micromux

USB File System Brilliance

The ubiquity of the FAT32 file system has allowed the common USB flash drive to pervade virtually every desktop computer. My flash drive can easily be used on a Windows, Mac or Linux workstation. Even more importantly, I can copy a handful of photos to it and at my local Target store the Kodak photo machine is able to read the images from the drive.

Read USB File System Brilliance >>

Running With Forks

The browser war has temporarily been placed on hold in favor of a simultaneous application war. It appears that a Vista user can run maybe 100 applications at a time, and on OS X you are likely to get only a mere 150 applications into your dock. Of course, on Linux you can run even more despite the incredibly high CPU utilization. Imagine a completely unusable computer running 200 applications at once, and in fact this is the scenario we should really be concerned with.

Read Running With Forks >>

Working With Wine

It’s been a while since my last post, and during that time I have been busy playing some computer games that I haven’t looked at in a while. At the moment, Empire Earth and SimCity 4 are at the top that list. What is significant about this is that these are playable on Wine and they actually work. Read Working With Wine >>

Network Dependency

While traveling this past holiday season, at one of the many airports a kid was busy talking on her cellphone and complaining about how she was having such difficulty finding a phone number. At the other end, it sounded like her mom was navigating through her Facebook page to locate the phone number in question. Have we really become so dependent on network connectivity?

Read Network Dependency >>

Laptop Absconding at Best Buy

It seems pretty common practice to bring malfunctioning computers to get repaired, something that Raelyn Campbell did when she brought in her faulty laptop to a local Best Buy. Unfortunately, in the process of fixing the computer it was lost and now Raelyn is seeking a financial remedy for her situation.

Read Laptop Absconding at Best Buy >>