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Please ignore
I was invited to test the new digg site, and part of the process of adding my blog as a feed is to create a post with a key. This is such post. 2020f20fe520496d9894... |
Jul 9, 2010 2:07:00 AM |
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Resurrecting my blog
It's really been a long time since I've updated this site. I could make up excuses like too much work, too little time, or simply that I didn't think there was anything worth to say. Some of it may be true, but the important thing here is that what I ... |
Nov 26, 2008 10:20:28 AM |
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Fight for your Freedom
I was looking at the new Windows Live Messenger application that Microsoft released to replace the MSN Messenger. One of the things that I found really odd is that on of the terms on the EULA (End User License Agreement) states:2. HOW WE MAY MODIFY THIS ... |
Jun 20, 2006 11:08:19 AM |
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Bronze artifact is world's oldest Astronomy computer
An ancient bronze artifact scooped out of a shipwreck in 1900 by sponge divers and kept at the Athens National Archaeological Museum has been analyzed by a team of Greek and British scientists and has been established that it is the world's oldest ... |
Jun 8, 2006 4:03:04 PM |
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Kids say the darndest things...
Being a parent isn't always easy, because kids still don't quite get what's really wrong or what is just a simple prank. I have a 3 and a half year old son, and boy, does he make me go mad sometimes...But there are sometimes when you can't do anything but ... |
May 24, 2006 8:41:00 AM |
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The Tesla Testament
I was given an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of the upcoming novel The Tesla Testament by Eugene Ciurana. The book isn't due to be published until october of 2006, but I wanted to share my impressions of the book.The novel centers around freelancer Francis ... |
Mar 7, 2006 9:28:07 AM |
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Gmail tip of the day
If you're like me, you're using gmail for all those mailing lists that you have to be on, even if you don't actually read most of the mails sent there, and have a label (and a filter) for each of the lists, so the mail skip the inbox and go directly to ... |
Mar 2, 2006 4:36:31 PM |
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"Fear of Girls" Video
I just saw a very funny video entitled Fear of Girls. It's the 'Mockumentary' (Mock Documentary) of a pair of truly geeky... er, geeks.The most funny (or sad) part about it, is that I understood most of the terms (LARP, Brujah clans, Druids, etc). I guess ... |
Feb 22, 2006 8:08:37 PM |
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Mac Pr0n
For all of you who are eager to look at the new Intel-based Apple laptops (The McBook Happy Deal), I have good news. Someone just bought one and posted a lot of pictures showing the unboxing process (and a couple comparing the new MBP with the 'old' ... |
Feb 21, 2006 2:55:47 PM |
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Blog from your firefox browser
I just found out a very nifty extension for firefox that lets you create new posts for your favorite blog software (pebble included, thru the blogger or the metablog API). Performancing For Firefox (PFF) is the extension, and it looks very nice, and ... |
Feb 15, 2006 6:36:26 PM |
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And the winner (for best geek present) is...
I had a lot of interesting posts that I wanted to do, but something got in the way (besides lots of work, as usual). As you may be aware (from a previous post), my birthday was last saturday, and after a lot of consideration (i.e. getting the approval ... |
Feb 9, 2006 2:01:58 PM |
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Craving for some Sushi
I love food. In general. I can enjoy a good Prime Rib as much as I can enjoy a BigMac (well, maybe not as much, but you get the idea). I try to eat new things whenever I have the chance. Since I was a kid, my parents taught me that there are so many ... |
Jan 26, 2006 9:41:58 AM |
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Optimizing Oracle SQL
I just finished a 4-day training course entitled Optimizing Oracle SQL, imparted by Karen Morton from Hotsos. I must say I was really impressed with the course, as it gives you a very detailed account of how Oracle works, thus enabling you to analyze ... |
Jan 20, 2006 10:07:53 AM |
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The Perfect Gift For a Geek
My birthday is coming in less than one month, so I started thinking, what would be the ideal gift for geek guy like I? (There's already a special present coming my way, but that will take a little more time). So, without further ado, here's the list of ... |
Jan 12, 2006 9:58:02 AM |
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Where does Microsoft want to take you today?
Some time ago, I dediced to ditch Windows because I got a weird experience with it (unfortunately, I haven't imported my old postings yet). Basically, I left my laptop on during one night and when I looked at it the next day, the machine had cleanly ... |
Jan 11, 2006 4:56:22 PM |
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Reliability of Web 2.0 services
How much do you (or your business) rely on external applications to go about your everyday business? When something goes wrong, who do you blame, how do you get it fixed and what amount of leverage do you have to get your issues resolved?It seems that one ... |
Jan 2, 2006 10:20:42 AM |
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Tip: Defragmenting disks on Windows XP
Having troubles with Windows XP speed after a while? Did you remember to defrag the drives every now and then? Here's a quick tip: If Windows Defragmenting tool complains about not enough free space to perform the defragmentation, close all programs and ... |
Dec 27, 2005 9:22:11 AM |
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New Google Firefox extension lets you see comments
Tired of going to a website and think 'what are other people thinking about this site?' Well, thanks to the great minds of people working at Google, you need to wonder no more! They have come up with a new FireFox extension that will search blog posts ... |
Dec 19, 2005 9:27:29 AM |
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Gmail oopses
So, if you use Gmail, I'm sure you're also getting the regular 'Oops' message:I've been having this error on and off for at least 3 weeks, and sometimes it annoys me (OK, every time). Doing a basic research, it appears many people are aware of this error, ... |
Nov 17, 2005 9:47:55 AM |
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Can laptop speakers become a microphone?
I got a Dell Latitude D600 laptop from work, and when I travel I usually use Skype to call home, since it is way cheaper than using the hotel's long distance service. I usually carry a headset with me for the microphone, but I found out that my headset's ... |
Oct 5, 2005 10:27:47 AM |