Category Archives: Computers

Respect Your Heatsink

This is about a recent adventure in computer maintenance. I no longer take my CPU’s heatsink for granted.  I never realized what a huge amount of heat it drains from the CPU, until the other day when I performed some … Continue reading

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The Problem With “Secure” Deletion of Files

I try not to be too paranoid about computer security.  It actually kind of annoys me that some of the fellow human beings who walk among us can’t be trusted, but I’m aware of it and so I protect myself … Continue reading

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Command Line Love Affair

I’ve always thought more easily in words than in pictures.  In any technical book I’ve read over the past several years, I’ve usually found the diagrams to be distracting.  Whenever I’ve had a technical discussion with a co-worker and he/she … Continue reading

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