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Final Fantasy VIII mouse [Peripherals]

rotaku — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:40:59 +0000

I found at gizmodo. Very interesting the idea, like the people at gizmodo, the design resembles to a Gunblade of Final Fantasy VIII.

By the looks of things, designer Andrey Chirkov is a big fan of Final Fantasy. His concept mouse seems to take its design cues from the FF8 Gunblade—or a hoof (I’m not really sure).At any rate, whereas the gunblade looks tough and menacing, this mouse looks as though it would snap apart with a single click from a fat finger frantically firing in a FPS. [Project Page via Gizmowatch via Coolest Gadgets via Newlaunches]

from Gizmodo by Sean Fallon

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SSD: Solid State Drive

rotaku — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Do you know the SSD? No?

Well, every day you learn something new…

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. A SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most applications. A SSD using SRAM or DRAM (instead of flash memory) is often called a RAM-drive.

SSDs have begun to appear in laptops, although as of 2009 they are substantially more expensive per unit of capacity than hard drives (US$500 for a 256 GB SSD, vs. US$50 for a similar size external USB HDD).

source:: wikipedia

This drive is expensive…Yeah..but has a lot of benefits…can be a good option if you are thinking on upgrade your drive or get a new computer.

Advantages:

Faster.
Fast random access.
Not noisy!.
Low power consumption and heat production
Ability to endure extreme shock, high altitude, vibration and extremes of temperature.

Disadvantages:

$$ Expensive.

If you saw the video, you will know the advantages. Personally, I think the SSD, are a great option.

Testing Ubuntu

Testing Ubuntu

rotaku — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:42:18 +0000

A lot of people don’t know much about Linux. Well, you can install a nice and free distribution just for fun. Is very easy just follow the steps…and is very light…unlike shtti Vista. I have to use Linux for work so.

Of course you can have both installed (Windows – Linux).

Kanon Ubuntu

1. Download the ISO file for Ubuntu 8.10. Burn the file to CD.

2. Insert the newly burned CD into your CD drive.

3. When the Ubuntu CD Menu appears, click the Install inside Windows button.

4. Select the drive to install Ubuntu. Input your username and password for the Ubuntu account. Click the Install button.

5. Ubuntu will be installed on your PC.

6. Once it has finished installing, reboot your computer.

You will then be given the choice of booting into Windows or Ubuntu.

Via tech-recipes

Easy right?

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