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Jon Gerow
Just a guy, his family, work, love for computers and gadgets... and the blog that brings it all together.
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The logo dates back to around 1998 when I used to "burn" customers that were probably a little too ignorant to be building computers in the first place. I'd like to think that I'm not so arrogant anymore (although I may still be), but the I think the logo is still funny. The image was scanned from the warning tag on one of my wife's curling irons. I replaced the image of the curling iron with "jonnyGURU" and the logo has been my avatar ever since.

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Electronics Links

Wikipedia - Mains Power Systems: A list of countries and territories, with the plugs, voltages and frequencies they use for providing electrical power to Appliances

Capacitor Web: Huge capacitor database in Japanese. Can use web translator, but it's almost easier to read in Japanese even if you don't know Japanese.

BadCaps.net: Identify and repair bad capacitors. Forums and repair services too!

Ohm's Law Calculator and Formulas: Trust me, it's handy!

Lessons In Electric Cicuits: A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.

Computer Links

Hardware Canucks: I'm not Canadian, but I like the computer hardware reviews here.

[H]ard|OCP: [H] is a very popular computer hardware review site.

Phoronix: Many Linux sites have come and gone, but Phoronix sticks around by mixing pertinent hardware reviews with Linux how to's.

Performance-PC's: Performance is a good place for wire, connectors, pins, cable sleeves, fan grills. light kits... anything you might need to make that custom build just right.

Logic Supply: Not just mini-ITX and SFF, but a good place for odds and ends like I/O plates, flash memory drives, small LCD's, etc.

Windows Alt Key Numeric Codes: When scrolling through Character Map gets to be too much. This page organizes the special characters by type.

Political/Current Events

Schnitt Show: Broadcasting from Tampa, Schnitt delivers in your face, non-agenda talk radio. Make sure to check out the global warming and remember 9/11 sections for ammo against conspiracy theorists.

Glenn Beck: I can't believe they gave this ADD riddled, alcoholic Mormon his own show on CNN... then again, he's entertaining and reverent.

Just for Fun & Misc

Phosphor: A Shockwave FPS that you play in your browser. Reminiscent of early Quake.

Reverent Entertainment: True art or fake art? Artist or ape? Masterpiece of minimalism or affordable furniture?

Engrish: Humorous English mistakes that appear in Asian advertising and product design.

xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.

FAIL Blog: Pictures and videos of owned, pwnd and fail moments.

Tilted Twister: A Lego Mindstorms robot that solves Rubik's cubes. MUST SEE VIDEO!

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my neighbors', employer's or even my wife's or daughter's views in anyway.

Zalman wins patent lawsuit against PC Cooler

Published 5/30/2007 by jongerow in China | Computers

This is from Zalman's website:

"Zalman Tech Co., Ltd. has finally won a utility/registered design patent infringement lawsuit, a total of 17 cases, against PC Cooler. In accordance with the final judgment, PC Cooler must cease all patent infringing manufacturing and sales activities and compensate Zalman for damages equivalent to an amount of approximately US$158,000.00 (RMB￥1,070,000.00).

According to the ruling of Guang Zhou High People’s Court, PC Cooler, a Chinese manufacturer of imitation goods, can no longer proceed with utility/design patent infringement activities. Thus, Zalman has confirmed that it will take strong measures against any other Chinese manufacturers and retailers involved in patent infringement activities related to Zalman’s products. Also, Zalman has secured an opportunity to increase its market share in China. Furthermore, this case has revealed that competitive technologies and related intellectual property rights can be protected in China, and that China’s position on protecting intellectual property rights is changing positively."
FYI: These are the fans Ultra sells under their "X-Wind" brand. I have some pictures showing PC Cooler's assembly of "Zalman-type" coolers taken by a co-worker that had visited the factory...