Last weekend, I updated my HTPC with all new hard drives and software. I had been putting it off because of an incompatibility between my IR receiver and the latest kernel drivers. But a couple weeks ago, I learned about the flirc device and immediately ordered one. Flirc doesn’t require any complicated setup or special [...]
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4KB Sectors
I just want to give a quick note here about 4KB sectors in newer hard drives. If you follow technology at all, you are probably aware that new hard drives from Western Digital are using their “advanced format technology.” All this really means is that each physical sector of the drive is 4096 bytes (4KB) [...]
A Package Management Comparison
This post is about application installation and management on Mac OS X. I know someone who is about to make their first Mac purchase (at least since OS X was released). I think they will find this information useful. As we all know, almost all applications for Microsoft Windows are installed via an installer application. [...]
