Category Archives: Science and Technology

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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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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Electric Car Gas Stations

Posted on 2010/12/03 by cpuguru

One of the interesting dilemmas that we face as we move forward towards all-electric cars is the issue of “filling up”. Once the charge indicator gets so low, it’s time to top off the charge to make sure you have … Continue reading →

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ProRAID 4-Bay RAID Enclosure (now with USB 3.0 goodness!)

Posted on 2010/10/14 by cpuguru

Behold the latest addition to my “how to schlep around tons of files” arsenal – the Mediasonic ProRAID 4-Bay RAID enclosure. The problem I needed to solve was how do I back up and/or transport Terabytes worth of data? Once … Continue reading →

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Jaguar C-X75 Concept Car – So Shiny!!!!

Posted on 2010/09/30 by cpuguru

I am in the market for an electric car. Well, actually, I’ve been in the market for a FLYING car my whole life but to date my hopes of ever having one are at an all time low. Magazines like Popular … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Labs Seabird Concept Phone

Posted on 2010/09/28 by cpuguru

Once again, Danielle comes through with a winner. She just sent me a link to what I think would be the perfect dream phone/mobile computer from Mozilla Labs. I love the concept of the dual pico projectors, which allow you … Continue reading →

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Virtual PC 2007 SP1

Posted on 2008/06/06 by cpuguru

Virtual PC 2007 SP1 I’m not quite sure how this slipped by me but it did.  I was in the process of yet again re-paving the laptop (explanation below) and re-installing Virtual PC 2007 when I ran across a download … Continue reading →

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