October 2010 – Thunderbyte.net

Install Windows via USB Stick

It is quite easy to install one of the more modern Windows variants using a USB stick. You simply have to execute the following steps, using a USB stick of 4 GB or more.

1. Make the stick bootable

from a DOS prompt execute: diskpart
list disk
select disk 1 (assuming disk 1 was your thumb drive in the above list disk command)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit

Now the stick is bootable.

2. Windows files

Copy the contents of your Windows image or DVD to the base level of the stick.

3. BIOS

Make sure that in your BIOS boot options, you have selected USB as primary boot option.

4. Booting

You will notice a significant boost in installation speed!! 🙂

A truly amazing video from 1977 (who would believe it?) about mind-blowing dimensions of the macro- and micro-cosmos. Gorgeous as it is, it makes you feel insignificantly small and huuuuuge at the same time. And in the end, you are left alone with the question what it is that keeps the world together.

Inception… a vocal approach!

I truly enjoyed watching the great movie Inception from director Christopher Nolan with Leonardo Di Caprio. It is a mind twisting film which is definitely difficult to follow and takes some time to understand fully (if ever).

A funny note comes from the adaption of the mind blowing trailer after the break.

Continue reading Inception… a vocal approach! →

The last supper… a modern meme?

Can a mural painting from 500 years ago in a church in Milan still move modern thinking? Supposedly it still can!

Gizmodo, a well-known gadget site, often brings on really cool pictures on top of each post, some from own artists. Especially this post caught my eye, as I had seen a similar picture before. I commented to that post here by posting the “original painting” from Leonardo Da Vinci: The “Last Supper” has a long and moving history and certainly is a true masterpiece:

Obviously the 500 years old painting inspires artists still today, as the awesome “adaptions” show after the break. Continue reading The last supper… a modern meme? →

The people of the Internet

The BBC is known for creating gorgeous series like Doctor Who. And the Brits are also good in creating documentaries like a lot of stuff with Dan Cruickshank. And they also seem to do epic work with smaller videos. It might not be often that some “ad” for a TV series is as awesome as this one:

Hi there!

This is my “hello world” post under this domain. In the next time, I am going to post nifty bits about technology and life in general on this blog. Have fun following or don’t. ;-D