Truth be told, I kinda like the iPhone. I’ve thought about buying one. Shocking? Haha, perhaps. I don’t want to like it really, because I don’t like Apple, but it’s a nice looking/functioning product. A good package. (My thoughts on Google Chrome are similar… nice, functional, but surely fueled by an evil empire.)
Anyway, one thing [...]
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Psystar brings Macs to the masses, and litigation!
Published August 27th, 2008 in IT Industry and News. 1 CommentFor a few months now Psystar has been selling Mac clones, flying in the face of Apple’s End User License Agreement, which forbids people running Mac OS X on non-Apple branded hardware. Not everyone knows, since moving OS X to run on Intel processors, OS X will run “pretty much fine” on regular PC hardware. [...]
I’m no Apple lover, let’s be honest. It’s not because I don’t like their products, or because I like Windows or any other superficial reason. It’s because I wholeheartedly believe that in a different world they would be the Microsoft. The things that are fundamentally wrong about Microsoft are fundamentally wrong about Apple as well. [...]
Facebook - Too many stupid fan pages
Published July 28th, 2008 in Humourous, News, Personal and Recommended Reading. 0 CommentsYour account has been disabled by an administrator. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page here.
I’ve decided there are too many fan pages for people I think it’s silly to declare yourself a fan of. The catalyst for me has been Christian leaders and teachers. These are good people [...]
Firefox 3 vs secure certificates and authorities
Published July 20th, 2008 in IT Industry and News. 7 CommentsI installed Firefox 3 the other week, and have to say I’m quite impressed. The memory leak issues are not fully resolved, but big steps have been made. (With certain programs like Flash and Adobe Acrobat Reader it’s still churning the memory for me. I compared with Opera 9.5, and that’s still more conservative.) Like [...]
US ISPs standing against child porn. Or not.
Published July 20th, 2008 in IT Industry and News. 0 CommentsSlashdot is reporting the news of an agreement signed between major American ISPs to block newgroups containing child pornography.
It would be better if the agreement wasn’t bull. Maybe they’ll help a little, but the reality is they could do things a lot smarter if they actually cared about child pornography. It seems they care more [...]
I am by no means a car enthusiast, or junkie. I know nothing of rebuilding engines, and can’t even drive a manual. But there are a few vehicles that do make me… swoon, shall we say. One of those I’ve written about before is the Nissan Skyline GT-R. A legend among sports cars.
Well, Nissan have [...]
Visit to Toronto, in September and October
Published July 4th, 2008 in News and Personal. 0 CommentsI just booked flights for Maija and I to visit Toronto later this year. We’ll be there from September 26th till October 28th! It’ll be oh so lovely. We’ll be staying in the Etobicoke area, to allow me convenient access to work.
Exciting :)
Marty McFly’s 2015 Nikes coming to a store near you, in 2008
Published June 30th, 2008 in Books, Humourous and News. 0 CommentsCame across this this morning, via Engadget. Nike is *almost* bringing Marty’s shoes from 2015 back to the past.
See what I did there?
Anyway. Check it. And then get yourself a copy of the book Jennifer Government, which I just finished reading. It’s a superb piece of fiction, examining an Orwellian style future-present where corporations, not [...]
Carbon neutrality and general care of the environment is something Maija and I have been getting into more and more. Maija is very likely changing her thesis topic to something politically environmental, for reasons that will become public soon. A part of our interest in sustainability is due to moving to Finland, where everyone cares [...]
