Monthly Archives: August 2005

I was itching to try Ubuntu for a while now. I really sounds like a great distro. I love debian, but I sometimes would like to have a little faster development cycle. Ubuntu seemed a perfect solution here. But, Ubunty … Continue reading →

Good news is that the GTA blaming, psycho cop killer Devin Moore went to jail. Jury did not buy the “GTA made me do it” defense. It’s refreshing to see that people are actually starting to figure out how dumb … Continue reading →

The most hypocritical advertising I have ever seen in my life must be RIAA’s new street poster campaign (via boingboing). The posters read: “Feed a musician download legally” What? Feed a musician? This should actually read “Buy a new porche … Continue reading →

As you may or may not know, my thesis adviser is quitting. But it seems that I’m not going to end up taking the dreadful comps. He just emailed me saying that someone else is potentially interested in working with … Continue reading →

We already know that Windows Vista (also known as Chicken) will require everyone to buy new monitors. This in itself is enough for me not to bother to upgrade. But there is more… MS decided to give the last word … Continue reading →

I just found out that my Thesis adviser is quitting his job and moving on to do bigger and better things outside the academia. This essentially means that I have wasted most of this summer doing research that will not … Continue reading →

Recently I was ranting about Google not providing RSS feed on their news site. It seems that they do listen to their users. Apparently enough people like me ranted, complained and sent them requests for them to cave in and … Continue reading →

Some guy in South Korea died after playing an online FPS game for 50 hours straight (via boingboing). I guess to much of a good thing, can kill you after all. For one, I’m glad this did not happen here … Continue reading →

My windows box still has the original WinXP installation that came with the computer when I bought it. I think it will be around 4 years now that I’m running the same OS without needing to reinstall. In the windows … Continue reading →

Some time ago I was complaining about lack of good note taking applications on linux. I concluded that there are simply no open source applications that could be a replacement for Microsoft’s OneNote. Fortunately, I was wrong. I have found … Continue reading →

This is too funny! Some guy managed to pass Windows Genuine Advantage while running WINE on linux! Especially since the WGA FAQ explicitly states that WINE users will not be able to pass this test. So this guy either faked … Continue reading →

I finally downloaded an episode of Naruto to see what all this hype is all about. Everyone seems to be going crazy over this show. If you doubt my words just google it – you get over 200k results. Most … Continue reading →

My little sleepy, boring, little town just became the mecca of Golf enthusiasts from all over the states. Yeah, we are hosting the PGA tour on our local golf course. If you note the satellite image to the left you … Continue reading →

Oh crap! I want this game! Why is this only for PS2? I do not own a PS2! Crap! Should I buy one now? With PS3 coming soon is there even a point? Oh well… Well, either way this game … Continue reading →

I was reading the newest issue of a polish version of the Chip magazine (every once in a while they have interesting articles, plus it’s nice to read technology related publications in my native tongue – keeps me up to … Continue reading →

Great! It seems that the geniuses at FCC decided that broadband providers, and manufacturers of broadband equipment (ie. firewalls) have to provide an insecure bacdoors for the feds. Awesome! Now I can have a governmentally mandated, hardwired hole in my … Continue reading →

It freakin figures. I actually got interested in BSG because I noticed Grace Park’s Maxim pictures (see the sample to the left). I started watching it last week and hey – she wasn’t even in that episode. Second episode I … Continue reading →

It seems that Windows Chicken will require you to buy a new monitor to view the DRM’d content. I can’t say I’m surprised – this was to be expected. After all chicken seems to be a winxp with lots of … Continue reading →

EFF reports that the senate just passed a bill renewing the Patriot Act. Start sending out letters now people: Here’s where you come in. With PATRIOT renewal now a certainty, the priority is to make sure the final bill looks … Continue reading →

Personally, I haven’t been watching SciFi channel since they have canceled Farscape. Most people however got over it, and moved to bigger and better things. Many are active in SG1 and BSG fandom. While I think BSG has some potential … Continue reading →

Recently I received several emails with contents like: “Please give me a call as soon as you can. It’s urgent. My number is…” What the hell? How urgent can it be? If this was a really urgent matter, why don’t … Continue reading →

The most sensible thing on this topic I heard lately is the official statement released by the American Geophysical Union. From the statement: “Scientific theories, like evolution, relativity and plate tectonics, are based on hypotheses that have survived extensive testing … Continue reading →

Is that a new manga related magazine in your mailbox there? Is it a flier promoting new video game? Is it some kind of funny magazine? Nope – that’s the envelope VeriSign decided to use for their unsolicited mailings this … Continue reading →

I did not vote for Bush. I told people not to vote for him. They voted anyway… Now he wants public schools to teach Intelligent Design alongside the theory of evolution. White House representatives are now downplaying his comments and … Continue reading →

This time it’s not Hillary, and not hot coffee – but close. Same company, similar issue, different game. This litigious asshat is attacking Rockstar over their new game titled Bully. Quote from the letter he sent to Take-Two: I and … Continue reading →