Archive for the 'Life' Category
Another tool for Procrastination
Friday, June 29th, 2007Thanks to my mate and fellow ProgSoc member D.Com for sending me this link:
http://www.addictinggames.com/theimpossiblequiz.html.
If you’ve got a bunch of time to waste (like I have today), or just want to find something to amuse your self with, I recommend this game. Neither D.Com or I can work out the answer to question 41, so if [...]
Pasha Bulker
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007As the Pasha Bulker continues to get a battering from rough seas on Nobby’s (check out the Coastal Watch live webcam), people are still finding humour in the situation, with these two videos posted to YouTube in the past few weeks.
There’s some really great photos of the beached ship on Flickr.
Back home, in Maitland, someones [...]
Why poorly designed search sucks.
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Rececntly, for an assignment for Uni I was writing researching consumer and business security and user privacy in relation to IT.
Using the UTS Library search tool to find academic papers on such topics I came back with the following group of results in response to the query “computer security” or “computer privacy” (one of the [...]
Missile Command
Monday, June 11th, 2007Remember the good ole days of Arcades? Well, even though I actually don’t, I do remember the game Missile Command. I think I played it back when they had good Arcade games included with Windows 95 (that’s showing my age, and nerdyness).
Anyway, I just came across a remake of the classic game for OSX which [...]
Where in the world have I been?
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Since it’s been quite a while since the hype that surrounded CeBIT AU (and I’ve still got some reviews to write up when I get a chance), I thought I’d let you know what I’ve been up to of late!
I’ve been doing a lot of Uni related activities of late - assignments, some paid work [...]
CeBIT AU: Open Source and OLPC
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Heading up CeBIT Open this year, Jeff Waugh and the Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG) had a great booth including a display of the widely known $100 laptop, part of the One Laptop Per Child project.
SLUG were giving away Ubuntu and Fedora CD’s and showing of both distro’s on large displays. Members from SLUG were [...]
CeBIT AU: Altec
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007I’ve just checked out a booth that I looked at last year, Altec Computers.
Altech is the creator of the Maestro, a high end multimedia/home entertainment centre. It’s a High-def PVR that runs Windows Vista Ultimate, a step up from XP Home Media Centre that it ran last year.
The specs on the device have also got [...]
CeBIT AU: Day 2
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007I’m back at CeBIT AU for another round of stall viewing. Stay tuned throughout the day as I visit more stalls and try and find more products to review.
On the agenda today is Netgear, DLink, The Project Factory and anywhere else I find that I’d like to visit.
-james
CeBIT: Photos from Day 1
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Well, it was a good (but mildly exhausting day) today, and a little frustrating when my battery in my camera died.
Here’s the 3 shots I got before my camera decided to not play nice with me.
Hall 3 looking towards Hall 5 just after the 10am opening time.
CeBIT AU: Hands on with the PS3
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007I just got a hands on demo with the PS3 and Sony LCD display. First impressions are pretty good! I played Formula 1 Championship (only the demo, which they had saved on the hard drive), and it looked pretty good at 720p.
After I had a play, another show visitor had a go at NBA at [...]