Archive for October, 2006
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Geeks with not much to say talk about their tools. Here’s an eft:
Today, I talk about my experience upgrading the FREE Linux distribution Ubuntu from 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) to 6.10 (Edgy Eft). The leap (check this link out if you’re geeky like me) from 6.06 to 6.10 was hyped up to bring lotsa “cutting […]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Today I swung by my alma mater to attend a lecture hosted by Vint Cerf, without whom we wouldn’t be surfing the Internet today, entitled “Internet in the 21st Century“. An illustrious figure indeed, and very well spoken as well, Vint is currently the Chief Internet Evangelist and vice president over at Google. A title […]
Posted in 21st, Science, bourne, century, internet, lecture, net neutrality, regulation, software, steve, tech talk, vint, web 2.0 | Comments Off
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
For the uninitiated:
Q) Have you ever wondered what a software developer REALLY does?
A) Sit in front of the monitor confused. (or cursing… or both)
A while ago, I read an article about how developers spend their time. What Jeff Atwood postulates is that developers spend MUCH more time understanding code rather than typing in new stuff. […]
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Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Did this picture leave you breathless? It certainly did for me. I came accross this amazing photo set by Alberich Mathews over at Flickr. I wish I had more knowledge to appreciate the pictures even better, but as far as I can tell, all the pictures sport incredible lighting and are beautifully composited. Well worth […]
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