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Archive for October, 2007

MinWin not new after all

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October, 2007 (, , )
Posted in Windows 7

Earlier today I came across an article of Paul Thurrott’s regarding the apparently new kernel work Microsoft has been doing in preparation for Windows 7. He points out that MinWin is not a new technology, but merely a continuation of the compartmentalization  MS had developed for Vista and Windows Server 2008. Since this story caught [...]

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Biased OS X Leopard review

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October, 2007 (, , )
Posted in Apple

This morning, as I peeked onto the Digg Homepage, I noticed a post to PCMag.com’s review of OS X Leopard. At first, I wasn’t tempted to actually read the article. This feeling was mainly caused by the barren quality of comments (one would have to be a heretic Apple devotee to risk stating an opinion [...]

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Idealist

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October, 2007 ()
Posted in Fun

IdeaList is a wacky website where average Joes - like you and me - can post prototype ideas or inventions. Of course there’s voting involved and I must say I’ve seen some remarkably smart ideas. Silly ones aren’t lacking either, but who doesn’t like a good laugh?

 The Idealist Website

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Are you a Yankee or a Rebel?

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October, 2007 (, )
Posted in Fun

I must’ve encountered this link before, because it struck me as very familiar, yet still made the effort to fill out the questionnaire in order to find out what kind of accent I have.
While filling out the questions, it makes you think about how you pronounce certain words and based on that it gives you [...]

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Vista Reliability Monitor

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October, 2007 (, , )
Posted in Fun

Click image above for a bigger view of my Reliability Monitor
A few days ago I remembered Paul Thurrott mentioning the Vista Reliability and Performance monitor and since I had purchased a new laptop a month earlier, I was curious to see how things we’re holding up.
The result in the image above is mainly a downhill [...]

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