Things from, of and about the head on the shoulders.
The new iMac makes me drool. This story at C|Net broke the news to me. My first impression was, “That’s it? What’s so special about it?” as if I was expecting something radically geeky. But then, thinking about it — it is radically geeky! Minimalism is surely in and the new iMac gives the aesthetic […]
Dan Cederholm writes a hillarious ode to the Breast Pocket, or BP. It comes with a nice graphic illustration just in case you had any doubts about what he’s talking about and lists the difference from … ahem … the 4-sides sewn version. 😉 Readers follow up with equally amusing comments.
Ever wonder how to deliver custom typefaces to people who don’t have them installed without using graphics? It’s quite a catch-22 isn’t it? You use graphics and your search engine ranking goes down and in some cases, the page simply doesn’t show up since all the good stuff is in the images. If you don’t […]
… and causes an uproar. The official thread on the topic on xchat.org forums is nothing compared to the fiery stuff at IRC Junkie. Almost everybody is saying that GPL is being broken and those who contributed code are wondering about the licensing of their code. This open letter to Zed, the core developer of […]
Kitten-Fight. – By way of Alex King
For the first time, I compiled and installed a software directly instead of finding RPMs.
When I shifted to Linux, I was using FeedDemon on Windows which unfortunately did not run on wine’s default installation. I looked around and came across Straw which sounded and looked almost like a Linux-avatar of FeedDemon. Unfortunately, no rpm of Straw existed and I managed to track down the SRC on Dag’s Apt/Yum RPM […]
My good friend Gagandeep decided to treat me on his birthday. A dinner and a day later, I had food-poisoning while the ass himself was enjoying another party. There was blood in my vomit. Scared the birds out of my parents too. I’m better and getting better by the minute. If nothing else, it was […]
I have been away a few days. A lot has happened meanwhile: I have shifted to Linux. Karan advised me to use Whitebox Linux. Since my only experience with Linux dates to ’99-’00 when I was managing a 27-node cybercafe with 24 machines running Caldera, and he’s not touched Windows in a *long* time, I […]
I completed 26 years today. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. *toot* *toot* … *sigh*