23 Apr
Pretty cool article on Tech ARP going over a handful of different compression programs and seeing how they stack up. I was obviously reading through it with a constant eye towards the best of the Free alternatives.
It was interesting to note that my personal experience over the years turns out to be true. If you [...]
Posted in Cool Finds, Geek by: Alex
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23 Apr
Some people are crazy… others are brilliant… I’m still torn on this particular gem. And I quote:
Colette seems confused about why I would think the dog understood Flemish. The dog neither confirms nor denies its proficiency in Flemish.
Personally, I think the dog knows more than it lets on. I mean, really, how can you trust [...]
Posted in Amusing by: Alex
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20 Apr
Oh, this is the best laugh I’ve had all day. Slashdot brings word of an article at ZDNet Australia titled:
Microsoft slams iPhone as irrelevant
And I quote:
However, it’s a closed device that you cannot install applications on… — Chris Sorenson, Microsoft
I agree completely Chris. Closed devices and proprietary software are both bad. Please, tell us what [...]
Posted in Amusing, Geek, News by: Alex
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20 Apr
So the great guys over at Foresight Linux provide a number of pre-built images to allow you to take it for a spin. This is of particular interest to me since these images include Gnome 2.18. But, there’s a problem. Foresight provides disk images for QEMU, Parallels and VMWare, but not for my choice of [...]
Posted in Debian, Geek by: Alex
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