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Hell has officially frozen over… Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their […]
I’m getting lots of messages (email, IM, sms, etc…) regarding my new grid hosting company, so I decided to post some facts: Fact #1: Clustering on PS2’s is very real, in fact, the NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation. From PlayStation 2: Computational Cluster: The cluster […]
Lots of people have been asking me what I’ll be doing now that I’m no longer working at Rackspace full time. I don’t feel like explaining the entire business in detail, but I’ve had a fascination with grid computing and the virtualization of software services across computational clusters for sometime Additionally, anyone who knows me, […]
Wow – this is really cool. Basically you take your cameraphone (1 megapixel or better), take a picture of a whiteboard or document, and then email that photo to scanR – and it’ll email back a PDF version! Very cool. Try scanR now. It’s fast, easy and FREE!
Telephones are just supposed to work. No fuss. Pick it up, dial a number, and you’re connected. Cell phones shouldn’t be any different – but they are. In the case of my I-Mate K-Jam, the thing is simply too slow. And often times, it looks like its frozen – while its actually just chugging through […]
Ok, a lot of these are very, very trippy…. Illusions, Magic Tricks and Puzzles: When Your Perception Turns Against You! Optical Illusions Blog
This is pretty fun to watch… Gamers Getting PWND
Some these are amazing – like the full size Lego SUV… It’s time for our weekly Top 10 list and this week our editors bring you the “Top 10 Strangest (or Coolest…) Lego Creations”. Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations
Yay! You scored 90% or more! Guy Kawasaki’s Entrepreneurial IQ Test Brought to you by Tickle
In December, I got a new cell phone after deciding that my Treo 650 was a piece of junk. I ended up replacing it with a I-Mate K-Jam – which is also known as an HTC Wizard… and is now also known as the Cingular 8125 or the T-Mobile MDA. Since I bought the unlocked […]
I’ve been using Verizon’s EV-DO service for the past couple of weeks, and I have to say that I absolutely love it. Its fast…. its VERY fast. I almost never worry about trying to find a wifi hotspot anymore since I can get around 500kps on the EV-DO network most of the time (and faster […]
As I said before, I continue to tell people NOT to buy HDTV sets for various reasons… one of which is the fact that the HDTV “standard” is a bit of a moving target. A couple of years ago at CES, 1080-progressive, or 1080p, had become popular… (not there was any content for that format […]
Lots of folks in the advertising business have been poo-poo’ing the whole TiVo and PVR revolution… but I’m glad some advertisers are finally starting to adapt to the new technology instead of bitching about it: Advertisers are running into a jam. With more and more people using digital video recorders, people are just zipping through […]
If you’re running Trillian, you probably have run into the same problem I ran into with Miranda IM… please update your version of Trillian or you’ll be unable to receive messages from people with current versions of an ICQ client. AIM/ICQ patch available for all versions of Trillian (02-15-2006)
For those of you who have been IM’ing me via ICQ and I haven’t been responding – I’m sorry… I haven’t been getting them. Turns out there was a bug in the ICQ protocol in Miranda IM that was causing the problem… it was fixed days ago, but I didn’t know about the problem until […]
I had been looking for a new phone headset and I had a few minimum requirements: Wired – No Bluetooth – I love BT, but I don’t want to carry (yet another) charger with me Boom Mic – I hate the dangling mic on the cord, and I think that mics in the ear-piece still […]
Save the McRib! Go to http://www.mcrib.com/, click on “Save the McRib” on the upper left corner and sign the petition! What sort of world would we be in if the McRib was gone!?
I went to the local Verizon store today to buy a Treo 700w. But I didn’t. Its not to say its not a great phone: The sound quality is awesome – its loud and clear (finally!) The proc is pretty quick – but its not quick enough… I managed to get it to slow down […]
Everyone else is doing it… so I did it too: Apparently I’m an “Encouraging Leader“.
