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January 30, 2011

Websites & contests & updates oh my

I’m sure you’re wondering what’s going on with FSP. Here’s a brief rundown to catch you up to speed. The migration to Linux has been successful. We’re using Ubuntu 10.10 as our current operating system. Arguably, Ubuntu is one of … Continue reading →

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July 11, 2010

Back from the dead

It’s been a week, but the desktop is up and running. It appears the power supply killed the motherboard. Not sure what happened. I’m not that much of a tech. I did know enough to replace the power supply and the motherboard. It didn’t cost as much as I thought, but it did incur a cost. More importantly, FSP is about a week behind. Continue reading →

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July 2, 2010

The great PC crash of 2010

As I’m writing this on my laptop, I am staring at my desktop PC’s blank screen. The motherboard just died. Surprisingly, it was a quick death. There was the slightest sound that was cross between a pop and a hiss, then nothing. I scrutinized the connections, as a jeweler would a diamond. I took out parts of my laptop and tried them in my test machine. Continue reading →

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