How clean is your computer? Part 4

Two and a half years. And you think to yourself that you've seen it all.
Dust, cobwebs, a couple of dead cockroaches here and there, nothing too special.
But today, I think we deal with the most extreme cases. Even my boss has never encountered something this strange.

And today, we deal with a rather big rotting apple.
Yes, the unfortunate client brought in an 2005 iMac, with an infestation. I wouldn’t be surprised why they the Mac store wouldn’t accept it.
I guess I wouldn’t go into too much detail about this, (as the client is a police officer, so I have no idea whether they would be spying on this article or not), so as usual, pictures are worth a thousand words – or in this instance, a thousand ants.
The outside. The unit was brought in with every gap and crevice taped up. Upon releasing the tape, the ants started to crawl out all over the place.

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Now moving on to underneath the bonnet.
Now before you move onto the next few pictures, I must warn you. If you are currently eating, I recommend you finish eating before scrolling down.

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Inside the heat sinks.

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By this time, a lot of them had already started crawling out and into a containment box which we set up.

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And as we dug deeper to remove more parts, we found even more groups. This was under the hard drive.

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On the motherboard.

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Even the fans were filled with ants and their eggs.

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And as we were using the air compressor to flush them out, ants and eggs were flushed out everywhere.


So. After looking at this, please make sure that you all keep your computers clean. Make it a good habit of not to eat near your computer.



Now moving onto some backlog stuff.
For starters, need to thank Chun kei for this late, but awesome birthday present.

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A nice decoration item on my desk.

And in other news.
We are now moving up one level in our world of gunpla. A spray booth, with ventilator and light.

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If it wasn’t for the droplets of paint on the inside, it could also be used as light box for photos.
Here's my MC Hi V.

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Soft boiled eggs and training with bears

Whoever has eaten or half eaten a bowl of Gumshara ramen would have tried their delectable soft boiled eggs which are as soft and fluffy as clouds and literally melts in your mouth.

I would like to announce that I am 1 step closer to mastering this recipe and present you with my very first successful attempt.

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The whites is nice and firm with a nice consistent ovoid shape. On closer inspection you may notice a slight tinge of yellow from the yoke at the tip of the egg.

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The outside has denatured enough to allow for some prodding lawl.

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The yoke is actually less runny than in the picture as I had to poke open the egg with a pair of chopsticks and mushed things around instead of slicing it with some fishing wire.

All in all I'm pleased with this attempt and with practice one can only get better =)

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PG strike straight build

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Got this last Saturday and the straight build took maybe 8hrs to complete. Still got the rest of the weapons and the Aile pack to go. Half the parts have been sanded and prepped as of this post so I'm hoping to get some painting done over the Easter break. Look forward to it!

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QWOP

Video embeds don't seem to show up on the main page =/



Have a go here: http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html

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Servers are deadly

So, for the past few days at work, i have dedicated a part of myself to building a server for a client.
The system itself is a modest entry level server, with a few nice components thrown in here and there.
One of which is this Adaptec raid controller card.

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The ASAR6805 is labed as a "value" series card by adaptec, with a price tag of $632.
Mind you, adaptec raid cards have a entry level price of around $56, while some of the high end ones will hit around 1.5k. So i guess $600 would be counted as relatively good value.
Upon opening the plain brown card board box (not really flashy for an expensive component), I was greeted with this small sheet of paper slipped into the packaging.

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Oh dear. Im actually considering actually taping this sticker to the main chassis of the server, so that when the client picks it up, he will be fully aware not to leave this giant box running in his bedroom at night, just incase the radiation slowly fries his balls off.

Anyways, thats enough for me today. Will probably do more posts on this server later in the week.

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Power Overwhelming

I'm overly exciting today. Why? Because I managed to get my hand on one of the sexiest computer peripherals available.

The Razer Naga Molten.

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OK sure I got the standard Naga a few months ago while I was still playing WoW and some might say its a mere re-skin of an existing model but listen to this, there's the Naga, Naga Epic(cordless), Molten and the unreleased Maelstrom. Thats 4 mouse with the same overall design and 2 of then have the same visual features but Razer realised they hit something good to keep churning out variants.

So lets do a small comparison of the 2 that I currently own. The box includes a small facelift on the front while the sides panels are complete redone for the molten

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Flipping open the front cover reveals the exact same things except for minor color differences

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BTW the one that's unboxed is the blue one which I've been using till now

The packaging is fairly sturdy with multiple layers of plastic trays

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...but we don't really care about that so lets get onto the mouse.

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Visually the mouse is very impressive. Its sleek, black and badass. The cracks are molded into the rubber coating which covers the entire top of the mouse for extra grip and supple comfort.

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The main selling point of this beast
That's right 12 thumb buttons plus the standard 5 buttons for a grand total of SEVENTEEN re-mappable buttons and for an MMO player its a dream come true. Buttons 4-6 and 10-12 have ridges on them to help users become accustom to the many buttons by giving tactile feedback on were you thumb is.

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Sleek...

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It comes with a 7ft braided fiber cord which is very durable and doesn't like to tangle

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and a gold plated USB connector

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Side by side there isnt really any difference between the 2

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The engravings on the Standard Naga is more simple but has its own charms

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aaand excuse all the streaks all over the mouse. I had to wipe it down with some cleaning wipes to degrease it( yes the rubber coating loves grease) before I give it to Ivan who was kind enough to buy it off me woot.

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Spot the difference

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The main left and right buttons are 1 piece with the rubber top and as you can see there is a large travel distance for your clicks which to me feels more comfortable and I know a click has been made and spamming it is more enjoyable.

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Let there be light!

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Selling point 2. LEDs makes stuff sexy period. Here is the biggest and only difference between Naga series of mice. Can you tell which one is the molten?

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Desk lamp off

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Computer monitor off

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Enjoy some out of focus close ups

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And in complete darkness

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The standard Naga shines abit brighter and has a more clean and sophisticated look
oh and did I mention that the Molten along with the disappearing Maelstrom supposedly were designed for Wow Cataclysm .

OK so I talked a whole bunch of about the looks of the mouse. What about the specs and how well does it perform? TBH with you I don't think I'm qualified enough to say whats good or bad with this mouse but I'll try to give you my persona opinion if its worth anything.

First off, it was made for MMOs where macroing and hotkeys are the norm. For instance I use to play as a bear druid which translates into a tank and to some people tanking is a very focused role with too many buttons to worry about. Initially I was a bit apprehensive about tanking but blah blah I totally pooned while using this mouse and gradually became so lazy I couldn't play the game with a normal mouse anymore.

On your average mice the thumb operated 2-4 buttons and 2 of these being the forward and backwards button as set by default. These 2 buttons on the Naga are abit strange and requires you to press them with ur index finger as it sits just off to the side of the left click and it does take a while to get use to the strange feeling of angling your index finger out that way.

The lack of dpi on the fly button is abit disappointing instead your required to change the dpi through the downloadable software which becomes abit of a hassle but hey unless you're playing FPS thats not really a problem. The scroll wheel is very solid and only scrolls when you need it to and i believe there is no side to side scrolling but meh I never used it.

And thats pretty much about it from me.

Here's some more pics of stuff I don't care about which comes out of the box

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Oh and here's a few pics of my tank(ard). Yeah Yeah I'm a WoW nerd =P

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THIS IS MADNESS!!!

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