new macbook’s, but still … Continue reading →

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