4 month ago
gleuschk : OK Computer? - Front Page - Mike Power's Website - truth. makes me want to learn an honest trade
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8 month ago
gleuschk : Geek to Live: How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back) - while preserving (most of) your metadata
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10 month ago
gleuschk : Feature: Turn Your $60 Router into a User-Friendly Super-Router with Tomato - I followed them to DD-WRT. Any reason to do this?
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11 month ago
joshua : How to Set Up Your New Computer - lifehacker gives the rundown
gleuschk : Merry Christmahanukwanzaakkah: How to Set Up Your New Computer - imac imac imac
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12 month ago
gleuschk : Featured Windows Download: Synchronize Folders with SyncToy 2.0 - seems to be the way to go
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gleuschk : Feature: Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps - many things here I've heard of, but never investigated. I take this as my cue.
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12 month ago
gleuschk : :: Shell-Shocked :: Windows Symbolic and Hard Links - might be a solution to FolderShare's retrictions. Pretty roundabout, tho.
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13 month ago
gleuschk : Faculty Subsidy Program - Syracuse University - Information Technology and Services - hmm, not the system I thought it was, but still maybe ok
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13 month ago
joshua : Netflix Update: Try This at Home - interesting incremental feature detection algorithm
gleuschk : Netflix Update: Try This at Home - awesome step-by-step on attacking the netflix problem. magic ingredient: singular value decomposition
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14 month ago
nelson : Storm superworm - The other way to build a supercomputer
Rod Begbie : Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets - Analysis of the "Storm" worm. Cunningly designed to be as undetectable as possible, it's a frightening vision of what modern malware can be. [via] #
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16 month ago
nelson : Sun had a profit! - Wow, never thought that'd happen again
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19 month ago
gleuschk : I Chat, Therefore I Am... | Technology | DISCOVER Magazine - kept seeing this linked all over. turns out it's way more interesting than I expected
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20 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Computer Makers Rape Their Customers - Computer Makers Rape Their Customers: "The first day of owning an expensive new gadget should be a pleasure, not a hassle." Indeed. This is completely out of control these days...
nelson : craplets - Nice rant against the crap that computer sellers shovel at you. White label machines don't have this problem; neither do Thinkpads
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20 month ago
nelson : Crazy security stories - Computer security is only getting worse
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25 month ago
plasticbag : Torrentfreak is my new favourite future of media distribution weblog - Obviously BitTorrent is mostly used for piracy, but observing what's going on around BitTorrent seems like a no-brainer way to learn what early-adopters are actually interested in getting from their media consumption...
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38 month ago
plasticbag : "Got a Mac? Want Front Row? You’re In Luck!" - I'm really interested that Apple decided to use software to get people to buy a new iMac rather that putting the software on every computer that could run it. Although clearly, people are excited enough to want it on all their computers...
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39 month ago
Andy Baio : Wolfram Tones - fun with generative music, but actually listenable
joshua : A NEW KIND OF MUSIC - mostly, they sound awful
jimray : WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music - You can get 'em as ringtones, which is kinda cool, I guess
Eric Meyer : WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music - Incredible. I've already generated a tone I'm ready to buy. [via Tantek] [via]
Matthew M. Boedicker : WolframTones, music generator - (via metafilter) [via]
gleuschk : WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music - they're almost all completely intolerable (latin is the best), but fascinating nonetheless
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42 month ago
plasticbag : I love the fact that America has this tech-support task force company that they called 'Geek Squad' - That would never happen in the UK - service industries aren't allowed to be quirky to be taken seriously...
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44 month ago
cameron : Orion Multisystems: DS-96 Specifications - 1500W 96 processor deskside system. 9.6TB.
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn't everyone on a Mac? - "It's a game of numbers, after all. Anti-Mac pundits always mutter the same thing as they install yet another PC bug fix: there just aren't enough Macs out there to warrant a hacker's attention. Which is, of course, mostly bull."
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plasticbag : An edited-down video of the Apple keynote when they introduced the Macintosh - Wow. I was stunned by how emotionally affected I was by watching this. Please don't laugh at me. It's pretty moving...
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plasticbag : Clearing up confusion about the Mac mini... - "Yes, it will boot headless, meaning with no display or video device connected, enabling you to have what I like to call an iServe."
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47 month ago
Rod Begbie : Apple's Tipping Point: Macs for the Masses - Apple pricepoint infographic. Was this a brilliant plan-from-the-start, or just capitalising on the luck of the iPod? [via] #
plasticbag : Apple's Tipping Point: Macs for the Masses - "The Sweet Spot. Until January 2005, Apple had no iPod or PC products that served the mass market. With the launch of iPod Shuffle and Mac mini they have finally converged two product paths with the mass market in mind. This will not only drive more iPod
Kayode Okeyode : Apple's Tipping Point: Macs For The Masses - Apple's Tipping Point: Macs For The Masses
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49 month ago
Andy Baio : Flash: 12many, counting game - Eesti Keeles' other games are wonderful, too [via] [via]
Rod Begbie : 12MANY - Counting stars is more fun than you'd expect. [via] #
plasticbag : A simple and mesmerising count-the-stars game - The combination of some of the most peacefully infuriating buddhist-tetris-like music and weird instinctual gameplay made this an ideal way to waste ten minutes.
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