Tech News
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Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II Review
Published: Saturday, June 30, 2001 | By: DennisIts review time once again at Ninjalane, and this time we are proud to announce the Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II. This card is an excellent replacement for that aging Sound Blaster Live! plus it is about a third of the price of the Game Theater XP.
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XML Content at Ninjalane
Published: Saturday, June 30, 2001 | By: DennisIt is official Ninjalane is running via XML. We are still in the conversion process but all of the content in the reviews section of this site is generated from a single XML file per review. This will allow me to quickly update the website and cut my editing time in half during those updates.
Within the next week the projects section will also be completely XML driven as well. The only drawback to a change this late in the history of Ninjalane.com is that when I remove old files many of our visitors will get a 404 error, "phile not phound". So, if you find one please let me know at this address Webmaster -
Linux Desktop Top 10
Published: Friday, June 29, 2001 | By: DennisHere is a funny top 10 list on what would need to happen for Linux to be a top notch desktop O/S. I like number 8.
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Unix-Style Sockets with XP
Published: Thursday, June 28, 2001 | By: DennisRaw sockets among other things will allow you to spoof your IP address. In recent times you had to be running a *nx style to do that but it looks like times are about to change so, with some creative programming you can start cracking sites without a trace.
Even if you aren't a hacker/cracker type you can still be assured worry free surfing unless you go to yahoo.com, they track everything - even after you leave the domain. -
Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II
Published: Thursday, June 28, 2001 | By: DennisJust a quick announcement, I just recently got one of these cards and will have a review of it up hopefully by Saturday.
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The Peak of Moores Law
Published: Thursday, June 28, 2001 | By: DennisI find this kind of interesting. In about 20years time according to Moore's law transistors will be only a few atoms wide. What this means is that processor transistors will be so small that they won't work. (So to speak)
Anandtech.com has a short article up on the subject. Its one of those reads that makes you go hummm. -
Tech Changes @ Ninjalane
Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 | By: DennisBeing a professional Web Developer I try to keep up with the latest trends and find easier ways to do things. When I started Ninjalane it was an experiment in web programming "for a better career" (where have we heard that before, Sally?). Then later transformed into what you see now. In my slow process of expanding the website I needed a better way to post my project, articles, and reviews. The current format is HTML and is somewhat cumbersome to work with, so as a result I created an XML "engine" as I call it that will take care of everything. Look for a write up titled "The Technology behind Ninjalane.com" to be posted soon.
Anyhow I plan to be updating the website sometime later this week so if you come across a link that is no longer working please let me know. The email address is in the lower right. -
Color Anodized ThermoEngines
Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 | By: DennisThe "iMac Syndrome" strikes again. Seriously though color-coding your computer goods has become quite popular. The only problem is finding a company that produces the colored goods that will match your current color scheme.
This site not only has color coded ThermoEngines but also Volcanoes and mini orbs. -
Intel Aquires Alpha
Published: Monday, June 25, 2001 | By: DennisCompaq has released control of its Alpha processor division to none other than Intel. The Inquirer claims that Intel and Compaq will work together in a joint effort in "advanced parallelism", the rumor being both 64bit platforms will melt into one design and piss everyone off. The Inquirer has the full scoop.
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Rounded vs. Flat ATA Cables that is
Published: Thursday, June 21, 2001 | By: DennisSystemlogic, a site that cannot close an link tag has posted proof to an age old question. "Do rounded ATA cables hurt system performance?" I remember back when ATA66 and the new 80wire ATA cable where released. The added wires where supposed to decreases data corruption over the high-speed bus. So if you decide to round your ATA cables do so with care, and in groups of 5.
