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Month: September 2014

Absinthe

Project Absinthe – Part XVI

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

A bit has happened since the last part of the build log. Let’s start off with what’s been in the news, and that’s the release of the GTX 970 a...

Beta Orionis

Beta Orionis – Part IV

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

First order of business for the build was getting it out of the 750D case and into the Zalman. That started with getting fans put back in, as I originally pulle...

Constitution

What unconstitutional actually means

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let’s clear something up since I’ve seen way too many people confuse this concept: what does it mean when a Court declares a law to be unconstitutio...

Beta Orionis

Beta Orionis – Part III

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I have not had a lot of luck with power supplies over the years. They are the one part I have had to replace more than anything else in the last 16 years I̵...

FedEx

Follow-up on FedEx

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The response from FedEx to the complaint I filed wasn’t exactly all that helpful: Thank you for contacting FedEx. We regret any inconvenience this has cau...

FedEx

When overnight isn’t, Part II: FedEx screws up this time

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This is the e-mail complaint I sent to FedEx through their contact system, Tracking->FedEx Ground->Re-routing of shipment, as a complaint: Good day, I pla...

Beta Orionis

Beta Orionis – Part II: New fans

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I got to work pretty much right away after picking up the fans from my local FedEx Office. I also made sure to test all of them out of the box with another powe...

Beta Orionis

Beta Orionis

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

With Absinthe complete – well, pretty close as of the time I write this – I’ve started planning out a similar build for my system. Absinthe got its name f...

Feminism/Technology

Teach hackers to not hack!

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

We need to teach people to not hack instead of teaching people to not get hacked! — Said no computer security specialist, ever… Just as guys learn h...

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