Tag Archives: Holy Shmoly

Where Performance is Concerned, Optimization is Key

When our Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Mainframe article caught the attention of Slashdot last month, quite a few people were curious to know about how our server handled the traffic.

I posted too soon! Here’s a preview and screenshots of Frodo on the Nokia 7650!

Looks like there some work being done to port E32Frodo to the Nokia 7650! Great!

E32Frodo – Open Source Commodore 64 emulator for Symbian OS – wow! I wonder if I can get Bits ‘n’ Bobs running on it.. 🙂

Great, I tried to download email to my 7650 this morning, followed all the directions online and in the supplied manual and it didn’t work. A 10 minute call to Vodafone (via a freephone number) resulted in them “escalating my problem” and someone will be in touch in a day or two.

Nokia 7650 links

Myself and Martina saw the excellent City Of God last night. Wow! It’s bloody, it’s gritty and doesn’t hold back. Go see it!

OfB.biz: Open for Business – Desktop Dreams in the Wake of MandrakeSoft’s Bankruptcy

Yeah, right. Just to be clear, I don’t agree with a single word I just said, but that statement is an exclusive first look at what all of the GNU/Linux desktop critics will start crying out once again.

Salon.com Technology | Liberation spectrum

Editor’s note: “Liberation Spectrum” is the second short story by Cory Doctorow published by Salon.

Must read when I get home tonight!
I’m in the middle of “Prey”. Wow. It’s an excellent book! My heart was pounding during the part where the main character is outside the research station… *gulp*

Derek’s Rantings and Musings: Sweet Jesus, AOL Guy! I want to cancel my goddamn service! – this reminds me, I still have an Indigo account. Thankfully I didn’t have a credit card when I signed up there so many moons ago..