A few days ago I noticed that my laptop was booting up much slower than before, at least 20 seconds slower I would say. I checked if there were any programs being automatically started by Windows that might’ve slowed the computer down. Nope. No viruses on the computer either.
I then went into the BIOS setup [...]
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9 Apr
Don’t always rule out the simplest explanation
18 Dec
Rubber that remembers
I’ve heard of shape memory alloys, but I came across an interesting article in Science Daily, about shape memory rubber titled ‘Retrospective Rubber’ Remembers Its Old Identities:
Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a shape-memory rubber that may enable applications as diverse as biomedical implants, conformal face-masks, self-sealing sutures, and “smart” labels.
The material, described [...]
16 Feb
Links for 16-Feb-2006
I thought of writing up some original content but when there’s so much to steal borrow from on the web, why bother? This content is borrowed from John Rhodes.
Confessions of an IT hitman
Now you start to get an idea of what users go thru when you roll out your flashy new system with all [...]
