Archive for May, 2011
White Paper: Powerline Networking
System Architecture The above figure shows the architecture of a powerline networking system (in particular a HomePlug AV system). The Higher Layer Entities (HLEs) above the H1 (Host) Interface may be bridges, applications or servers that provide off-chip services to clients below the H1 Interface. The Data Service Access Point (SAP) accepts Ethernet format [...]
Read moreWhite Paper: Virtual Machines
System virtual machines fall into two categories: Type 1 hypervisors (on the left), which run directly on the host hardware, and Type 2 hypervisors (on the right), which run on top of another operating system. Both are capable of running multiple independent instances of one operating system or different [...]
Read moreWhite Paper: DirectX 11
Mmmmm….DirectX 11…. DirectX 10 marked a radical departure from DirectX 9: In order to be compatible, a graphics processor must feature a unified architecture in which each shader unit is capable of executing pixel-, vertex-, and geometry-shader instructions. The changes in DirectX 11 aren’t quite as fundamental, but they could have just as big an [...]
Read moreMy Office
Welcome to the office of a Geek! As you can imagine, a lot of the stuff in here has since been changed out for newer technology, but it is largely the same. Once I finish moving, I will update with new pics, as well as shots of the “classroom.” [uds-billboard name ="My Office"]
Read moreIncrease the Range of Your Wireless Network
Have you ever been surfing the net and noticed that you suddenly lost connection? Or that it suddenly became drastically slow? If you don’t want to purchase a new router (if you do: buy an N router from either D-link, or Linksys), you can increase your range for free. There are two methods that I [...]
Read moreCleaning Your Technology
All of our beloved technology gets dirty from time to time, and there is little that we can do to prevent it. More technology means more cleaning… Do you have an HDTV? An mp3 player? Cellphone? I know you have a computer…and keyboard…and monitor…you have a lot don’t you? Just because technology has become a part of [...]
Read moreRepartition Your Hard Drive…AND Keep Your Data!
With hard drives growing in capacity you may wonder what the benefit of partitioning your hard drive may be. It used to be that hard drives were expensive and you typically had one (or the rich kids had two…jerks…) drives in their system. This meant that you had everything on one drive. What happens if [...]
Read moreRepartition Your Hard Drive…and Keep Your Data p2
We are now ready to begin to repartition our hard drive using GParted. Please make sure that you have a working backup of your important data. This is good practice. The first 8 steps are all that is required if you wish to merely repartition your hard drive. If you want to repartition it in [...]
Read moreHow to Make Recovery Discs
Do you remember a long time ago (ok…not really) you used to get the disc to install windows when you bought a computer? Did you notice when the companies started offering recovery discs in an effort to save themselves money? And have you noticed now that they don’t even give you those!? This is very [...]
Read moreShare a Printer on the Network
You have more than one computer in your home don’t you? Just because you have multiple computers doesn’t mean that you need multiple printers as well! Sharing your printer(s) between computers is a great way to save some money and save yourself the headache and hassle of managing multiple overpriced inks! Does this mean that [...]
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