To start the new year properly here’s a nice review that compares Windows Vista to OS X: I could keep bringing up examples, but I think you get the idea. At the UI level, the human level, Vista is different far more often than it is better. Even so, I think it must be said [...]
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Apple Macbook vs. Dell Latitude (temperature wise)
July 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware
After a long break I’ve decided to start posting again to the blog . To start it off here’s a cool (but boring) article on how the Apple Macbook fares against the latest dell Latitude. The choice given to this seing as I’m planning on getting a Macbook REAL soon : In the end, it [...]
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Build A Bike Recharger For Your iPod HOWTO
December 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
It seems a fellow countryman has written a HOWTO on making a bicycle recharger for your iPod: So then, this is the How-to? Well, if you will… the rest of it is more of a personal journal of how I ended up with my bike-charger, things I ran into etcetera… I’m pretty sure there’s useful [...]
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Google Worth Shitload Of Money
November 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Google
MSN Money reports what we all already know, namely that Google is worth a shitload : Google stock tops $400, worth $117 billion Investors clamor to buy the search engine’s stock because they believe it is revolutionizing advertising. How high can the shares go? When Google (GOOG, news, msgs) went public last August at $85 [...]
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Google Releases Web Stats Package
November 14th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Coding & Web Development, Google
In what should be of interest to a lot of webmasters (including this one), Google’s newest foray into world domination is Google Analytics, a web stats package: Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site. You’ll be able to focus your [...]
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Risk Via Google Maps
November 9th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Google
In what I proclaim to be the “cool hack of the day”, someone has modified Google Maps so you can play Risk on it. The dude that created it says the following: A For some reason I decided a bit after the API for Google Maps came out that it would be awesome to be [...]
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Apples iPod Video Master Plan
October 14th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Engadget has an interesting analysis on what they think the deal is with Apples new iPod video: You’ve got to love Apple. Crazy like a fox they are. Oh sure – some of their decisions regarding the new iPod might seem a little odd to the gadget-lovers among us. “No DivX???” is the phrase most [...]
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Apple Release New iPod (With Video)
October 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
Looks like Steve Jobs has proved once again that he’s a dirty filthy rotten liar . The new iPod (with video) has been released: Witness the evolution of the revolution. First it played songs. Then photos. Then podcasts. Now iPod plays video, changing the way you experience your music and more. Again. In lighter, thinner [...]
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Microsoft Serious About Releasing XBOX 360
October 12th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Business, Microsoft, Video Games
The BBC has an article on the problems Microsoft is facing getting its new console released on time. My favourite piece: By making sure its new Xbox 360 is out months ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 3, Microsoft is hoping to win over the wallets and thumbs of gamers. The downside has been a rush to [...]
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Google Is Where Microsoft Was 20 Years Ago
October 1st, 2005 · No Comments · Google, Internet, Microsoft
An interesting piece on Informationweek points out that Google is now where Microsoft was 20 years ago: According to “The Google Legacy,” history is about to repeat itself. Microsoft today is where IBM was years ago. And Google is in a position to do to Bill Gates what he did to IBM. The result could [...]
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