http://chrisphadley.com/wp Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:44:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I upgraded my graphics card in my 2008 dual 2.8 Mac Pro from the stock ATI Radeon 2600XT to an Nvidia GeForce 8800GT. The reason - I want to have full OpenCL support when OS X Snow Leopard arrives. The procedure is simple but I thought I would share. http://chrisphadley.com/wp/featured-articles/mac-pro-8800gt/ Today I explore some fantastic packaging for a software package and take a look at how another company makes a marketing misstep. http://chrisphadley.com/wp/personal/packaging/ I decided to move up to an eIPS display after reading some many great things about the technology. After a direct comparison to my existing TN display, the differences are very noticeable. Please note that I do say LED display at one point during the video but I meant LCD. This ... http://chrisphadley.com/wp/featured-articles/2209wa-review/ Some video from the first annual Gary Vaynerchuk Thunder Cruise. Thanks to all the awesome people who made this trip the best. http://chrisphadley.com/wp/featured-articles/thunder-cruise/ I decided to boost the performance of my Mac Pro a bit by installing a RAID 0 array. The process was surprisingly simple so I decided I would share how to do this upgrade in case any of you were wondering how to do so as well. Let ... http://chrisphadley.com/wp/featured-articles/mac-pro-raid-0-install/ It has been about a month since getting Hadley's Happenings back off the ground so I thought I would give everyone a quick update. Content has been lacking lately due to some technical difficulties with my editing computer. Hopefully those will be solved this weekend and new content ... http://chrisphadley.com/wp/personal/catching-up/ Hadley's Happenings is finally back after being offline for nearly six months. I thought I would start things off right with some morning routine discussion. http://chrisphadley.com/wp/featured-articles/the-morning-routine/ Elisabeth was kind enough to give me a lesson on making a true Wisconsin Cornish Pasty.  What I didn't realize was you could feed three people on one of these giants.  Watch the video below if you would like to make you own giant meat and potatoes filled pastry. http://chrisphadley.com/wp/personal/making-of-a-cornish-pasty/ In usual bachelor living fashion, my fridge goes many months before a proper inventory takes place. This Saturday, I decided it was time to figure out exactly how many items in my trusty fridge had expired over the past few months. I travel on a regular basis and ... http://chrisphadley.com/wp/personal/cleaning-out-the-fridge/