Ok so people continue to ask me – “Does this ColdHeat thingy really work?” I actually got one as a gift from Dirk, and quite frankly – I like it. It does take a little while to get used it – this is not your father’s soldering iron. But once you realize that its not […]
For years, I’ve been discouraging people from buying HDTV’s for two reasons… To date, there are very few shows in any sort of HiDef format or resolution HDTV display technology is changing rapidly and improving by leaps and bounds while prices continue to drop There’s still very few shows to watch in HD… and while […]
I decided to order one of these “Sleepmate” thingies… we’ll see if it works… 🙂 Have you ever laid awake at night wondering, “What do I have to do to get a peaceful night’s sleep?” as your neighbor’s dog barks all night and traffic roars by? Why Constant Noise is the Perfect Sleep Solution
I had no idea that there are different kinds of earwax… quite frankly, I find the notion of “wet” earwax to be kinda yucky… weird. 🙂 Genetics researchers have uncovered the key gene behind the mystery of human earwax. Finally. The report in Monday’s Nature Genetics journal solves a long-running anthropologist’s riddle – why many […]
This is really cool – Its free… now you can finally recommend a solution for your friends for hosting their email for their own domain names… 20 accounts per domain, 250megs of storage per account… Its basically Hotmail but instead of having “[email protected]” you can get “[email protected]” and use all of the normal hotmail features […]
Woah, you gotta see this… Venezuelan tattoo maker Constantino, with a glass piercing in the ear, offers his service outside the venue of the annual World Social Forum in Caracas Venezuelan tattoo maker Constantino
I admit it, I have a bit of a fascination with the Rubik’s Cube. Growing up, the best I could complete was two adjacent sides… then I’d just get frustrated and dis-assemble the whole thing, and just put it back together the correct way… which I felt was a far-superior way of solving it than […]
It turns out that all the YouTube acquisition rumors… are just all that… rumors. On the other hand, it was exiciting to think that someone could have bought YouTube after only being alive for 11 months (founded in Feb. ’05)… oh well. 🙂 YouTube Acquisition Rumors
This is amazing… FOUR gigs on a high-speed SD card, and its only 200 bucks! And its not vapor-ware! You can buy it today! Incredible! Surplus Computers has the A-Data 4GB 150x Turbo Secure Digital Card for $200 with free shipping. A-Data 4GB 150x Turbo Secure Digital Card $200
Ya know, I kinda wanna own a Mac… but I’m attached to Windows… I know, I know – “MacOS is better – yadda, yadda…” Anyhow, the question was – can one run Windows on the new Intel-based Macs? With the announcement of the Intel chip based Macbook, the door is now open for running the […]
Wow, sounds like everyone’s better off just sleeping-in than trying to rush into the office if you’re still a little groggy… If it takes a while to clear the cobwebs after waking up, that’s understandable — “sleep inertia” leaves some people so groggy they might as well be drunk, researchers said on Tuesday. Study: Waking […]
Its not often when Google gets beat by someone… … Hitwise has crunched the traffic data, and YouTube indeed overtook Google Video in market share, shooting up 83% in one week … Guess I Was Onto Something And if you haven’t seen the “Lazy Sunday” Saturday Night Live sketch you can view it below… its […]
Easy Ubuntu is cool, but this is just as useful: This is a graphical interface for installation of a lot of apps on UBUNTU BREEZY and for tweaking a few things to get your Ubuntu box up and working in full throttle in the quickest possible timespan. Automatix (Automated GUI installation script)
This is great – I’ve already used it four times in the past week: Unlocker overrides those annoying Error Deleting File or Folder messages. When you want to delete a file and Windows won’t let you, use Unlocker to free the file from system processes holding it hostage. Unlocker will delete stubborn files, free files […]
Yes, the rumors are right. I’m not longer at Rackspace. The reasons behind this are very complicated – so if you really want to hear about it all, just talk to me (like so many of you already have.) The flip side is that I’m looking forward to doing something new… so if you have […]
For all you physics geeks out there… 🙂 These pages explain quantum entanglement by way of colourful pictures, helpful analogies, and absolutely no math. Quantum Entanglement
Ok guys… the newest WRT54G v5.0 does not run linux… and you can’t run linux on it. So if you plan on getting one, you’d better go pick one up now and hope you can find a v3.0 or older on the store shelves. However, you can still pick up the WRT54GS units, which still […]
Here’s a crash course in your choices for Ethernet connectivity–what are hubs, routers and switches, and when should you use which? Ethernet Hubs vs. Switches
This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time… Everyone knows that I have to reboot my Treo all the time becuase its a piece of shit. And its really annoying, since you have to take off the battery cover to get to the reset botton… but check this out — Seidio Battery […]
The other day, Froutan was asking me if Gtalk was encrypted… at the time, I didn’t know. So I fired up Gtalk, and Ethereal and after a couple of test IM’s it was obvious that it was indeed encrypted to some extent. So there ya go. 🙂
It’s no secret that rebates are a great tool for a variety of retailers and manufacturers. Rebates generate buzz and sales, yet not all are redeemed adding to their bottom line. BusinessWeek (subscription required) describes the phenomenon and profiles TiVo, which appears typical in paying out only 50% to 60% of potential rebates. BW suggests […]