Archive for January, 2007
Posted in January 27th, 2007
I found this on a friends site: http://storm.homelinux.org I just had to post it because this makes me very excited. No more hard drive failures to contend with.
A-Data was showing off this 128GB 2.5-inch solid-state drive in the back rooms of CES, and finally a picture of the largest-capacity SSD in the world has surfaced. [...]
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Posted in January 25th, 2007
All I can say is too bad it won’t include Michael Anthony. That’s the sad thing about this whole circus act.
January 24, 2007, 4:20 PM ET
Ray Waddell, Nashville
Sources tell Billboard.com a contract could be signed as soon as today for Live Nation to produce a 40-date amphitheatre tour by Van Halen this summer, with original [...]
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Posted in January 24th, 2007
http://freeos.com/guides/lsst/
Okay this is super geeky and I debated whether or not to post it at all. However, I think it’s very useful for anyone wanting to get into Linux.
This tutorial is designed for beginners who wish to learn the basics of shell scripting/programming plus introduction to power tools such as awk, sed, etc. It is [...]
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Posted in January 24th, 2007
http://www.usridernews.com/absolutenm/templates/News.asp?articleid=316
I have seen this bike and a friend has one. It truly is a winner IMHO. If I were buying this year it would probably be this bike.
US Rider News announces that its Editors have selected the Harley-Davidson ‘Softail Custom’ as the “Best New Nostalgic Bike of 2007.”
Editor Scott Cochran said that this bike hearkens [...]
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Posted in January 24th, 2007
http://torrentfreak.com/mark-cuban-bittorrent-is-doomed/
I read this and at first thought he’s insane, BitTorrent is open source software and used in massive quantities across the Internet. How can it possibly be doomed? He raises some excellent points but personally I don’t feel it will ever die completely. The way it’s used may change but I doubt it will die [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2007
I’m a huge Van Halen fan, specifically Eddie Van Halen. I think this is a step in the right direction and let’s cross our fingers and hope a new tour is forth coming.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070121/tc_macworld/evh20070120_0
NAMM: Eddie Van Halen signs with Fender
Jim Dalrymple - MacCentral Sat Jan 20, 7:36 PM ET
Eddie Van Halen is one of the most [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2007
It is truly amazing what they can install Linux on these days. Over at http://www.psp-programming.com they have a post about putting uCLinux on a Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). It’s not super pretty yet but I’m sure in no time at all they will have it working with desktop type applications running. A guy named Chris [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2007
I found this interesting in proving the fact that DRM is really useless and destined to fail.There is a quote from a TWIT Podcast that says: Trying to stop bits from being copied is like trying to keep water from being wet.
Muslix64, fresh from hammering down the walls of HD-DVD, applies the same technique to [...]
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Posted in January 23rd, 2007
With an improved editor, image uploader, security features, and more. Nice polish added to already great blogging software. It’s working great on this site so give it a try. http://wordpress.org/download/index.php
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Posted in January 21st, 2007
The new year has brought a new release of the Knoppix Live CD. Along with the usual updates to application software, the most noticeable change in version 5.1.1 is the inclusion of the Beryl 3-D desktop with the Emerald theming engine. For anyone that wants to try Linux without actually having to install it on [...]
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Posted in January 20th, 2007
An extremely fun FPS for Linux, mac, and windows! Need I mention it’s free?
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Posted in January 19th, 2007
Finally Linux users are able to experience the web more like the Windows world. Adobe just recently released the Linux version of the Flash Player after far too long with version 7. I have just recently installed it with using Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft and so far no issues have surfaced. If you are interested [...]
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Posted in January 6th, 2007
I found this at: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/12/31/164038/07 and had to link and repost it here. Very fitting and funny IMHO.
We come together once again to honor those who have made the world a crappier place in this year of the Lord, 2006. Truly, if there is anything notable about the past 365 days, it’s that there [...]
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