Fighting GPU noise

What happens when you buy a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that just has a fan that’s too loud and can’t be controlled? That’s the case with the BFG GeForce 8400 GS. In an effort to reduce the amount of noise while still remaining on budget, we padded the thing from every possible point while still ensuring it had room for air flow. The result? See for yourself.

GPU SilencerGPU SilencerOn the left you can see who we padded the graphics card from the back and bottom of the computer case. On the right you can see the front flap (and yes, the padding is screwed into the case). The card’s only source of air is now the back of the computer (through the open slot) and the space between the hard drives. Of course if you really wanted to silence the GPU fan extremely you could just buy another fan and replace it with the standard thing.

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10 Billion Songs Sold Through iTunes Store

On February 25th, Apple announced that they had reached 10 billion song downloads from the iTunes store. The 10 billionth iPod Nanosong downloaded was Guess Things Happen That Way by Johnny Cash, downloaded by Louie Sulcer form Georgia. Louie was awarded a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card as the winner of the iTunes countdown to 10 billion songs.

The iTunes store has over 12 million songs, over 55,000 TV episodes, and over 8.,500 movies (2,500 available in high definition). With iTunes integration with the iPod and iPhone, Apple’s iTunes store has become the most convenient way for users to discover and download music and videos.

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Presenting Like Steve Jobs

Learn how to present new products and ideas effectively, with examples of Steve Jobs’s presentations. The video will teach you how not only to convey a message, but to inspire. Included are topics such as setting the theme, creating an outline, being enthusiastic, making statistics meaningful, and much more. Enjoy.

Compress Your Pages to Rank Well

Webmasters, if you want to rank well in Google in the future, you should probably consider compressing your pages. Google was asked: Do Load Times Have an Impact on Google Rankings – currently they don’t, but we’ve seen some evidence that this might change in the future. In our Google Webmaster Tools we can now see if your sites are fast or slow. With Google caffeine, we might see Google start to favor faster sites for search results.

Even if we don’t see Google rankings affected by site load soon, it’s still a good idea to make your websites faster. Small changes in site load speed can drastically affect your returning visitors. A faster website will be more pleasant to your visitors, and applying compression is fast and easy.

Just copy and paste this PHP code at the top of any PHP page you would like to enable GZIP on. That’s all there is to it.

<? ob_start(“ob_gzhandler”); ?>

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Papi Jump Review

If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you’ve probably heard about a game called Papi Jump.Papi Jump This is an addicting game where a small red ball (called Mr. Papi) jumps up platforms. The higher up you get, the less dense the platforms are. You can tilt the iPhone or iPod touch to control Mr. Papi on the screen; he can even go through one side of the screen and appear at the other. High scores are kept online for the the last 100 plays and top scores. How much can you jump?

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