[Build Log] Mini-ITX PC - Middle School

[DonkeyOatie]

Me in action a few years ago.

http://archive.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=140025

 

[Novuake]

Very animate! And I can see you are trying to restrain yourself(inadvertent or not) a little due to the cameras, or am I wrong?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Very animate! And I can see you are trying to restrain yourself(inadvertent or not) a little due to the cameras, or am I wrong?

That I don't know. When observers or cameras are present (and observers are quite common), I just ignore them and go with the flow. If anything is awkward, it is because I had ten minutes warning and had to prepare a totally different lesson because the crew turned up two days earlier than I have been told to expect them, so I am ad-libbing a lot. (when they came to do the other half of the segment)

 

[Novuake]

Very animate! And I can see you are trying to restrain yourself(inadvertent or not) a little due to the cameras, or am I wrong?

That I don't know. When observers or cameras are present (and observers are quite common), I just ignore them and go with the flow. If anything is awkward, it is because I had ten minutes warning and had to prepare a totally different lesson because the crew turned up two days earlier than I have been told to expect them, so I am ad-libbing a lot. (when they came to do the other half of the segment)

Hahaha in that case, forget I mentioned the oddity. You did a very convincing job of seeming normal in that situation. 😀

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Very animate! And I can see you are trying to restrain yourself(inadvertent or not) a little due to the cameras, or am I wrong?

That I don't know. When observers or cameras are present (and observers are quite common), I just ignore them and go with the flow. If anything is awkward, it is because I had ten minutes warning and had to prepare a totally different lesson because the crew turned up two days earlier than I have been told to expect them, so I am ad-libbing a lot. (when they came to do the other half of the segment)

Hahaha in that case, forget I mentioned the oddity. You did a very convincing job of seeming normal in that situation. 😀

'Normal' is not a word often used to describe my teaching style

 

[Novuake]

I will stick to animate then.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I can go with that. My performance reviews usually say 'dynamic' and 'engaging' and 'enthusiastic' which are code for 'crazy, in a good way'

 

[Novuake]

I can go with that. My performance reviews usually say 'dynamic' and 'engaging' and 'enthusiastic' which are code for 'crazy, in a good way'

How else does one keep kids entertained?

I have very little patients for children unfortunately, but love to pass my knowledge on.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Boring them into somnolent silence is an approach used by some. Owning dogs helps with the patience.

EDIT: I have moved copies of all the photos to the first post to make things more friendly for visitors.

 

[zeyuanfu]

Here's the latest from Friday, the ASRock H97 mini-ITX motherboard with wireless.

Wow, the RAM modules look HUGE in that mITX board...

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I'm so used to SODIMM that almost anything would look huge.

 

[tiny voices]

I have that same RAM.

This is making me want to pick up an mITX board and case and migrate my build once I get my 970.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Well, my build is intended to fit a GTX970 on the riser. I'm hoping the power supply will be just enough.

I'm finding mITX to be very attractive for anyone who wants only one GPU, but I could be persuaded to move up to mATX, because they can SLI. I'm looking forward to my next build already

 

[tiny voices]

even a 450w unit is fine for a gtx970 as long as you have the right connectors on it.

I'm trying to move AWAY from my SLI build. :lol:

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I don't want to SLI myself, but I'd be happy to encourage one of my kids (who has the $1500 for the system)

 

[tiny voices]

I thought it was really cool and interesting when I got my second card and the performance is great MOST of the time. Other times it can be VERY frustrating. :lol:

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks for the heads up. Philosophically, my only use for SLI would be to extend the life of an older system by a couple of years.

I'm an Occam's Razor guy.

 

[ZandaThebigbluePanda]

Was following this post for alittle bit now, just watched the video and just wanted to say... never come back to new zealand if you plan to build computers. prices are 2-3times there US counter parts.

Also Nice to see a follow Kiwi out on the forums

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks Zanda. I'll bring in a sack of parts (for educational purposes, of course and use them to corner the Marmite market), and buy local power supplies.

Came to the States in '83 and spent most of the time here, although I spent most of '02 there.

It's amazing that the accent has lasted do well.

I tell the locals that I come from the South, the Deep South, so far South, it's another hemisphere.

 

[tiny voices]

Thanks for the heads up. Philosophically, my only use for SLI would be to extend the life of an older system by a couple of years.

I'm an Occam's Razor guy.

That's what I'm doing. I could have bought a gtx780, but for less than half the price I bought a second used 660ti and equaled the 780s performance in most games.

 

[ZandaThebigbluePanda]

The one day I'm out of marmite... Whhhhhhhyyy I complete forgot about it but now i really want a marmite and bacon sammy

 

[DonkeyOatie]

My sister had sent me four 500g jars just before the Christchurch earthquake. I thought about auctioning three of them off.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Latest work. Both case fans in, but only one header and CPU and fan in place.

Preliminary cabling. When we know where everything goes, we will unplug stuff and use cable ties to organize things, although there's not much we can to with the main power cable.

There's a twist in most of the long cables so that they will loop neatly.

 

[tiny voices]

Looking good!

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks tiny voices. It took 20 minutes to put one fan in !!!!!!!! My remaining hair is in danger of being torn out. They are so eager to do stuff that they refuse to plan and check!