I was speaking with a co-worker the other day who introduced me to a website which houses a large database of pdf/text files. You’ll find things like sheet music scanned into PDF format, Dilbert cartoons, instruction/product manuals, cooking recipes, etc. You name it. I think of it as YouTube for documents, rather than videos. It’s an outstanding resource and you don’t have to worry about copyright infringement. Somehow, it’s legal. Take a look for yourself:

Ok, seriously… I’ve heard some kick ass things about solid state drives and their speeds, but these guys did something unthinkable.  They built a RAID of 24 256 GB SSD Hard Drives.  The link has a video that goes through the build of the computer and what it can do.

High level:

• Open all Microsoft applications in .5 seconds (Yes, that’s 1/2 of a second)
• Open 53 base start menu Windows applications in 18 seconds
• Defrag the entire machine in 3 seconds
• Transfer data over 2 GB per second
• Recycle 700 files totaling 5.6 GB in the blink of an eye
• Copy a 700 MB DVD rip from one location to another faster than the DVD can drop from a 2 story window (. 8 seconds)

Watch and be amazed

Solid State Deliciousness