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Linux… the Future of Computing
I’m a Linux user. So I always like to strain my ear to hear news about Linux. But this I didn’t expect. Caroline and I did a bit of computer shopping before going to watch a film together on Saturday. While we wandered the aisles in the nearby Futureshop, she turned and asked me what…
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Phoneing This One In
My recent loss of my Nokia N810 Internet Tablet has meant I need to resort to more exotic devices for offline blogging. At the moment I’m traveling on the bus (or standing at a bus stop), chilling to music and blogging/writing on my Nokia 5800 cellphone. So tapping on a touchscreen feels more etheral than…
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Reflections in the Rain
Rainy days put me in an reflective mood. Or maybe I’m just in a reflective mood recently. I don’t know. It is raining outside. Rain drops pitter and patter on the sidewalk. On the buildings standing against the pale grey sky. On the cars passing by. On the people busy in their everyday lifes. I…
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It is On My Desk
No, I’m not mocking Marika’s blog name. Rather this morning I am tired and uncreative. At this point, the creative artist starts stealing ideas from more inspired artists. Over the course of my university career, I learned the elegant art of organization. The results from just a little effort and some smart thinking goes a…
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Windows? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Windows!!!
I just read this article on Phoronix on the Phoenix HyperSpace quick boot Linux. So a quick boot Linux partition installed side-by-side with Windows is nothing new. It happened early last year. Rather what this article shows is the increased awareness of Linux in the vendor space. It also shows that vendors will ditch their…