Archive for October, 2004
Yet another conspiracy theory
I am hanging around in orkut. And I am really feeling that there is something mysterious hidden inside it. Something very obvious but invisible!
Yet another conspiracy theory?
Mac experience
I am posting this from Mac OS X 10.3.5.
As a Windows and *nix user’s perspective, Mac’s GUI is a beautiful monster. I spent half of today to update my OS and install necessary softwares. The “Software updates” did not work correctly and started complaining about permission on my “/tmp/” directory while the permission was fine. So after discussing this with Shaahin (the best Mac guy around), I decided to install updates manually from apple website, and this time it worked fine.
I downloaded and installed more than 150 megabytes of softwares for my newly installed OS! And system asked to reboot for almost every update I installed. The most annoying part was system optimization after each installation (which I guess is something like disk defragment in PC world).
The other annoying this was the iChat. If you type fast, you’ll find it very annoying. It will block you from sending messages if you type very fast. And the native MSN and Yahoo messenger for MAC are very old and outdated. Not comparable to their Windows version.
And one other point. Safari is a great browser. And it supports tabs. cool! But the funny point is that I couldn’t figure out how to open a tab so far. Trying Firefox 0.10pre was a failure too, because it crashed on first launch.
OS X is a very elegant operating system, but for a PC user its a monster. After all, the only thing I like the best in it is the familiar terminal window (shell) and tcsh environment.
How do I waste technology?
I am one of those gadget lovers who loves to buy new toys but have no time to play with them.
I was thinking about this issue today. For example, the best way I am using my PocketPC these days is syncing it with avantgo and read my favorite news channels before I sleep. This is the best way I use a $400 gadget.
How do you waste your money?
RIPE NCC
Congratulations to RIPE NCC. Their new website looks very good to me.
