Category Archives: general

Internet in fast.

Posted on 2005-07-22 [Friday] by [maven]

A fast connection is really nice: I’ve been playing a bit of “God of War” recently and it feels very epic. Still waiting for my “Killer 7″ from Play.com (which is taking 9 days now ). Have also started dabbling … Continue reading →

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The argument

Posted on 2005-06-21 [Tuesday] by [maven]

I just saw a good argument for high frame-rates / instant feedback on Charles Bloom’s Rants Page. I think this is one the reasons why Gran Turismo 4 (to me) feels much better than Forza Motorsport: [T]he response to every … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: Episode III

Posted on 2005-06-02 [Thursday] by [maven]

I just figured out what’s missing in Episode III (in contrast to Episode II): It is completely unsexy. No hints of sexyness anywhere in Ep. 3.

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What’s new…

Posted on 2005-04-25 [Monday] by [maven]

A bit of product placement: The new Ben Folds album “Songs for Silverman” is out (in the iTunes Music Store as well — I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought a physical CD), the same goes for Trackmania … Continue reading →

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Computer Solution

Posted on 2005-04-06 [Wednesday] by [maven]

Yesterday, I’ve finally received my new computer, a Mac Mini (with an Apple Wireless Keyboard and .Mac for the curious). First thing I did was obviously to take it apart (a little), remove the measly 256mb and replace it with … Continue reading →

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Computer Trouble

Posted on 2005-03-18 [Friday] by [maven]

After rebooting twice for seemingly no reason yesterday evening, the PSU of my PC seems to have given up. That put me in some sort of dilemma as I had planned on buying a new machine some-when in the April … Continue reading →

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European Software Patents

Posted on 2005-03-07 [Monday] by [maven]

Major . It looks like the new European Software Patent Directive is here to stay, in spite of plenty of opposition. I had a feeling something like this may happen (stretch the vocal opposition until demonstrants are tired / confused, … Continue reading →

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new word-press

Posted on 2005-02-21 [Monday] by [maven]

As you can see WordPress 1.5 is out and it includes a new default theme. The changes relevant to the site (as of now) are: The links (on the right-hand side) have moved down past the archives. Thus it is … Continue reading →

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Comment Spam Fighto!!

Posted on 2005-01-11 [Tuesday] by [maven]

In spite of being rather sick with a hefty cold, I’ve done a bit of tinkering around with the site. I’ve installed a WordPress plugin to combat comment-spam, namely Spam Karma. This seems to be doing a reasonably good job … Continue reading →

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Re: Comment Spam

Posted on 2004-12-02 [Thursday] by [maven]

Well… Why didn’t I think of this earlier? I’ve changed the WordPress moderation-panel to “delete” comments by default (instead of having “do nothing” selected), as I’ve yet to get a real comment enter the moderation queue. Had I thought of … Continue reading →

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iBook arrived

Posted on 2004-11-07 [Sunday] by [maven]

I got my iBook G4 (12″, 1.2Ghz, 768mb, 60Gb HDD, Bluetooth) on Friday. Lovely machine so far (still so much stuff to get used to — like the @-key ), the only niggle is that the tiny speakers resonate with … Continue reading →

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iBook G4 12″

Posted on 2004-10-20 [Wednesday] by [maven]

I’ve been sick for the past two days, and in the throes of fever have ordered myself one of the upgraded iBooks. I’ll report how we get along, currently I’m still trying hard to think of a good name for … Continue reading →

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