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ThinkPad thermal shutdown

One of my laptops kept shutting down during use; after a lot of testing it turned out to be temperature related.

I downloaded and installed a cool utility – Notebook Hardware Control – and tweaked the ACPI settings for my machine.

The CPU was running at over 95°C and the laptop was performing a safety power down.

The fan is much more agressive now – and the CPU is running at 75°C – a lot better.

openSUSE 11.1

I’m downloading the two DVDs via uTorrrent right now.

Looks like I’m one of the fastest seeds sharing this on the West coast – lots of outbound connections from here – 800k/s out. I’m going to throttle that back before it takes down my VOIP.

BrainShare 2009

Looks like BrainShare 2009 has been cancelled.

 

Dear Novell Customers and Partners,

This note is to inform you that Novell will not be holding its annual BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City, Utah that was scheduled for March 2009.

Over the coming months, we will continue to focus on building the high-quality training and enablement offerings you have come to expect from us. We will do this through online classes, virtual conferences and local tours. These new approaches will allow everyone to participate in our education and training—without incurring the high cost of travel that, at least for now, is an issue for many of you.

Thank you for your continued support and confidence.

John Dragoon

John Dragoon
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

 

After speaking at nine BrainShares in SLC and working on half a dozen keynotes I’ve got a particular attachment to the event. Personally I hope this isn’t the end of BrainShare for good.