Geek on Two Wheels

On a less gross note, I managed to acquire a Wii from The Real Canadian Superstore before heading to work on a Saturday for some pre-release crunch work.

Hoorays!

A week or so ago, I began noticing some discomfort in my right ear. Eventually, it turns from mere annoyance to pain and partial loss of hearing.

Naturally, it was time to flush the crap out of my ear.

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While browsing Gentoo Online Package Database for curiosity’s sake, I stumbled upon PowerTOP, a utility created by Intel to point out applications that may be interrupting the system too often and affecting battery performance.

I’ve yet to put it to use myself, but the Tips & Tricks section alone was somewhat enlightening. It’s surprising how many big-name applications have somewhat-questionable polling implementations.

If you’ve been following any of the major user-contributed blogs/news sites in the last few days, you’ll most likely be aware of a certain “16-digit hexadecimal number” that has been the center of some pretty interesting happenings.

Now, here’s the problem: for anyone that’s passed counting-without-your-fingers, there are clearly 32 alphanumerical characters in the sequence. Folks, that’s a 16-byte hexadecimal number, not 16-digits.

Getting the units correct, as always, is important.