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August 6, 2005

Linux on the Xbox: Part I: Reasoning

HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
So a few days ago, I finally decided to sell my Xbox. Purchased in a frenzy of going-to-grad-school shopping, knowing fully well that you can’t get through a degree in computer science without putting in your hours behind the controls of a powerful gaming machine, this black and green monster has served its purpose.

But since then, I’ve graduated. I work full time. The few games I owned started finding their way to “Half.com”:http://www.half.com and pretty soon it had become clear.

The Xbox had to go. Read the rest of this entry »

August 5, 2005

Is it Wrong to Love Microsoft… blindly?

This is my constructive response to the column at “CoolTechZone”:http://www.cooltechzone.com on the 5th of August titled “Is it Wrong to Love Microsoft?”:http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1645&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=0 To give you a little perspective, I have a WindowsXP desktop dual booted with “Fedora Core 4 Linux”:http://fedora.redhat.com, Windows XP Professional laptop, and “Mac Powerbook”:http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ at home and so have sufficient experience with all of them. Read the rest of this entry »

July 31, 2005

What kind of a Windows user are you?

“Apple Matters”:http://www.applematters.com has a nice article about the different types of Windows users out there. From “the article”:http://applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/what_type_of_windows_weenie_are_you/

Did you know that every time a Windows user converts an angel gets an iPod? Itâ€™s true. So convert someone and make an angelâ€™s day.

Aah, I love being an Apple-snob.

June 16, 2005

Oooh MD5

“C-net’s News.com”:http://news.com.com/Microsoft+meets+the+hackers/2009-1002_3-5747813.html?tag=nefd.lede has an article about how “Microsoft”:http://www.microsoft.com apparently had a conference where they invited ‘hackers’ to help them discover security flaws. My first and humongous beef with the article is the usage of the term ‘hacker’; but that’s a whole ‘nother issue for a whole other day. Read the rest of this entry »

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