Sunday, June 22, 2008

Fitting Plenty of Stuff into Small Bag

How to overcome the laws of physics by fitting stuff into a small and confined space.


Plenty of crap to go into a small bag??


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1. Just mash your mushy clothes into small pulps, hope that non of them will get too damaged beyond recognition.




2. Pry to the physics god!




3. Squeeze tightly, compress and listen for anything that may break due to over-pressure.




4. And you're done. Next time get a bigger carry-on bag.



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Why do I need such a small bag? Well, I have a box that I need to check in, and its 13KG worth of crap.


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Saturday, June 21, 2008

At a Dilemma

Hmmmm....


Which should I get?

A Nvidia 9600 GT priced around RM550


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or



An ATI/AMD Radeon HD4850 priced around RM650


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Performance difference is 50% and price difference is 18%, while power consumption for the card is increased to 98%.


But, when calculating the 500W power supply needed to power the HD4850, is RM260



So, overall price difference is 65% for an upgrade.


Factor in that I will change my processor,motherboard in 2 years time, a new PSU is a must.


So for performance that is 50% better, price increase is 65% (actual)


I think that I'll just wait and see. I guess that Nvidia will slash their prices soon.

Some TLC

Recently, I've been giving my PC some TLC.


Cleaning it, making the black finish as shiny as possible.

Rewiring the internals, from spaghetti to organized spaghetti.

Here's the before:

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And after:



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Much better...