I’ve been researching new computer parts for a few months now and I’m finally at the point where its all coming together. (I’m writing this post from the new machine).
When I started the project, I wanted to build a machine that would last at least a couple of years. I’m not quite done, but let’s just say it’s working just fine on Windows and will need some tweaks in order to run Linux.
here is the hardware list:
- Motherboard: ASUS, M3N-HD/HDMI - allows you to browse the web without having to load the OS
- CPU: AMD Phenom™ X4 Quad-Core -Black Edition allows you to overclock
- Video Card: Nvidia 9600GT/HTDI/512M - allows you to plugin 2 LCD monitors
- Power Supply: ANTEC Trio - 550 Watt PSU - SLI ready can handle multiple graphics cards and the quad core CPU
- Memory: 4GB Kingston DDR2 1066 - with room to upgrade to 8GB
- Hard Drive: 200GB IDE
- Pioneer DVD/RW
- All this hardware is kept cool in a metal case with 4 fans & blue LED lights
- 2 x 22 inch widescreen monitors
- 1 TB NAS (Network Attached Storage)
Last night I had the opportunity to deliver yet another technical speech to my Toastmasters club; the goal of this speech was to “persuade with power”.
Like all my speeches, I delayed my efforts until the very end because I couldn’t think of anything to persuade the crowd with. Just hours before my deadline, I decided that I would persuade them to consider open source software.
My speech was a hit with a few members of the audience, and lasted almost 10 minutes, a new record for me!
Although I didn’t use any visuals during the speech, one of the suggestions I received was to include a nice visual representation of the topic; so I put together a quick timeline to point out a few milestone in open source. This might come in handy for another speech.
Published at May 4, 2008
in Video.
In this video, I use 12 digital images + latin beats + animoto.
Enjoy!
Produced by: Mario Seijo
Music by: Square Ears
Track: Latino Freakout
Published at April 26, 2008
in Linux.
I downloaded the latest Ubuntu bits last night and burned them onto a DVD. I am very impressed by the user experience Ubuntu creates for its users — its very simple. This morning I only spent a couple of hours configuring my dual-screen setup and everything else seems to be working just right.
I especially like the way it recognized my network storage server, so that i could retrieve files that I had backed up. Now i can get to my real work 
The guys from Animoto have a slick online service that lets you create a movie using your images and music.
You can create a 30 second “short” film for free; here is my first one.
enjoy!
Hard drives have increased their storage capacities while prices have dropped dramatically. I usually keep a couple of spare hard drives to backup my personal data (e.g. photos, music, documents) from time to time; This technique works fine as long as I can remember where i put my spare hard drives and where to find the cables that go with it. Wouldn’t it be great if you could connect to a spare hard drive over a network or wireless? That’s exactly what a NAS does. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage and I just got one with 1 terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) of storage.
I am tired of seeing hardware advertisements that say something like “Supports Windows Vista & Mac”. wait a minute, what about Linux?
I ended up purchasing the LaCie Ethernet Big Disk mainly because they proudly say they support Linux on their website, “Supports Linux 2.4 or higher”.
This device is also capable of streaming audio and video over WiFi to other plug-and-play devices in your home. This is awesome!
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