Monthly Archives: July 2005

Wow… I better keep my mouth shut about the students once I start teaching again. E-week reported that one guy got fired because he said a girl in his class was “incredibly hot” on a message board. Note – apparently … Continue reading →

I just wrote a short review of Doctorow’s Eastern Standard Tribe. Those who have read the book probably remember his idea for a p2p system for sharing music on highways. It seems that he actually inspired some people to take … Continue reading →

Some time ago I finished Cory Doctorow’s Eastern Standard Tribe. I was meaning to write about it but I was preoccupied with some other stuff. I’m reading Cory’s books in reverse – newest to oldest. I reviewed “Someone Comes to … Continue reading →

Very Small Doses has posted an interesting story reported by yahoo news. Ok, so it’s not as interesting as “bang your head against the wall for 5 minutes” type of story. The word “fail” should be banned from use in … Continue reading →

Recently I commented on the new name for Longhorn. J. Marcus Xavier from Very Small Doses just sent me this spoof on the Vista promotional image. Click on the image for a larger pic. Hehe… You can read his original … Continue reading →

Remember that story about randomly generated tech talks? These guys actually did it! They went to the conference and gave a randomly generated talk! I didn’t think they will ever make it this far! Yet another proof that human greed … Continue reading →

As you may already know, Microsoft announced the official name for Longhorn. They decided to call it Windows Vista. There is nothing wrong with that name in itself. It’s just that… Well, it translates funny… You see, in Lithuanian the … Continue reading →

I just got hit by a comment-script that posted 36 big messages to one of the entries here. This is why I turned off Anonymous posting. This should make it slightly more difficult to spam me. If I get more … Continue reading →

Here is the deal about me: I do not listen to music. I have never bought a CD and never downloaded a song in my life. Yes, I bought CD’s for other people, and I burned them songs. But mp3’s … Continue reading →

If you have absolutely nothing to do, and you are looking for some brainless online flash game, definitely check out Raiden X. It’s great! This is one of those arcade style, vertical scroll, 2D shooters. You can move your ship … Continue reading →

Finally, someone to decided to take this subject seriously and write a good, concise article about it! If you have looked for a good link to post whenever some whiny idiots try to claim that video games are the root … Continue reading →

People have been telling that the Battlestar Gallactica series is awesome. I saw the miniseries, that spawned the show but it kinda annoyed me. So I never really got into the series. Maybe I should be more open minded? I’m … Continue reading →

I don’t own an apple, and I don’t use OS X. I have seen it in action couple of times, and played around with it for maybe few hours in total. I’m primarily a Linux and Windows user. I use … Continue reading →

I haven’t played GTA:SA, nor have I tried the “Hot Coffee” mod. But I don’t really see what the big deal is. Allot of people seem to be upset. Especially parent groups who want the game to be recalled and … Continue reading →

Boingboing run this story yesterday. It seems that the newest Harry Potter book was available for download within 24h from the time it hit bookshelves. This is after JK Rowling reportedly refused to release the new Harry Potter as an … Continue reading →

I get bunch of shitty free technology magazines in my mailbox. They come both to my office, and stuff my school mailbox. Some of them I throw out, others I actually scan through for interesting articles when I have nothing … Continue reading →

Please go and update your Greasemonkey now! Authors warn that there is a very serious security hole in all versions GM* API disabled. It might break some of your scripts, but if you are like me, and use GM sparingly, … Continue reading →

John Dvorak attempts to completely trash the Creative Common license in his new article published at pcmag.com. It’s an ambitious task, and he fails at it miserably. Over two pages, he does not manage convey anything else than “I don’t … Continue reading →

Anyone remembers this one? Apparently the Japanese name is Dashing Kappei, but I always known this one as Gigi la Trottola :P I had the doubtful pleasure of watching the Italian dub, with polish voice layered on top. I never … Continue reading →

I found this interesting Wiki post on the use of the “f” word in movies via digg. Apparently the current record holder is a British movie Nill by Mouth which averages 3.67 fucks per minute (delivering around 470 fucks in … Continue reading →

The New York Times is running a story (you need to sell your soul to read – better use bugmenot) on the increasing trend for users to simply dispose of their spyware infested computers, instead of fixing them. Interesting stuff. … Continue reading →

Slahsdot reports that the rumored Futurama movie will be going into production soon! This news is coming straight from Billy West who is the voice actor doing Fry, Zoidberg and Zap Braningan. Wohoo! I love that show! Can’t wait! Tags: … Continue reading →

Wallmart (as many other stores) has an annoying policy of not refunding games that were opened unless the game is deffective. I got choked by them several times when I tried to return a game that would simply not run … Continue reading →

I just read the East Fork article, and got chills running down my spine. Intel seems to be rolling out a DRM heavy media platform, which will only support Microsoft DRM. *shudder* This whole East Fork scheme is a failure … Continue reading →

Finally, a concise list of that is hurting Holywood today. I found this on boingboing. 1. Hollywood cannot control its marketing costs or star salaries. The growing importance of DVDs increases the “needle in the haystack” problem for any single … Continue reading →