A Lot Has Happened... Not Interesting Though...

A lot has happened in the past month or two. But this stuff can barely be called interesting. Intel, as expected, launched Kentsfield and Clovertown. Nothing earth-shattering there. The only surprise, to some extent, was that Clovertown came with 1333 MHz bus. As expected, AMD launched 4x4 (or QuadFather or Quad FX), which , to a great extent, was a huge disappointment. Performance barely matching that of 2.6 GHz Kentfield with twice as much power consumption!! The upside on the Green side though was that the 65nm rolled out, and Barcelona was demonstrated. But overall, nothing earth-shattering on either side, and hence, nothing much to talk about.

In fact, if you look at Dr. Sharikou's blog, it is also getting uninteresting. Yes, in a masochist way, I do believe that his blog is interesting. But when nothing new is happening, even the great doctor is having trouble keeping up the pace...

So, what to write about?

Well, on the home front, I got LinkSys WRT54GL router, and installed dd-wrt firmware on it. The router is really cool. The configuration flexibility that this router offers at around $60 price tag is just amazing. You can assign static IP addresses to DHCP clients, set up PPTP server, configure PPPoE, and lot more. If you are in market for a new DSL/Cable router, definitely take a look at this nifty device. It is slightly more expensive than the others, but the device is well worth it. What else? I also got a 1.2 Terabyte NAS to back-up my 600 GB C2D system. I am using Acronis TrueImage 10.0 for backup. The software works great. My home network is now getting decently crowded. Once desktop, two laptops, one NAS, one VOIP router, one printer, and a PDA. All connected through a gigabit switch and the Linksys router. I love gadgets!

Sorry for not posting

Guys! I am extremely sorry for not posting. I was on vacation :) for almost a month. Will post something soon.