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Archive | August, 2007
7 Ways to the “Action Habit”
The “Action Habit” or the habit of putting your thoughts or plans into action. One of the hardest habits to develop and one of the biggest properties lacking from people today. Most of us avoid action out of fear. Here are 7 ways to grow the habit and help it to grow (Hit the link for [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5 Released
23. August 2007
Tribe 5 (Beta 5) of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon has been released. Nice, looks like I was wrong and the new xorg.conf edit will be in 7.10 after all: In addition to that Ubuntu has this rockin’ automatic printing-configuration system that makes configuring/installing printers plug-and-play: And brings with it a hot new Firefox plugin finder/installer/thingie:
Continue reading...Microsoft Hardware Still Sucks
23. August 2007
I can’t help it… I hate that company and it’s complete inability to do anything that doesn’t screw it’s customers in some way just to maximize profit. Now it looks like the wireless wheels are overheating and burning up in smoke as well. NICE. I can’t wait for the XBox 720… it will be manufactured in [...]
Continue reading...Java Kernel Shipping with 6.0 Update 4
22. August 2007
A while back we covered the new Consumer JRE coming from Sun to improve Java on the desktop in a myriad of ways (hit the link for summary and screenshots). The original goal was to have beta portions of this ready during the end of this year, but it looks like one of the core [...]
Continue reading...World’s Largest Hand
22. August 2007
Liu Hua from Jiangsu has the worlds largest hand: He’s getting it operated on… I just wanted to find a reason to post this picture
Continue reading...BioShock Config Confirms PS3
22. August 2007
Kotaku reports that the BioShock Demo config files include settings for the “PS3″ in them, further confirming rumors (and expectations) that BioShock will come out for the PS3. Given some of the recent surprises on the XBox and PC, the PS3 version may hopefully get some additional polish… then again it is built on Unreal 3 [...]
Continue reading...Playing Music in Vista Slows Network
22. August 2007
Microsoft is… completely amazing. NOTE: For those in the know, the new Performance and Reliability pack from Microsoft does not fix this problem. Bonus! Since the launch of Vista, there has been a steady slew of articles declaring the operating system, that took 5 years and $3 billion to develop, to be complete junk. Everything from crashing, [...]
Continue reading...BioShock Widescreen is a Lie
21. August 2007
Burn… BioShock is not perfect after all. It looks like the “Widescreen” setting for the game simply takes the 4:3 screen, scales it, and crops the top and bottom: 2K-you-suck, party of 1? Update #1: I was wrong looks like… Chris Hunkele just sent in that there is a fix for the POV issue for BioShock floating [...]
Continue reading...DMCA Says You Cannot Erase Files
20. August 2007
A user of Coupon.com found a way to print and reprint coupons by erasing certain registry keys and files off his computer, now it looks likes he’s getting sued under the DMCA for erasing those key files. So he’s not allowed to control the contents of his hard drive? I think Microsoft has been widdling away [...]
Continue reading...The Dark Tower Series Movie Confirmed
20. August 2007
Stephen King has confirmed that a movie will be made after his Dark Tower series. For the fans out there, you are likely freaking out right now “Oh god, not a made for TV movie…” but don’t worry, he’s also confirmed that JJ Abrams and co-writer on Lost (Damon Lindelof). It sounds like King wanted the [...]
Continue reading...Copowi: Truly Net Neutral ISP
20. August 2007
Copowi, a new ISP, is selling itself as a truly network-neutral ISP. Since they are a relatively new startup, they do need to purchase the last run of cable from the big telcos right to your house, but according to them so far they haven’t had any problems with negotiations as long as they were [...]
Continue reading...Wait for PS3 BioShock
20. August 2007
Putting on flame-retardant suit… I just saw this “Review” (more like blog-comment, than a review) over on what can only seem to be a Sony/PS3 propaganda site. When you compare that sites 5/10 with the retardedly high rating the game is getting from everyone else, it’s hard to think the original poster had anything good [...]
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