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Its PC upgrade time again. Yesterday I ordered the following components from Komplett:

• Abit AB9 Pro socket 775 motherboard
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU (2.4GHz/4MB)
• 2×1GB sticks of cheap PC5300 RAM
• 320GB SATA hard disk
• SATA DVD burner

I only ordered the hard disk and DVD burner because all of these new i965 motherboards don’t have any more than one IDE port, and I still have lots of IDE stuff. I’ll be retiring one of my IDE hard drives and a 6-month-old DVD burner, and replacing them with the SATA bits mentioned above.

I’ll be cramming all of this stuff into my existing cheap and nasty case, along with a few existing components, namely:

• Hiper 580w power supply
• 300GB sata hard drive
• 2×250GB IDE hard drives
• XFX 6800GT PCI-Express graphics card
• Audigy 2 ZS PCI sound card

That should keep me going for a while. The graphics card will probably be upgraded several months down the line.

Anyways, once I get all of that put together, I’ll most likely have the following stuff for sale:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU
Abit AN8 socket 939 motherboard (onboard sound/ethernet/bells/whistles)
2GB of PC3200 DDR RAM (2×256, 1×512, 1×1024)
120GB 7200 RPM IDE disk (can’t remember manufacturer right now. Probably Western Digital)
Lite-On 16x IDE DVD+/-RW dual layer burner

I’d like to at least get rid of the CPU, motherboard and RAM together. I’ll split it up if I don’t manage to shift ‘em as a bundle. Any offers?

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I passed 70-294 today, leaving one more exam to go till I achieve MCSE 2003 certification

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Google have added a kick-ass feature to Gmail. It already had a mobile version that you could access from any WAP browser, but it was cumbersome and slow. Now they’ve got a Gmail application that works with most modern phones. Point your phone at http://gmail.com/app to download it. It works a charm on my K750i, and is much faster and easier to use than the phone’s wap browser.

If you your phone gives error about having no suitable security certificate, follow the instructions given here.

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I’ve no idea how old this is, but it made me laugh. Despite being on bebo, its not bad.

Oil-breathing Warmonger-in-chief Donald Rumsfeld is to step down, according to headlines currently splattered all over the screen on Sky News and CNN. No intertron link yet.

Update 18:22: CNN link.
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Haven’t had one of these in a while, but this complete and utter gobshite left me with no choice.
Fitzgerald, who already has a drink driving conviction and a previous ban under his belt, thinks its grand to have 3 or 4 pints and get behind the wheel, and that catching people still drunk the morning after is “unfair”. He went on to blame everything on “boy racers” in “souped up” cars. Clever of him to announce this on the radio at this time of intense media attention to Ireland’s road death problems.
Apparently Enda Kenny is quite pissed off and wants to kick this clown out of Fine Gael. The sad thing is that the muppet will probably get re-elected, party member or not.

Let him know what you think. (This email address is published on the South Tipperary County Council website)
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Woohoo! They’ve lost control of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate is still too close to call. Hopefully this will reign in Mr Bush and the mentalist Christian right somewhat.

Amusingly, Arnold Schwarzenegger got re-elected as governor of California, saying “I love doing sequels”.

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