At 12 this morning/afternoon I had my dissertation presentation and they were happy with it. Then I turned in my thesis and laptop and I’m now officially done. Hooray! I put online a PDF version of the (KeyNote) presentation for those interested, although it probably will not make sense to many of you, due toContinue reading “All Done, Exit Trinity”
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Hello Boys
They’re done! Five times almost a hundred pages of pure deliciousness. *cough* Look at these beauties. All that’s left is the demonstration and submitting it, then I’m off!
What’s the Deal With This?
What’s the deal with these kinds of e-mails? I’ve been getting them for the past months I guess, but since yesterday afternoon they just keep coming and coming. When I woke up this morning I had 21 new e-mails of which 20 were such stupid e-mails containing text like: rhinitis necrosis report burning sensationlasts minutesContinue reading “What’s the Deal With This?”
eBook Readers
As I quickly flipped through this article I wondered, why haven’t eBook readers caught on yet? I would love to have a simple, thin, light device with a big screen (preferably around A4) that could just display PDFs. That’s all it has to do, display PDF and allow you to flip through the pages. TheContinue reading “eBook Readers”
Apple iBook/Powerbook Battery Recall
Apple is recalling 1.8 million batteries given out between 2003 and 2006 in iBook G4s and Powerbook G4s that may overheat and catch fire. It turns out I’m the lucky owner of such a battery (my battery’s serial number is in the ranges given). So I ordered a new one. Great. If you own anContinue reading “Apple iBook/Powerbook Battery Recall”
Gmail Adds MP3 Player
Personally I’ve been waiting for this for a while for this feature and it has finally arrived. You can now play MP3 attachments straight from your inbox without having to download the file. As the screenshot shows a little “Play” link can be found next to MP3 files, when you click it you get aContinue reading “Gmail Adds MP3 Player”
Innovation in Photos and Videos Online
This recent post on Techcrunch about a new feature of Zooomr called “portals” made me realised how far we are from perfection when it comes to photo and video sharing and generally what you can do with those online. This is the video that demos the portals feature in Zooomr: https://www.youtube.com/v/BdowmnGz4_4 I think around fiveContinue reading “Innovation in Photos and Videos Online”
Quote
I’m working on my dissertation (98 pages, wooh!) so not much time, but I read this quote today and wanted to share it. Markus Pirchner: “If I had a nickel for every million dollar idea I’ve had, I’d be rich by now!”
Switching to Emacs
As you may know my favourite editor was Vim, it’s a terrible editor to learn, but when you get the hang of it (after a couple of weeks, months, a year) you can edit text and code very very fast. I loved Vim, still do. At the moment I’m writing my dissertation for the M.Sc.Continue reading “Switching to Emacs”
Apple WWWWWDC 2006 Keynote
The WWDC (not entirely sure how my W’s should go in there) 2006 started this Monday, the Apple Developer Conference. It is kicked off, like every year, by a keynote speech by Steve Jobs (link goes to the video). Apple fans look forward to these keynotes because of two reasons: To see what cool productsContinue reading “Apple WWWWWDC 2006 Keynote”
