Speed is the Future 07.06.2009

The Internet….. these are the voyagers of the Internet, their continuing mission: to bring all sorts of information as quickly as possible to your desktop! Yes I’m of course talking about the Web Browser. In the past there were only one or two different browsers that most people used. However …

 

Gmail Labs Translations Tool 29.05.2009

This morning I received an email from my Polish bank (from when I lived in Poland) and of course the email was in Polish. Recently a new Gmail Labs feature was added that can automatically …

 

Is Twitter killing the Blog-star? 21.05.2009

Well I’m back. University is finished forever (pending results) and I now have the full time position of looking for a job! in this current economic mess it is not easy but I’m being optimistic and looking hard. I’m also trying several new and different roates to finding a job. …

 

South Park Studio Streaming Episodes 08.02.2009

I tried to access the official South Park episodes today and I get the below picture.

Pretty funny! No doubt this will piss off the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish but who cares about them? ;-) (I’m half Scottish!) A similar picture also shows …

 

WordPress 2.7 11.12.2008

Another website that I started last week is based on Wordpress and I thought as Wordpress 2.7 is just around the corner I will install that. As I’ve come back home tonight I heard via Twitter that the Release Candidate 2 is out. The new version of …

 

Amazon Enters the MP3 Market 04.12.2008

Amazon the book store has finally entered the MP3 market in the UK. This is great for people unwilling or unable to use Apple’s iTunes such as myself. I’m unable to use it as I choose to use Ubuntu and Apple chooses not to built iTunes …

 

Polite Facebook? 26.11.2008

When did Facebook start using this type of language?

Click on the image for the full size.

Can someone explain the above image? Is it an App that is doing this? I just found it strange.

 

Innovation 12.11.2008

According to Dictionary.com:
in⋅no⋅va⋅tion
   /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/ [in-uh-vey-shuhn]
–noun
1. something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
2. the act of innovating; introduction of new things or methods.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL innovātiōn- (s. of innovātiō). See innovate, -ion

Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, Innovation by Google:...

 

If the Matrix ran on Windows 11.11.2008

Make sure you watch this until the very end! Very entertaining. :-D

“Ubuntu, I’m going to learn Ubuntu?”

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

 

Lost in La Paz 08.11.2008

During the week my Brother came on Gmail and was telling me that he has arrived in La Paz in Bolivia. However he also said that as he was changing buses he managed to loose the people he was with. He was slightly distressed as none of …

 

How to get Firefox behaving (and looking) like Chrome 09.09.2008

If, like me, you like Google Chrome but miss some great addons such as ABP or Foxmarks then I’ll show you how to get Firefox to have some of the better features of Chrome by using some addons and get a similar look by installing a theme.

First the …

 

Ubuntu Preinstalled in Poland 30.08.2008

Today I saw this laptop in a computer store in Krakow, Poland. Notice anything different about it? Yes, it’s got Ubuntu preinstalled on it. I’ve read about many companies doing this but it is the first time I’ve seen it in a shop …

 

Current Ubuntu Desktop: Compiz Cylinder 07.08.2008

Remember the Cube? Well that is so 2007. Check out my latest desktop!

I found the instructions to get this from this post at this blog.