Archive for August, 2008

Happy Birthday To Me

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Today I turn 30, and this morning a bunch of my friends got up at an ungodly hour to surprise me before work (they were there at 6:30 AM). My cousin had even baked fresh muffins this morning.

Fantastic way to start a day :)

When Will Your Harddisk Fail?

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Recently I started getting more focused on integrity in computers. It used to be speed, then it was silence, now it's stability and longevity.

While doing this, I found out more about what SMART can do.
If you're anything like me and people around me, you've seen this acronym in your BIOS and you probably know it's [...]

Video Enhancement With Still Photos

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

This is an interesting technology, that I can imagine revolutionizing post-production in Hollywood:

Enhance video with photos (and more)

Apple vs Microsoft Development Strategies

Friday, August 1st, 2008

I think there is a radical departure between the strategies for development for Mac OS and Windows.
Windows is pretty much doing what it has always done, and has gotten extremely good at it. It's a rather stodgy approach, and I am rather comfortable with it.
Sure there have been changes, like making a new flavor (C#) [...]