Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Putting the HAL in AI hallucination

Posted on 2025/08/19 by cpuguru

‘In the dimly lit basements of IBM’s research labs back in the late 1960s, a team of engineers was secretly collaborating with Stanley Kubrick on his upcoming film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The movie needed a villainous AI, and IBM, … Continue reading →

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Upgrading the Hard Drives in my Synology DS413 NAS

Posted on 2015/03/04 by cpuguru

I initially loaded my Synology DS413 Networked Attached Storage (NAS) device with (4) 1.5TB hard drives. They were drives that I’d pulled out of a server that I was decommissioning last year and I was having issues with other 1.5TB … Continue reading →

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Re-Tasking the GPUs to Litecoin Mining

Posted on 2014/01/12 by cpuguru

In my last post – Bitcoin Mining for Fun and (not much) Profit – I described my experiences with mining for Bitcoins using my (3) Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards. I ceased my GPU-based mining operations because even with my max … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin Mining for Fun and (not much) Profit

Posted on 2013/12/31 by cpuguru

I’d like to share some of my experiences with Bitcoin “mining” for those who have asked about it. The two main sites that can give you a run-down on Bitcoins are the Wikipedia article on the Bitcoin Protocol and the … Continue reading →

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Recovering Game Settings from your XBox post RROD

Posted on 2012/01/06 by cpuguru

We went out to do some grocery shopping last night and came back to an upset young man. Apparently the XBox 360 that we’ve had for some 5-6 years finally bit the dust – posting an “E-74” error on the … Continue reading →

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MIT Drone Maps Room in Real Time Using a Kinect

Posted on 2011/03/31 by cpuguru

I’m totally digging the innovative uses of the Microsoft Kinect, with novel uses popping up every day. I also love the fact that my son, your daughter…pretty much anybody can start exploring and tinkering in this space because of this … Continue reading →

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Applying Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 with WebPI

Posted on 2011/03/14 by cpuguru

Last week Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 was released to the masses. There were just two ways to install it, either run the web installer which pulls down just the bits that you need to install for your … Continue reading →

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NoScript add-on for Firefox

Posted on 2011/03/09 by cpuguru

If you’re like me, you frequently get called on to help others out when they experience “issues” on their computers. Let’s face it, we’re front-line tech support for many of our family and friends. One tweak that I like to … Continue reading →

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OCEANIC Tech Talk from Two Years Ago

Posted on 2011/02/15 by cpuguru

I was doing some housekeeping on one of my web servers this afternoon when I ran across an old Tech Talk video that I recorded two years ago. The OCEANIC Tech Talks were lunchtime presentations that I did every few … Continue reading →

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Shop Vac

Posted on 2010/12/02 by cpuguru

Really dug the animated typography on the “Shop Vac” video by Jonathan Coulton and had to share a link – that is all… Enjoy! And while we’re on the topic of Jonathan Coulton, here’s another of my favorite videos which … Continue reading →

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