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Bigdisk…
I did not get a chance to post this last night as I was totally smashed. At 7:43 pm last night this was the scene in our machine room. A happy XSAN of 13TB being burned in for the next 12-hours. It’s 9:30 am now and I just stopped my abusive dd command (dd if=/dev/zero…
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Google gears app No. 2 is out
In and of itself this might not be big news, but I think it is the trickle that will eventually turn into a flood, so put on your life jackets…..I warned you. As a follow up on my earlier story on how google will use gears to move in on Microsoft’s domination of the desktop,…
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The Iceberg hits Toronto
ROM_Crystal_opening_wide_crowd_02, originally uploaded by wvs. Okay, so I missed this event. This is a shot of festivities at the opening of Royal Ontario Museums new extension, lovingly known as the “Iceberg“. Image credit goes to Sam Javanrouh, my new favourite torontonian shutterbug. Check out his main site Daily Dose of Imagery, absolutely fantastic stuff.
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You need this clock…
This is one of the coolest clocks I’ve seen in a long time. Check it out (needs flash) or go here to download a screensaver of another version of the clock. Almost as cool as those nixie tube clocks.
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Bill, google is coming to getcha…
Well, here is my prediction after digesting most of the content that came out of G-Day. Google Gears will soon make MS Office (and for that matter most “installed” applications) obsolete. Google’s Gears homepage explains that Gears is … Google in a press release states that Gears “marks an important step in the evolution of…
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HTML+CSS Reference by Example
If you ever needed HTML/CSS help and had to google it or look it up in some book, you will appreciate this website.
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RSS vs. Atom
So after searching around the web for a bit, I finally found a nice page describing the differences. I was always under the impression that Atom is a end-to-end publishing API, where as RSS is just XML encoded content for aggregation. It turns out, there is more to it, so read on and get informed.
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Alt-TAB application switching
This is one of the only things I’d missed about windows, since I started using OSX….the Alt-TAB application switching behaviour. I know, you can do switching under OSX using Command-TAB, but it’s just not the same. That’s where witch comes in. It’s a totally configurable donationware app that once loaded allows you to use Alt-TAB…
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How does the mouse pointer work…
Yeah, you heard right, I’m gonna show you how the mouse pointer on your computer really works. To do this we have to zoom in a portion of the screen. When you move to the next page, move the mouse to the centre of your screen and have a look. Also try clicking your mouse…
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Mamiya does for Medium format what Canon did for SLR’s
Well looks like medium format camera maker Mamiya wants you to have a new camera for Christmas. Here is a quick glance at the package: 22 megapixel digital back (Mamiya ZD back) upto 14 bit color Firewire transfer 1.5 frames/sec burst 1.8″ LCD display Mamiya 645 AFDII body 80 mm f/2.8 lens Adobe’s Lightroom All…