Disclaimer: this is a hack, an experiment, not a finished application - no guarantees are given and the code is probably pretty horrible. It might max out your computer or break something, so use this at your own risk. Also, be sure to check out the great work of the poeple whose projects/source code I have [...]
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Back in the late 80s/early 90s I was heavily into bulletin board systems – I fondly remember sitting in front of my green screen monitor, waiting for the 1200 baud modem to connect to the local bbs to read the latest gossip. Ah, those were the days I tell you. Anyway, there is a great [...]
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I collect old computers. I have a fairly large collection of 80s machines and I like to tinker with them now and then. Mostly, this is because I grew up with these things and I still enjoy playing one of these 80s games on the real machine as opposed to an emulator. Dead knowledge for sure, [...]
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Something completely different for today: apparently, there is a bus line in Rio de Janeiro that is equipped with exercise bikes – so you can take the bus to work and exercise at the same time … the site is in Spanish, but take a look at the pictures & video: http://www.busbike.com.br/fotos_curso.htm.
And in case you [...]
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Some time ago I read Douglas Coupland’s novel Microserfs. It did not quite resonate with me – most likely, I guess, because I could not really connect with the guys portrayed in that book. Last week, I was browsing the airport bookstore at Heathrow and I came across his newest book – jPod. I bought [...]
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