old stuff from April, 2006

power supply is dying

Wednesday, 19 April 2006 9:11 pm by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

i think my power supply is dying.
i’m using a task dual-fan 450w switching power supply (tk-945tx-df). it should last more than 3 years. well, according to the task web site, its suppose to have a 3-year warranty. but i have just been using it for a little under two years and according to the data [...]

head and toes

Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:21 pm by noel
posted in site, theme, wordpress

the header and footer still looked a lot like kubrick so i decided to change it a bit just to make myself more comfortable with the web log.
nah. not twiddling thumbs. just taking a break.

widgetizing

Monday, 10 April 2006 7:16 pm by noel
posted in site, software, stuff, theme, wordpress

i’ve been spending some free time widgetizing this blog. the wordpress widget is a new plug-in that is suppose to make it easy to configure and manage the sidebar. for the most part it does make things easier and simpler. rearranging the sidebar becomes a click, drag and drop affair.
but before i could get to [...]

witching hour

Saturday, 8 April 2006 8:12 pm by noel
posted in internet, network, stuff, wordpress

it was almost midnight. to some its the witching hour. certain things slow down. and then stops completely.
noooo!!!!
dsl decides to disconnect right when i’m in the middle of importing a blogger blog into a wordpress blog. that is not good.
i was able to get connected six hours later and restored the blogger template just to [...]

keyboard

Friday, 7 April 2006 10:42 pm by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

i like this keyboard. its blank. its a bit expensive. and i don’t own it. but i still like it.