Content tagged with "graphics"

How to install a new video card

Nov 22 2011 at 21:49

This is probably one of the most common things for PC owners to do, along with RAM upgrades and adding additional hard disks, yet can be one of the most fiddly and time-consuming. Whereas RAM and HDDs come in standard physical sizes, video card come in a range of heights, widths, and depths. Some are “low profile”, designed for slimmer cases; some take up two or more slots on the motherboard (or at least the space above them); some are short at around 24cm, and some are long and can be up to 30cm or more. As such, you can never be sure whether they’ll fit in your PC case without taking some measurements and eventually trying it for size. Continue reading...

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Opening Windows PowerShell in the current directory

Feb 01 2012 at 09:48

I came across this little trick on tripledot.be and thought I’d share it here, too.

I’ve been using the Shift + Right-click > Open command window here shortcut for years, but there isn’t such a link for starting PowerShell in the same fashion. Or so I thought…

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What's wrong with Google's numbers?

Dec 21 2011 at 13:32

I noticed recently that Google shows a massive amount of results, even for searches that you’d think are fairly uncommon. I also noticed that the number of results seems to change a lot in the same search. Are they up to something? Are these numbers made-up? Is there a difference between a result of the search and a result that’s shown to the user? Continue reading...
Some ideas for film/book-based games

Dec 13 2011 at 21:29

Here’s a few ideas for some new games that some friends on Live and I came up with a couple of days ago. They’re nothing serious, but they could actually work pretty well if made by the right people (i.e., not EA). Continue reading...