Monthly Archives: March 2009

virgin america rocks

Posted on March 20, 2009 by ward

Flying from Boston to San Francisco right now on Virgin America. The plane is new, the entertainment system runs GNU/Linux, you can order food and drink (soft drinks free, the rest is sadly overpriced) right from the touch screen in … Continue reading →

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recycling a ton of old computing gear

Posted on March 14, 2009 by ward

We recycled at work this week – literally over a metric ton (estimated) of old servers. This is what about two thirds of that amount looked liked: Apologies for the low quality picture – I only had a crappy cell … Continue reading →

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howto: replace a PLCC chip with a socket “ghetto style”

Posted on March 1, 2009 by ward

I used Peter Stuge’s “ghetto” method to replace a PLCC bios chip with a socket on an asus m2a-2vm board. This board has excellent coreboot support. The method basically consists of cutting off the legs of the PLCC chip as … Continue reading →

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