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A soundtrack from an old Russian cartoon “Nu Pogodi”

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:24:05 -0700

A soundtrack from an old Russian cartoon “Nu Pogodi”

POWER OF SSD DRIVES AND GIGABIT ETHERNET

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:00 -0700

I was never able to utilize the full capacity of a Gigabit (1000Mbps) Ethernet connection up until now. The way I was able to do that was to have two computers with SSD (Solide State Drive). Then I copied data from one computer to the other. Just see for yourself…

In the past whenever I transferred data to either a network storage, server or simply another computer the bottleneck used to be either the source or destination drive because more than likely the NAS device or the server has a regular disk based storage. Currently my desktop PC has Corsair Force GT SSD drive, and my laptop has a Samsung SSD. In essence I’m going from SSD over a Gigabit Ethernet to another SSD.

In the past the most I got out of a Gigabit Eithernet was 50-60 MB/s. But now you can see that I was able to achieve 116 MB/s. That’s maxing out the Gigabit Ethernet.

Rotating JPEG's without loss in quality

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:10 -0700

Up until today I was hesitant to rotate my photos right after downloading them from my camera. The reason was that rotation is considered editing, and every time you edit JPEG file loose quality.

Now after doing some research I found out that I was wrong all along. If the dimensions of the image are multiples of 8 then the rotations are lossless. Otherwise it is not possible to rotate the image without recomputing the blocks which re-compresses the image and quality is lost.

Guess what… whichever resolution you pick (small, medium or large) on your camera dimensions are divisible by 8. WOW… AND THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY CAMERA MANUFACTURER. So no more keeping the pictures unrotated. Oh, this is true for Windows and Macs built in picture viewer. I’m sure it will be true for other viewers as well.

Engagement and PreWedding Photography #Photography by...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:35:23 -0700

Engagement and PreWedding Photography

#Photography by GasparianFOTO
www.gasparian.us
#Wedding #Photographer #Engagement #Special Events

Young Bride. Photography by GasparianFOTO...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:42:00 -0700

Young Bride.

Photography by GasparianFOTO
www.gasparian.us

#wedding #photography #baptism #birthdays

Content Management Systems

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:10:59 -0700

Content Management Systems

My New Pinterest Profile

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:46:44 -0700

My New Pinterest Profile

My wife and Charlie (Taken with Instagram)

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:40:51 -0700

My wife and Charlie (Taken with Instagram)

Self-Portrait during work

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:04:58 -0700

Self-Portrait during work

ADOBE ENCORE: RENDERING VIDEO WITH 8GB OF RAM

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:48:00 -0700

In my earlier blog posts True Power of Your PC I stated that I’m able to do practically everything with only 4GB of RAM. That’s still is true but yesterday I noticed that my current system which has 8GB of RAM is still running out of memory when rendering the video with Adobe Encore.

Some background info about my computing habits. I always turn the Virtual Memory off to actually see at what point in time does the physical memory run out. Obviously it’s not an issue, and I never run out of memory on day-to-day computing otherwise I would never turn the Virtual Memory off nor would I recommend anyone to do so. Running out of memory starts happening during memory/RAM intensive operations such as video editing, Photoshop, virtualization, gaming, compiling/development and so on.

Now, how is it that my old system with 4GB or RAM and my new system with 8GB or RAM behave the same. What I mean by this is that both systems were able to run the application without the Virtual Memory and both systems reported running out of memory somewhere in the middle of the rendering?

Looking at the picture you can see that all available memory has been taken and the screen shot looks very similar to the screen shot from the 4GB of RAM system. My understanding is that Adobe will take as much free memory as possible even though it doesn’t absolutely need it. My assumption is that if I had 16GB or RAM I would have still gotten the same error message at around 20% into the rendering.

At first thought I’m going to assume having more memory helped Adobe Encore finishing the job faster, but I don’t have any facts to support that. My current system renders twice as fast but obviously it’s not because of the memory. My new system is a completely new system with Intel i7 2600K CPU overclocked to 4.8GHz. On the other hand my older system as an AMD Phenome II X4 940 Black Edition running un-overclocked with the original specs. So there is no way for me to tell if the extra 4GB of Ram is making any improvement except that it’s a 8GB vs 4GB.

Is this really what’s happening? We are heading for a...

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:57:10 -0700

Is this really what’s happening? We are heading for a disaster!

Cooling Down Your Intel i7 2600K CPU

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 -0700

I was never big on Overclocking the CPU, simply because it was not worth the compromise. I didn’t think 10-15% performance increase is worth losing the stability of your system.

But Intel’s new P67 chipset along with i7 2600K CPU make it worthwhile simply because there are no compromises. Both the CPU and the Motherboard (Fatal1ty P67 Performance) were designed from ground up to be overclocked. In fact it would be stupid to not Overclock the system.

The amount of gain in performance is a bit subjective, and is a topic of its own, but regardless; if you got nothing to lose why not do it.

I was able to Overclock successfully with the stock (original) CPU fan that came with the Processor. But running some tests and benchmarks I noticed that my CPU is running hotter than usually when it’s under full load. And this is when I decided to upgrade original CPU fan that came with it.

By the way, CPU originally was set to 3.4GHz, and I bumped it up to 4.8GHz without any - and I mean absolutely any lockups, crashes or any issues.

Here you can see the difference between the original CPU Fan and the aftermarket one made by CoolMaster which happens to be a very reputable brand in the market. This think cost me $38, which is not a bad deal. In fact it was a “Most Bang for the Buck” in my opinion. Here it is on NewEgg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

Here is the rear view:

Now my CPU is way cooler than before. Now with this new CPU Cooler I’m thinking of going a bit further with the overclocking. I think I can bump it up to 5GHz. Online forums say that people successfully overclock i7 2600K to 5.2GHz. But I doubt that this new CPU Fan could handle 5.2GHz. I think I need one of those really expensive ones or even a Water Cooling system which go as high as $150 to $200. I’ll think about it.

Expensive House, isn’t it?

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:11:54 -0700

Expensive House, isn’t it?

Only In Mexico, LOL

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:08:20 -0700

Only In Mexico, LOL

I just got a new MiFi 4G internet from Verizon. Up Until now I...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:04:03 -0800

I just got a new MiFi 4G internet from Verizon. Up Until now I thought that 4G was fast but I didn’t know that they could beat the traditional home internet connection from Cable Companies. At home I have TimeWarner 20 Meg Down and 1 Meg Up. That’s fast until I saw my 12 Meg up connection on this Verizon 4G.

No, I’m not going to take credit for this since I...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:52:28 -0800

No, I’m not going to take credit for this since I didn’t take it, but I really think this is a work of art

Kim Jong IL is dead and his son is going to take over the...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:21:55 -0800

Kim Jong IL is dead and his son is going to take over the country. What a generous will the young punk got.

I just love HDR Photography. I took this picture earlier today....

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:06:09 -0800

I just love HDR Photography. I took this picture earlier today. It’s St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, CA.

Los Angeles Wedding and Event Photography. www.gasparian.us

Gasparian Photography

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:33:02 -0800

Gasparian Photography

This is a picture of my dog taken few days before...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:32:00 -0800

This is a picture of my dog taken few days before Christmas.