Wednesday, June 25, 2008

PlayStation 2 Linux Kit

June 25, 2008 at 2:00 AM

in Gadgetry,Gaming,Programming

The Setup When discussing the PlayStation 3 Ubuntu Linux construct, I mentioned Sony’s previous attempt at a hobbyist kit for the PlayStation 2. This is the story of that kit. The Premise On May 22, 2002, a limited release of an “enthusiast” developer product was released that converted a PlayStation 2 (with the original shell, [...]

Premature Firefox 2.0 Death?

June 25, 2008 at 1:00 AM

in Operations,Software

Lately, I’ve been noticing a disquieting issue with Firefox 2.0. It typically seems to die around 850 – 892 MB RAM utilization (total RAM utilization will vary); sometimes, I get lucky enough to get higher, toward almost 1 GB RAM utilization before it croaks. When I got my Mac Pro as a stock configuration, I was [...]