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My ThinkPad: too fast for ReadyBoost

November 21, 2012 by Frederick | 1 Comment

I recently installed a OCZ Vertex 4 SSD in my Lenovo ThinkPad W520. A couple of days ago I installed Windows 8 Professional. I also have 12 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz memory…

Even though I’ve never used ReadyBoost, it’s amusing to see this message.

August 5, 2012
by Frederick
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Incoming college freshmen: Campus Backup Service is a ripoff

If you’re a freshman at Penn or many of the other universities that are raking in revenue from freshmen beyond tuition and fees, you may have received e-mails and letters offering all sorts of wonderful things. The one that caught … Continue reading →

Really, Penn?

June 14, 2012 by Frederick | Comments Off

If IE6 (that ancient browser all web developers hate) works, I’m pretty damn sure Chrome 21 will!

Penn’s web apps, like certain features in Penn InTouch, give an “invalid browser” message when using Chrome.

It’s time they fixed this. Stop forcing me to launch Firefox!

Google Maps is even cooler now

December 6, 2011 by Frederick | Comments Off

3D in my browser, rendered by my browser? I gotta get this.

July 8, 2011
by Frederick
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How I organize my books

I keep all of my books organized in Librarian Pro by Koingo Software. Admittedly, the Windows port is a sort-of-slow version of the Mac software, but it’s usable and rather pretty. Along with this, I use a USB barcode scanner … Continue reading →

May 8, 2011
by Frederick
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Windows Live Hotmail is now authenticating DKIM

I haven’t seen anything published about this yet, but I noticed today that Windows Live Hotmail seems to be authenticating incoming e-mail using DKIM in addition to Sender ID. Background In the past, Hotmail has verified the authenticity of incoming … Continue reading →

Cool: Microsoft Mathematics

February 14, 2011 by Frederick | Comments Off

Microsoft Mathematics is pretty cool. With the equation solving functionality (step-by-step solutions available for most things), calculus and parametric features (it graphs in 3D too!), this tool closely matches the functionality of Apple’s Grapher and, to an extent, Wolfram Alpha.

Download it on your own Windows computer.

Via Frederick’s Timelog (Tumblr Edition)

January 26, 2011
by Frederick
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Oh no… usage based billing

I have to start paying +$10/month with Primus for my DSL connection thanks to Bell Canada’s new Usage Based Billing model, which reduces my service from “unlimited” bandwidth to a 25 GB cap. Does anyone know a better cable ISP … Continue reading →