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God as a Computer Programmer
I found this online and I think it’s hilarious! Some Important Theological Questions are Answered if we think of God as a Computer Programmer. Q: Does God control everything that happens in my life? A: He could, if he used the debugger, but it’s tedious to step through all those variables. Q: Why does God…
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Stop Motion Cooking
The Wife Makes Dinner on Vimeo
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Another reason not to use Vista
My brother upgraded and now his MICROSOFT brand mouse does not work. Specifically, the extra buttons no longer work. Way to not support your own stuff Microsoft!
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The Brits Have It Backwards
And not just the side of the street on which they drive! The Brits Have it Backwards on Vimeo
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Two Panda Stop-Motion Videos
Here are two short videos. The first one is extremely short. The second one is my favorite, and the action matches the beat of the music. Enjoy! Tian Tian Or An Extremely Short Stop-Motion Featuring a Giant Panda Father on Vimeo Tai Shan’s Jazz Time Or A Visual Stop-Motion Interpretation of Kevin McLeod’s No Good…
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Video blog post: Libre Software
An introduction to Libre Software and why you should consider using it. Libre Software Part 1 (An Introduction) on Vimeo
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I’m Sorry, but you’re wrong – Linux IS ready for the prime time
I read a blog post a few days ago where someone who purported to be a Linux user (so as to not be accussed of trolling) claimed that although Linux and its freedoms were great and all – at the end of the day – the user had to return to Windows to get any…
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Fight the Machine!
The Inquirer.net reports a boy who is counter-suing the RIAA! Why? for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats. Awesome! It’s about time someone fought back! They have demanded a jury trial and filing a counterclaim against the companies for allegedly damaging the boy’s reputation, distracting him from school…
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Timbaland Illegally Samples music from obscure file format
Well, I’m not sure if Timbaland did it purposely or if he was under the impression that he had permission, but he took music for Nelly Furtado’s song “Do It”. The sampled song is in the MOD format, popular in the early 1990s electronic BBS music scene. Currently it has a pretty decent underground following,…
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Having trouble understanding the open source movement? Just think of fruit!
Tristan Rhodes has come up with a great analysis of Open Source vs Proprietary software by using fruit. It’s on the same par as Neal Stephenson using the car metaphor to describe Windows, Mac, and Linux. Here are some of the key arguments that I loved. Mabolosoft is a company that sells seedless fruit. They…
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A really, really awesome Tetris documenatry from the BBC
View it here!
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Windows Tax – you don’t need to pay it anymore!
Dell has introduced (or, if it’s been around for a while, it was just recently brought to public attention) the nSeries Desktops. These are computers that have no installed operating system – so you don’t have to pay for windows. It comes with a Freedos disk. So you can install Linux, *BSD, or whatever you…
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Racial Political Faux Pas
Yesterday Democratic Senator Joe Biden was announcing his candidacy for president when someone asked him what he thought of presidential candidate Barack Obama. His response? [Barack Obama is] βthe first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.β This immediatly became a huge race issue. I mean, it just boil’s…
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A Steve Jobs Fact you probably didn’t know….
According to “Power Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life” (p17) Steve Jobs created Breakout! That’s right, that wonderfully addictive game, second only to Tetris for most, was created by the man who created Apple, NextStep, Pixar (via financing), and the iPod. Is there anything the black turtle-neck clad man hasn’t…