As I write this, I'm running Windows on my laptop, here at the dinner table. It's been almost a year since I worked on Windows, meaning actually running it for a few hours and doing real work with it. With my computers usually running some flavor of Linux or Mac OS X, Windows has mostly only been run only in those rare instances I need to run Windows-specific software. My most recent acquisitions, being an Asus Eee (running on Linux) and a Mac desktop, have brought me farther away from Windows, I was almost tempted to wipe it out from my laptop. And yet here I am. I've booted up good ol' Windows XP because my wife wanted to ...
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I had been doing a lot of twitter account setups because I wanted to have twitter accounts dedicated to the many blogs I’ve put up for AdSense monetization. So since when I was setting up my DummyGeekGurl twitter account, I had reached saturation point for tweaking the design, plus, I wanted the wallpaper background kick-butt in a big way, I decided to put off tweaking the design. That, and I was pretty sick over the past few days, only to find out that I may really have diabetes (type 2) now. But last night, I felt okay enough to make this kick-butt (in my own not-so-humble opinion) wallpaper for my DummyGeekGurl Twitter.
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This is an exciting year for the OS wars. With Gutsy Gibbon just released last 18th of October, the Mac OS X Leopard being released today, and the dust over over Windows Vista not having settled yet, I think things are looking up for the OS horizon. We are back in the glory of the 80s, folks, when OS competition was healthy, with the freedom of choice at an all-time high, and enthusiasm for computers and software on an unparalleled level. It’s just that today, this enthusiasm is magnified, to levels that “exponential” doesn’t even cover.
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Guess where I’m working: right here, right now?
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Google may arguably be the most popular and most profitable search engine on the planet but that is not stopping the company's think tanks from continuing to push the envelope as far as product development and innovation is concerned. After Google's successful series of add ons, services and feature sets, the company is now settting its sights on hardware. Enter the Google phone! According to announcements made a couple of weeks ago, Google seems to be getting its stride as far as development of the G-Phone is concerned. After years of delay, the company has finally found a manufacturer for the phone, and it's none other than Taiwan based smartphone maker High Tech ...
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I recently came across a review of Zonbu, the $99 PC that runs on Linux. It's sort of the Mac Mini of the PC world--it's just sold as the CPU itself, without input/output devices nor peripherals like a monitor, keyboard and mouse. However, what's really compelling about Zonbu is the cost. Looks like Zonbu broke the $100 barrier. At $99 you get a networkable PC that runs the latest open source software, has plug-and-play functionality with popular devices and gadgets like iPods, digital cameras and the like, and other features you would expect from a full-fledged computer (which the Zonbu actually is). One added benefit is that the subscription model includes secure, remote storage of your data and ...
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I don't know what it is with technology that makes you hunger for more. When you get a kick-a** machine today, by tomorrow, you just have to have it replaced for amped-up specs. It's all a matter of choice. While us Apple Fanboys and Fangurls (yeah, I'm "coming out" and finally admitting it. :p) are loyalists for Apple machines, consumers who want freedom of choice want customizability. In my observation, the average Windows users like their machines pre-configured and pre-loaded with the operating system in vogue at the moment, while the Windows and Linux power users want to go crazy with their machines. But since in the US and elsewhere in the world the number of "average" Linux users is on the rise, there is a need for computer manufacturers to carry lines of their products that are pre-installed with an easy-to-use Linux distro.
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I've been a rabid Microsoft anti-evangelist, or however you'll call me in this blog. Now is the time to expose my hypocritical underbelly.
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As I have said before, I'm a big fan of Open Source. None more rabid for Ubuntu Linux and Canonical, Ltd. It helps that Mark Shuttleworth is cute, too.
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But before you ask me why I'm asking you if you are up to squish bugs when you're on a tech blog, hi, I'm Lorie, and I will make or break your productivity flow today. :p Make your productivity flow: this tool helps me in my own work flow. But, if you'll be intrigued enough after this review, you just might want to scour the 'net for a copy of this <somewhat idiotic game>, right after your eyes skim over the final period of this post. And that may well set back your work by 15-60 minutes. :p No, New Breed Software did not pay me to plug this. I could only wish. :p And they didn't stick an uzi to my head to write this either. That, I would never wish for. :p But anyhow, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I bring you... Bug Squish.
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