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My Computer is Still Fast!

The MHz race is so over. In the recent years, CPU speed really hasn't increased much, has it? In 2007 I bought a L1N64-SLI board with 2 x FX-74 (3GHz) CPUs and 8GB RAM. Dual core CPUs were already popular at that … Continue reading

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New Years' Resolution: Blog More

I've had a neglected blog for as long as I can remember. It's always been my intention to post something insightful about whatever it is I am doing. For some reason, though, they end up very much like most of my … Continue reading

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New PC

I hadn't built a PC in a while. The last one I put together in 2007 was a rather expensive beast (at around $1600) and consisted of 2 x Athlon FX-74 on a ASUS L1N64-SLI WS, GeForce 8800GTX (which was a $600 space … Continue reading

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MySQL Replication for Offsite Backups

I'm cheap. I tend to run pet projects on shoe string budgets. For one, it's just a good habit. It's easier to increase spending when it's really necessary (after some growth and revenue) than it is to turn off a … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Coding by Convention - Part 2

A number of components sometimes accept strings or arrays as parameter. Developers coming from statically typed languages might cringe a bit, but this is really just about taking advantage of the flexibility of the language. With flexibility comes freedom and … Continue reading

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