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Nov 16, 2006

Firefox 2.0 (with WebSense Bypass Modification)

Filed under: Apple & OSX, Softwares, www — jclin @ 10:47 pm

Here is the page of my personal build Mozilla Firefox 2.0. In this version, it adopts a method to bypass the Websense content filter. Just read the details in the page. We have Windows 32bit version binary and Mac OS X PowerPC G4 (7450) version binary of Firefox.

For somebody will still encounter browsing difficulities behind Websense network, just adjust some perferences in Firefox (about:config).

  1. set network.http.keep-alive to false
  2. set network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 0

Please refer to this page for details.

Nov 10, 2006

iBook with HeatSink

Filed under: Macintosh, hardware — jclin @ 10:29 pm

編譯大程式時,都會用到不少的 CPU power,當然溫度自然就會升高。雖然室溫看溫度計只有 24~25 度,但是編譯 Firefox 2.0 時,溫度升到將近 70 度是蠻正常的,然後內建風扇就會啟動。
昨天異想天開,就把 iBook 鍵盤拆開移位,露出裡面的保護鐵片。然後在左邊的位置上擺上在 Yahoo!拍賣 買的幾個小散熱片。剛開始有點用處,因為散熱片是冷的,放上去溫度馬上降個 2-3 度。但是沒多久散熱片也開始燙了,效果也等於沒用。於是想到 PC 有個 8 inch 風扇因為有怪聲被我換掉,就拿來回收使用,把電線裸露出來接上 USB 充電的接頭。12V 的風扇轉速大概是近3000轉,但是接上 5V 的 USB 電源後,大概只有一千多轉,風量也不太大,也沒有太吵。放上散熱片之後,Temperature Monitor 顯示 CPU 溫度只有 56~58 度之間,明顯比將近 70 度的溫度少了很多。
iBook with HeatSink

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