Another week and semester in the books
Ah the last week of classes is always an awesome feeling, until that proverbial thought of "FINALS" creeps into your head. Oh well in any case I'm about to enter my last semester as an undergraduate and all I have to say its about time and thanks for the cookies? Okay so that last part didn't make much sense but don't worry most my college experience doesn't seem to be much better; at least it was still kind of fun. Now on to stuff that I usually ramble on about.
With the holiday season coming up, a lot of us head home to visit with family and friends to celebrate another year and all that holiday stuff. However, for me this also means going back to my parents house that is still powered through dial-up, all I have to say is ouch. Luckily Lifehacker has an article on how to deal with that evil dial-up service, with a great set of tips that include some browser settings to play with, this is pretty much targeted at Firefox users but some of these tips are just a good idea. You can check out the article here.
I've been learning to play the guitar for a little over a year in my spare time, so basically my guitar collects a lot of dust, but for those of you who aren't a lazy bastard like me, can now download little video guitar lessons into iTunes. There are a bunch of short little tutorials that are great if you need some extra help in learning, you can check out the site for the subscription link here; don't worry the videos are just pushed out using feed burner. Thanks to those folks over at digg I have found a new way to get back into playing my guitar.
In an effort to create a better Linux desktop, a bunch of developers have gotten together and formed the Portland Project. The project to be overseen by the FreeDesktop organization, is an attempt to build a more uniform way to develop applications for the the Linux desktop, i.e. if someone was to write a GUI linux app they'd have to write it to work a series of interfaces, depending on the desktop environment. Meaning that in most cases its not worth the trouble, hence a lot of mainstream applications never see the light of day in the Linux world. However, if successful the project would create a series of interfaces for developers to write sophisticated applications for any of the Linux desktop environments. As a developer, I think that this a great idea that was long time coming. This may help developers to port more mainstream applications for the Linux environment. Now I'm not really a fan-boy of any one operating system and think that each brings something to the table that the others don't. As long as these environments keep improving and learning from each other that in the end as users we get a better experience.
Apparently the XBOX 360's Japan launch isn't going so hot, it seems that Japanese gamers aren't sold on the new platform, since there is no new RPG titles out for the 360 or a new Dead or Alive game. Even reducing the price didn't seem to cause as much hype about the system as it did else, where looks like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about the Japanese gaming market, you know like putting out games with the console that they want to play. Personally I won't be getting a 360 until they start pushing games that I've just got to play, like Halo 3, I will probably be in line for that one but right now I think I'll wait until later to see if the 360 is in my near future.
With the holiday season coming up, a lot of us head home to visit with family and friends to celebrate another year and all that holiday stuff. However, for me this also means going back to my parents house that is still powered through dial-up, all I have to say is ouch. Luckily Lifehacker has an article on how to deal with that evil dial-up service, with a great set of tips that include some browser settings to play with, this is pretty much targeted at Firefox users but some of these tips are just a good idea. You can check out the article here.
I've been learning to play the guitar for a little over a year in my spare time, so basically my guitar collects a lot of dust, but for those of you who aren't a lazy bastard like me, can now download little video guitar lessons into iTunes. There are a bunch of short little tutorials that are great if you need some extra help in learning, you can check out the site for the subscription link here; don't worry the videos are just pushed out using feed burner. Thanks to those folks over at digg I have found a new way to get back into playing my guitar.
In an effort to create a better Linux desktop, a bunch of developers have gotten together and formed the Portland Project. The project to be overseen by the FreeDesktop organization, is an attempt to build a more uniform way to develop applications for the the Linux desktop, i.e. if someone was to write a GUI linux app they'd have to write it to work a series of interfaces, depending on the desktop environment. Meaning that in most cases its not worth the trouble, hence a lot of mainstream applications never see the light of day in the Linux world. However, if successful the project would create a series of interfaces for developers to write sophisticated applications for any of the Linux desktop environments. As a developer, I think that this a great idea that was long time coming. This may help developers to port more mainstream applications for the Linux environment. Now I'm not really a fan-boy of any one operating system and think that each brings something to the table that the others don't. As long as these environments keep improving and learning from each other that in the end as users we get a better experience.
Apparently the XBOX 360's Japan launch isn't going so hot, it seems that Japanese gamers aren't sold on the new platform, since there is no new RPG titles out for the 360 or a new Dead or Alive game. Even reducing the price didn't seem to cause as much hype about the system as it did else, where looks like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about the Japanese gaming market, you know like putting out games with the console that they want to play. Personally I won't be getting a 360 until they start pushing games that I've just got to play, like Halo 3, I will probably be in line for that one but right now I think I'll wait until later to see if the 360 is in my near future.
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