http://www.deinonych.com/ Everything about nothing. en-us deinonych@gmail.com Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:51:47 -0600 http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000205.html For the past couple of years, I've been using a ViewSonic VX2025wm 20" display. It has served me well, overall, but the DVI port has been causing problems for me over the past few months (a known issue with a... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000204.html FedEx delivered my "repaired" Xbox 360 today. The returned unit has a different serial number on it, so it is either a refurbished unit, or a new one. I'm leaning toward the former, as the build date was around the... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000203.html Like many other Xbox 360 owners before me, my Xbox 360 died last Wednesday evening. I was starting up a game of Beautiful Katamari when the screen froze with a snowstorm of graphical artifacts. At first I thought the disc... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000202.html I admit it: I have a penchant for soda. Maybe it's because I was denied soft drinks as a kid. Or, maybe I just like the fizzy sweet taste. Whatever it is, I love soda. My favorite "hand crafted" sodas... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000200.html The unnecessary use of quotation marks is a pet peeve of mine. I don't know where people learned to use quotation marks for emphasis, but it's downright stupid. This blog has some amusing commentary on this inane practice. Fun reading.... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000201.html I was reading the latest CPU Magazine over the weekend (great mag, by the way). In one of the DIY sections, there was an article about a new 12cm, high CFM case fan from Aerocool. Supposedly, they are using a... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000199.html Hooking up a PC speaker in a case can be a pain. Some manufactures (like Antec, for example) no longer include a speaker as standard equipment for their cases. Others place the speaker in odd places, making it difficult to... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000198.html I received my replacement motherboard on Friday and installed it over the weekend. The replacement came with the latest BIOS, so I don't have to worry about updating it. So far, everything is running quite nicely. I have EIST enabled... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000197.html My new motherboard (abit IP35 Pro) arrived Friday, and I swapped it out last night. Everything went perfectly, especially given that I followed this excellent guide for swapping out a motherboard without reinstalling the operating system. The new board is... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000196.html I admit it...I'm a sucker for good marketing, especially when it comes to electronics. TiVo has been advertising their new TiVo HD heavily during college football games,which piqued my interest. The TiVo HD is essentially a scaled-down version of the... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000195.html Today, the optical block on my Sony KDSR-50XBR1 was replaced. Over the past 6 months or so, the picture quality had slowly degraded, with the appearance of a yellow "stain" appearing over much of the display. This is a known... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000194.html Just like last time, Intel turned around my warranty replacement in short order. I received the new processor today. Now, I just need to pick up the new motherboard. I've decided to go with abit's IP35 Pro, as it seems... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000193.html OK, this is ridiculous. After nearly two months of stability, my system decided to throw me for a loop the other day. I was enjoying a session of Bioshock Sunday morning, when my system hard-locked in the middle of the... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000192.html There is something seriously wrong with my system. Since it was built a few months ago, I've been plagued with BSODs and serious errors under Windows. At first, I thought my memory was the culprit; it was displaying multiple errors... http://www.deinonych.com/archives/deinonych/000189.html I finally broke down and purchased an Xbox 360. I've been considering the purchase for quite a while now, but couldn't bring myself to plop down the cash. When Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 Elite earlier this year, I knew...