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Marius

Happy Birthday Unix — a young 40.

40 years ago, Unix was dreamt up in the AT&T labs by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. If it was not for these 2 guys, Unix would probably not existed and neither would Linux.  Yes, I know, Linux is now based on Unix but nobody can argue that Unix has a lot of influence on […]

Microsoft and Linux in the same sentence.

I just saw this on Slashdot and I quote: “Researchers at Microsoft and the University of California, San Diego have developed a network adapter that lets a computer enter sleep mode without disrupting the network connection. The adapter, dubbed Somniloquy (meaning to talk in one’s sleep), consists of a gumstix running embedded Linux, 64MB of […]

My Computer Setup – Linux all the way.

I though it is about time I blog something about my computer setup.  I run a fair amount of machines for either work purposes or at home.  One thing I can say is that I am totally Windows free when it comes to booting up my machines.  I do however have a Virtual Windows instance […]

Project Managers: Emergency Meeting

From Geek Hero Comic Technorati Tags: project, management, meeting

OpenSource T-Shirt

I can wear a T-shirt like this: Read all about it on Geek Hero Comic. Technorati Tags: opensource, t-shirt

Upgrade done

Upgrade completed .. now running the latest WP – 2.8.3

MS BSOD in front of Apple — how funny!

Now this is so funny .. A Coke vending machine that BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) in front of a Apple Store. Here is a closer view of the BSOD. Wonder what Coke thinks of all this? It is time the world learns that if you need stable embedded then use Linux. This pictures, courtesy […]

The rumour was true — Chrome OS

I am not going to say much about it except why another OS and what is going to take them so long that it will only be available in more than a year from now.  By that time the world has moved on. Why not just put a Chrome layer on top of say Ubuntu […]

Ubuntuone disappearing act and How to fix.

A couple of days ago, I received an invite to start using UbuntuOne.  I have been using Dropbox for a while already and am very happy with that.  Now being an Ubuntu supporter, I decided to give it a try on my Ubuntu 9.04 machine.  The install went fine and signup was flawless and worked […]

Gift from Google – Adwords

I received this R1000.00 Adwords gift from Google and since I have never checked Google's Ad stuff out I decided to give it a try. Also decided to try their Adsense thingy, that is why you see ads to the right and if you get this via a feed, at the bottom.  Maybe, just maybe, […]