Category Archives: computing

Hosting changes in the next 24 hours

As I mentioned at the middle of January, my virtual private hosting yearly contract with GoDaddy ends on March 1st, 2007. Back then, I decided to go with VPSLink and their LightTPD and Rails virtual private server package. Well, that … Continue reading

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End of January Report

You can see from the title, I started this post two days ago! And I just managed to post it now! Busy, busy! Hi there, readers! I have been busy for the last week, looking for new gigs, and sending … Continue reading

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Continuing the conversation: PS3 Linux & MS XNA

Mateusz, Lenny, thanks for the comments. Update: Reader Mateusz points out that there is an effort under way to port the XNA frameworks to other platforms using Mono. It’s great to see what the subversive, creative types come up with … Continue reading

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What’s the deal with PS3 Linux? Simple: XNA

Programming high-performance applications on the Cell BE processor, Part 1: An introduction to Linux on the PlayStation 3 The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the easiest and cheapest way for programmers to get their hands on the new Cell Broadband … Continue reading

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My thoughts on the iPhone

Let’s cut to the chase: the iPhone is the most innovative communications and media device of the 21st century’s first decade. The other devices and manufacturers don’t even come close. Before the iPhone, you could think the competing devices had … Continue reading

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Say what?!?

I receive some mailings from Sun every month. And for the most part, they are entertaining. As in laugh out loud hysterical. But this one takes the cake. Easier, faster, and more secure the Solaris 10 OS is the only … Continue reading

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More tweaking

I’ve upgraded WordPress to version 2.0.7, and added a plugin. The Share This plugin by Alex King lets you share a link to any of my posts on Digg, del.icio.us, and many other social bookmarking sites. If you see anything … Continue reading

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Mid-January news brief :-)

The Secret Online Geekly Articles Site is … … rejecting one of my article proposals, because it is similar in subject to an article they had published recently (whoops!) I’m starting to like the idea of seeing my name online … Continue reading

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Funky fun with computers, #1

This sounds like fun! Whistle while you work: Use the open source sndpeek program and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events — literally whistling or humming at your computer — and run commands based on … Continue reading

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Slight change of plans

Before 2006 ended, I wrote a post here, where I mentioned I was going to be dividing my workday into three five-hour shifts. During the day, I planned to spend five hours writing for an online technical website, another five … Continue reading

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