Bee strategy helps servers run more sweetly

The JimH Crossword Blog: Introducing xwordinfo.com – fun crossword stats – nice job Jim

Wow. Haven’t installed XP in quite a while. I installed the retail XP from a CD.

Then had to find my motherboard drivers on a different PC, burn them to a CD, since XP didn’t have the drivers on the retail disk. And the motherboard network chipset wouldn’t work until I got the new motherboard drivers.

Then I went to Windows Update. First I had to download and install a new Windows Update component. Then 16 security/critical patches. Then and only then was I allowed to download Service Pack 2, which takes a long time.

And after that reboot, another 85! patches waiting for me. And then I had to download sound card drivers, and nvidia drivers.

So … if you do this, be prepared for a lot of time spent babysitting downloads and installs.

Fat Spaniel Technologies : Management – met these guys today, great guys.

Programming with molecules – It has been tried before, but researchers are now fully realizing the potential of DNA and want to create a programmable way of combining computers with chemistry.

Finally have had enough of Vista64 bluescreening on me. Probably due to crappy 64bit video drivers. Also tired of being unable to print.

So I wiped the hard disk of my machine today and started the install of XP 32bit. First challenge – the XP install disk doesn’t have drivers for a huge amount of my system, including the network card chipset on the asus motherboard. Downloading all the drivers now on a separate machine to burn onto a CD.

Make sure you have an exact and detailed list of all your hardware if you go this route so you can, like me, track down all the drivers. If I’d been smart I would have downloaded and burnt all the drivers before I did the reinstall.

OK I have a problem. I am trying to set up two Tivo boxes in one room. Unfortunately they both respond to either remote, this is bad. I don’t want them to both change channels, both record the current program, etc. AVSForum, TivoBlog don’t seem to have any suggestions. I can do stupid things to work around this but I am looking for the elegant solution.

You could ask why the hell I have 2 tivos in one room. And if you know me, you know the answer must be “Ohio State Buckeye Football” somehow. The BigTen network is only on DirecTV. But when the Buckeyes are on ABC, HD ABC is only available on comcast. Hence 2. If/when comcast resolves their BigTen network licensing issues, I can resolve this.

What a crazy college football season. Here is a math wonk’s assessment of OSU’s chances to advance to the title game – OSU odds to BCS title game: 59% – thanks Buckeye Commentary.

Football game days tops for drinking among college students- shocking! Students drink more beer on football game days, which also happen to be Saturdays generally.

Mathmos Lights - USA and Canada Shop only - Mathmos Lights USA and Canada Shop only – I’m a sucker for these

Ohio State shuts down Wolverines in what could be Carr’s final home game – Tressel is halfway to making up for the awful Cooper years.

Now we just have to watch the 4 teams ahead struggle to the finish line. My guess is WVU wins out, LSU drops one, and Oklahoma recovers to knock out the Mizzou/Kansas winner, thus putting OSU and WVU in the final. But a lot of football to play…

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Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George hasn’t gotten over his last OSU/U-M experience – I remember this version of The Game clearly. Biakabutuka looked like Superman. Sheesh.