Category: Tech

Which Raccoon Bit You?

Dave, who coded Microsoft’s original Task Manager, has written a new and improved version. It’s optimized for identifying resource hogs on your computer.

Here’s the free download:

https://tmog.org/

A while ago, the fan in my office laptop PC started whining into high speed. Was it just the summer heat that was causing the system to cook? The culprit turned out to be Gemini Nano in Google Chrome.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/if-you-use-google-chrome-your-device-may-have-secretly-downloaded-a-4gb-ai-model/

Let’s Get Physical Media

At the start of the year I wrote about my first experience with trouble reading a manufactured CD (rather than burned media).

Never Before

Now I’ve encountered a case of DVD rot.

No surprise, it’s a Warner DVD.

Warner Bros. will supposedly make good on replacements when possible, by writing to them at whv@wbd.com. But I don’t want to go through the hassle.

The set appears to still be in print, so I ordered a new copy. If Popeye volumes 2&3 show the same problem then I’ll contact Warner.

If nothing else, this site of mine is useful for checking on some things. I see that I wrote about the Popeye set nineteen years ago today, having paid exactly the same price that I paid again a few minutes ago.

Popeye Is Eye-Popping!

Spotted in the Wild

Something I’ve seen before in videos from movie sets, I saw again yesterday while watching Everyone is Lying to You for Money.

DogRat-approved Sony MDR-ZX110 headphones, often available for a measly ten bucks, seem to have become a new standard for audio monitoring in the field. You can buy ten or more pairs for what a pair of Sony MDR-7506 headphones costs.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NJ2M43M

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