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I can haz themez?

Posted in internet, project, software, top gear, tagged gmail, themes on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As of now gmail offers themes. Go to your settings, choose the themes tab and enjoy. PS: w00t!!! inbox empty!

chrome is the best

Posted in Apple, begin, comic, cure, general foo-ness, internet, people, social, software, thoughts, tagged browser, change, chrome, google, the best on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Chrome is the best browser out there. Yes, I do seriously mean it! No, it’s technically not the best, nor in form and looks, nor in functionality. After test driving it I can call a list of great stuff: blazing fast, especially in javascript rich pages [and spawns processes like there is no tomorrow] it [...]

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chrome!

Posted in begin, DIY, feelgood, general foo-ness, internet, OS, social, software, Uncategorized, tagged (0xc0000005), chrome, Symantec on September 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Chrome it is! I just downloaded it and tried to run it with this disappointing message: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application. Some googling around brought me to this blog that had all links neatly ordered. Seems the problem exists for users of Symantec Endpoint Protection (aptly [...]

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foofu goes ff3

Posted in general foo-ness, internet, software, tagged firefox 3, firefox download day, record on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In support of the attempt to get a download record, I downloaded the newest version of Firefox after a few hours waiting to reach the servers. I wonder what the impact of Mozilla’s downtime will be on the record attempt. Right now I am one of the 17000+ downloads in Belgium alone and the counter [...]

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microsoft still deemed monopoly

Posted in cure, management, OS, politics, software, tagged anti-trust, microsoft, monopoly on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extended with two more years to oversight of Microsoft due to its non-compliance to the 2002 settlement on anti-trust charges. While the filing states originally asked for oversight untill 2012, the judge leaves open the option to extend it beyond 2009. (via The Register)

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Boing Boing TV

Posted in begin, DIY, general foo-ness, internet, OS, people, politics, project, social, software, telecom, television, thoughts on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As of today you can also enjoy Boing Boing in online TV format. They promise us small TV chunks every workday. First one can be found here.

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no, not your windows!

Posted in begin, general foo-ness, internet, OS, refused, software, thoughts on August 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Since about a few hours Microsoft’s WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) Servers are down. As a result any XP or Vista install that tries to connect to this server doesn’t get a valid response and hence assumes the install is illegal. Even if you previously did validate as a genuine Windows install, it will now claim [...]

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game, set, match

Posted in begin, feelgood, general foo-ness, internet, management, OS, refused, software on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Finally there is a breakthrough in the whole SCO debacle. On friday the judge slashed all SCO’s hope on any further wins. According to the judge they do not own the copyright to Unix. So from now on they will see an avalanche pf problems coming their way: SCO vs. IBM : they have no [...]

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webthreedotzero

Posted in begin, flickr, general foo-ness, internet, IPTV, movie, music, OS, people, social, software, telecom, thoughts on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

First coined at the end of 2005, when even web 2.0 was still a strange sounding name for the new web to come, web 3.0 now really starts to appear in real life and in more manifest forms. Although I agree we now only see the power of web 2.0 unleashing it’s full potential, web [...]

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