Month: November 2005

  • Welcome to DDR!

    So I went looking for the new memory module I needed from the Net, but TwinMOS modules like the one I have seemed rare. And yet, the one retailer from whose listings I did find them happened to be the local one (Keski-Suomen tietokonepalvelu) and what’s even better, they had them on sale, so the next day (last monday) I picked up my TwinMOS PC3200 module (pictured inside a Kingston holder) from them.

    So I’m going at Double Data Rate now, yay!

    Two TwinMOS DDR memory modules in place inside my Shuttle XPC

  • Filemon: Monitor Windows processes in real-time

    “FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations. Filemon’s timestamping feature will show you precisely when every open, read, write or delete, happens, and its status column tells you the outcome.”

    Sysinternals

    What I used this for was finding out which application had my file open when I was unable to delete, rename or remove it, which is a major pain in the ass sometimes. This wasn’t the best possible tool for that use, however. Unlocker is.

  • Kansalliskirjaston kaikille avoin verkkoaineisto laajenee

    “Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston eli Kansalliskirjaston kaikille avoin verkkoaineisto laajenee. Lähes 10 000 suomalaista pienpainatetta vuosilta 1810 – 1944 on nyt luettavissa Internetissä. […] Kirjasto on jo julkaissut Internetissä suomalaiset sanomalehdet vuosilta 1771 – 1890. Seuraava tavoite on digitoida kaikki suomalaiset äänitteet.”

    YLE24
    linkitys omani

  • Van Zant brothers' album from Sony installs a rootkit

    “At that point I knew conclusively that the rootkit and its associated files were related to the First 4 Internet DRM software Sony ships on its CDs. Not happy having underhanded and sloppily written software on my system I looked for a way to uninstall it. However, I didn’t find any reference to it in the Control Panel’s Add or Remove Programs list, nor did I find any uninstall utility or directions on the CD or on First 4 Internet’s site. I checked the EULA and saw no mention of the fact that I was agreeing to have software put on my system that I couldn’t uninstall. Now I was mad.”

    Mark’s Sysinternals Blog via Killinki