Monthly Archives: January 2006

Robot from another dimension

A POWER dimension. rds

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Speed trials

Speed Demos Archive A web page (one of many?) dedicated to showing various people beating various video games as quickly as inhumanly possible. I once read / heard someone (dunno who) who said, “There is nothing more boring than watching … Continue reading

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$100 laptop, UN support, jackthievery

The Right Thing for the world… trying to figure out the lime green / “fend[ing] off potential thieves” connection. rds

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Nice Guy Eddie, R.I.P.

CNN.com – Actor Chris Penn found dead – Jan 25, 2006 rds

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iWeb 1.0.0 (iLife ’06 Edition) SHAKEDOWN

The first outing, which for good or ill was created within one hour of launching iWeb 1.0.0. iWeb is Apple’s new iLife-branded drag-and-drop-and-Apple-Feel-Good-Web-Development-Tool for the masses. After 60 minutes with the product, there’s this: Good: It’s pretty much as drag … Continue reading

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(OS X) Spinning wheel, got to go round?

round one Any user of Mac OS X is familiar with (if not a fan of) the spinning beach ball of occasional doom. A number of sites, including this one, discuss things that can summon / conjur The Ball. As … Continue reading

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ArsTechnica article on features / benchmarks of first Intel-based iMac

Excellent article: iMac 17″ Core Duo : Page 5 Hmm, Steve’s assertion that we’d see 4-5x performance kick over the G5 was a tad optimistic. Why am I not shocked? rds

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A)lways B)e C)obbling

Glengarry Glen Ross is certainly one of the greatest films of all time, due primarily to Alec Baldwin’s profanity-laden motivational speech (which, incidentally, didn’t appear in the stage version of G G R). I probably like the film so much … Continue reading

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What is really behind a Steve Jobs Keynote

hardcore infrastructure supporting Jobs during his keynotes. The truth. rds

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Buy A Goat for a Family in Africa

:: FARM FRIENDS :: This is the right thing to do. rds

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