Archive for the 'Technology' Category

MySpace Still Sucks

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

As long as they continue to allow their users to turn their pages into a poorly coded pile of mush, it will always suck.
And that is the end of the matter.

What’s all the fuss with KDE 4?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I’ve been reading more complaints by the day, primarily from bloggers (some of whom I suspect are not even full-time Linux users) that KDE 4 was a complete mistake and should be scrapped. Some have likened it to Windows Vista. Others have even suggested that KDE should be forked so that the […]

KDE 4.1 + Firefox 3.0 = Bliss

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

There are many things to love about the new KDE and the new Firefox. I’ve personally always preferred Konqueror for most of my web browsing for simple things like dragging an image from the browser to the desktop. It was not that I wanted to leave an image file on the desktop. […]

Solar Powered Bikinis

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I was reading an article today about an MIT project to create solar powered textiles. One idea they’ve developed is solar powered curtains. But it got me thinking. The other day I saw a solar powered bra (yeah, like that’s practical). Wouldn’t it be more useful to have solar powered clothing […]

Firefox 3.0 and the scary certificate page of death

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

If you’ve downloaded the latest Firefox 3.0, you’re probably loving it and very impressed with the new features.
Here is just one word of caution. In the past, if an SSL certificate was expired, not verified, or not recognized, Firefox would initiate a pop-up window telling you this. Now, it takes you to a […]

Google Gadget Plasmoids

Friday, June 20th, 2008

When I first saw the release of Google Gadgets for Linux, my first reaction was “What’s the point?” when we already have gdesklets for Gnome and Superkaramba/Plasma for KDE.
Then, I read this. Whoever you are, Tiger, you rock.

Water-powered car

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

With the cost of gasoline being what it is, shouldn’t a water-powered car be on the front page of every news source?

“I get 100 miles to the ounce on water. I can run any water, distilled water, drinking water, tap water,” said Brown.
The self-proclaimed inventor said he has almost done the job and has fixed […]

Microsoft keeps spending millions of dollars just to fight Linux

Friday, May 16th, 2008

For those of you who don’t believe that Linux is making an impact on the PC market, you obviously haven’t been watching the actions of Microsoft. Every time a country announces they will switch their government computers to Linux, Microsoft is there literally begging them reconsider (by begging, I mean showering them with incentives). […]

Weather.com Broken?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The other day I noticed that my weather widgets on my Nokia n800 and my KDE desktop at my library no longer work. As far as I know, they all connected to weather.com. So, did they do something to their site to call all these weather widgets to break? I’m sure the […]

Random Uses for Your Nokia Internet Tablet

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Ever since I purchased my Nokia n800 last year, it has become an integral part of my life, much to the chagrin of my wife. It is described by its creators as an “internet tablet.” Along with the n800, some of you might have its predecessor the Nokia 770 or its heir apparent, […]