I've made my mark

Introduction
A while ago, I’ve designed a home theatre PC build for regular TV viewing and recording. Recently I’ve followed it up with an unceremonious unboxing of various parts involved in that HTPC. So the thing that comes after unboxing is putting it together. So in this article, I’ll share my thoughts and experiences while building [...]

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If you’ve recently accessed Sydney University IT Society’s website, you might have noticed that it loaded rather slowly. About an hour later, I received an HTTP 500 while trying to get to the website, and it won’t even come up.
Later today, our IT guy sent an email with the subject “The death of suitsbeta”:
At approximately [...]

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I’ve just added a few new items to my “Unboxing Series”. It’s a simple photo diary that’s designed to give an idea of what a product looks like and what to expect when you open the box.
The parts are a result of the previous article designing a home theatre PC – so stay tuned for [...]

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I’m about to build a home theatre PC (HTPC) that’s to be ideally less than a thousand dollars Australian. So here are the requirements:

Small form factor (i.e. mini-ITX)
Quiet
Must play HD videos
Must be able to record videos such that it can replace the TV Tuner / DVD recorder unit.
Receives DVB-T

Looking around at what’s available, there doesn’t [...]

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One question that sometimes gets asked is, “How easy is it to upgrade a computer?” The answer is that it’s often quite simple (for someone who knows how to take apart a computer and replace parts). For others, just let your techie friends do the work.
Upgrading a computer can be a matter of less than [...]

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