Some time ago, someone wrote a really interesting article on how to build a computer that was optimized for XP. They talked about using a very fast hard drive for the operating system and cache, what size to make partitions for maximum use of the space, and so on. I'm almost certain it was here somewhere on JoeUser, but I can't find it... anyone know where it might be?

For Christmas, I got a set of external speakers for my computer (Cyber-Acoustics CA-3090, if you want to know). They aren’t the greatest set of speakers I’ve ever heard, but they’re a lot better than the built in speakers that are in my laptop. The thing that drives me nuts sometimes is that one of them seems to be picking up some radio station, and I can just hear it when I’m listening to my own music on my computer. Frankly, it’s getting on my nerves. I really wish that it would stop doing it,...