Build your own computer
Don’t buy a crappy eMachine or a Dell. Do build your own computer. Or at least choose a prebuilt model that has flexible and upgradeable components. Newegg.com has a small selection of barebones...
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Don’t buy the top of the line video card. Do buy two older GPUs and SLI them. If you’ve got an ATI chipset you’ll need to shop for CrossFire compatible video cards. Let me crunch some numbers for you:...
View ArticleRAID your hard drives
Don’t go out and buy the latest largest hard drive to store your piles of data. Do get the most value out of your existing drives by adding them to a RAID array. You can join an array of drives of any...
View ArticleDual boot
Don’t decide between Windows and Linux. Do dual boot. There’s no reason to choose one operating system. If you have some reason to be using Linux (e.g. just for fun, for some software development...
View ArticleUse RSS
Don’t read headlines or news feeds on your favorite websites. Do use RSS. Save a lot of time by collecting the RSS feeds of your favorite sites then use a feed reader to keep up with the latest things....
View ArticleUse del.icio.us
Don’t use bookmarks or favorites in your browser. Do index and tag your bookmarks using some online service like del.icio.us. I used to be a fan of FavoriteSync which would periodically upload all of...
View ArticleUse shortcut keys
Don’t do everything with the mouse. Do use shortcut keys when appropriate. The whole point of shortcut keys is to do things more quickly. My experience has been that many shortcut keys are the opposite...
View ArticleSpend smarter
Don’t just spend money. Do spend money and get rewards. There’s a common desire among geeks to see large numbers next to our names. I remember the hours spent shoving quarters into Roadblasters trying...
View ArticleThink more, work less
I want to spend more time in front of a white board than a keyboard. My goal in career path is to be a software architect. The problem with architecture is you must have a proven record of success (or...
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4829.3 Posts! Low-Information Diet = Quality Control
I follow 4829.3 posts per week from 32 blogs. No, I don’t read all of them. In fact I read very few of them. My goal is to reduce the number of blogs I follow and increase the quality of the content I...
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