I must have been on a tear with coding a couple years ago. Three old domains for three experimental web services are expiring. One was to deliver email on a Kindle, another was a URL shortener, and the last was a OpenID service. Three duds in a row.

(I’m not an expert in this.) Here’s some info about the computer junk universe.

(I’m not an expert in this.)  Here’s some info about the computer junk universe.

The common computer battery is a CR2032. The C means lithium. The 20 means 20mm diameter, and 32 means 3.2mm thick.

This is a good 10 minute presentation about how to use social media. I got it from a podcast I listen to.

http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4834.html

Takeaway points:

The first computer book I read was "Teach Yourself Basic" by Bob Albrecht. It wasn't a really good book - at least not for a child - but there it was. Mr.

While the mainstream is going ga-ga over the HTC EVO and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, there's been an explosion of Android-based mobile internet device (MID) tablets that cost less than $200. This is a weird situation, where cheap displays combined with ARM and Atom chips, and phone engineering skills combine to product low-performance alternatives to the iPad. Without a doubt, these cheap tablets sucks compared to the expensive iPad.

Computer headsets - headphones with a microphone - are all the rage, because of Skype/VOIP and online videogaming. So, they cost way too much. This is an ad-hoc review of several brands.

I thought contextual links would be interesting - at the very least they could be interesting to read. I actually like targeted ads, because they are like searches to me. I don't find them that annoying. But these ads from Kontera suck.

I came across a broken LCD monitor on the street, and took it apart trying to figure out how to fix it.

We were trying to use VoIP with AT&T DSL and it wasn't working well. The problem turned out to be the DSL modems, believe it or not. Data throughput was high, but it was failing on calls.

Why bother buying a DSL modem/router? Because the Motorola DSL modems AT&T gives out suck.

Until I started doing more video work, I ran under the assumption that DVDs were a good way to transfer video. DVD should use only three encodings: MPEG2 for video, and AC3 or MP3 for audio.

Wrote a review in July 2009. Now I barely use the thing, so I ended up taking it apart. It turned out that people were hacking a similar device, used for video games, for a while. It has a Sunplus SoC on it.

This is a short list of Intel motherboards. Intels are usually regarded as the most stable mobos, but lately stability has declined somewhat, according to reviewers at NewEgg. You need to match the memory to the board to achieve stability. Look up lists of compatible, tested RAM.