So I am reading this piece on [Hummer branded laptops] on CNET. And the article is talking about how this laptop can survive six seperate drops from a height of 30 inches, blah blah blah. The whole point being that it is rugged like the Hummer. I got to thinking….
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Posted in computers/programming | 5 Comments »I recently tried explaining [Wikipedia] to the lovely wife and some family members. While I am mostly enthusiastic about the idea, it was a hard sell to the rest of the family. The lovely wife even declared that it was a preposterous arrangement and that she had little interest in something that seemed as unreliable [...]
Posted in general | No Comments »Acting on a Slashdot tip last night, I managed to connect to the Google Talk IM using [Gaim], an awesome Linux instant messaging client. Didn’t actually do anything with it, but it was neat to see it up and running. This morning, Google Talk officially releases as a beta: [Google Talk] What is going to [...]
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