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Category Archives: Technology

Guess Her Name

06-Nov-07

Yes, it’s exactly as it appears to be. I am now a beaming owner of a Macbook Pro running OSX Leopard.
They aren’t lying where they tout a 24-hour-next-business-day delivery time. I ordered it on Saturday; received it Monday afternoon. I have to admit that I was expecting Leopard preloaded, but the drop-in disc installation was [...]

Uninteresting Technobabble

13-Oct-07

Wow, never would I have thought that installing drivers for an unassuming bit of obscure hardware would be so difficult. Until it happened to me, at least.
I’ve been meaning to dual boot Xubuntu/Windows ME (of course, after undergoing a major operation courtesy of 98lite - it’s too big a piece of crap otherwise) on one [...]

Just Another

04-Sep-07

Spent the better part of yesterday, which was also the first weekday of the September holidays, helping Kyle put his new PC together.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4GB Crucial Ballistix RAM, ATI HD2900XT 512MB… it’s amazing what you can get for a little over two grand these days.
That said, I’m still set on getting a [...]

Wikipedian Vandals Are Safe No More

19-Aug-07

Oh ho ho, I’ve come across a veritable gold mine of laughs, right here on the Internet. A student has apparently written a program that cross references IPs logged by Wikipedia (whenever someone edits something) to an IP directory. This allows the tracing of IP addresses to various specific organizations.
Naturally, I immediately looked up my [...]

A Touch Of Change

11-Aug-07

I now possess a Nintendo DS Lite, which was purchased just yesterday. All I can say is, you won’t believe how addictive Pokemon Diamond is until you realize you’ve spent the better part of the day trying to catch ‘em all. I chose the water-based one as my starting pet, by the way - it’s [...]

Google Chinese Input Method Editor

05-Apr-07

I’m not a hundred percent sure what this is yet (pardon my horrible Chinese), but I’m fairly certain it’s some sort of Chinese character input method editor from Google.
Looks to be yet another no-frills, no-nonsense Google launch product. I think it actually has a chance: Microsoft’s own utility is hidden under layer upon confusing layer [...]

Windows Live Writer

26-Feb-07

As you can guess, I’ve decided to give Windows Live Writer a spin.
Never mind that I usually write posts on my iBook; I just wanted to give a blogging client a try, especially after reading a favourable review. I’m also curious about the level of integration Windows Live Writer has achieved with a custom Wordpress installation - does [...]

Canon PowerShot TX1

25-Feb-07

Well I’m not one to go ga-ga over any new gadget, especially not a digital camera since I’m already very content with my current one (that slice of heaven called the Nikon D80), but I would like to applaud Canon for their latest contribution to the digicam world: the PowerShot TX1.

Whilst not pioneering any really [...]

Sketch Swap

11-Nov-06

Sketch Swap is a relatively new website which has but one simple purpose: tellingly, to allow people to swap sketches. There isn’t much in the way of features, comprising only one big blank canvas, a pen tool with a fixed size, and a submit button.
The whole process of swapping sketches itself is easy enough, almost [...]

Camino Would Be Near Perfect If

20-Oct-06

I could disable its tab bar overflow ‘feature’, which as of the latest stable release is sub-par, anyways. The unreleased (in final form, at least) Firefox 2.0 already has such an option, albeit well-hidden, so I can’t see why its OSX-native cousin should be so sorely deprived.
Well, I guess I’ve gotten too used to Opera [...]