Category Archives: rant

still a windows geek

Originally this post was called “I’m a Windows geek”, and was about how I installed Ubuntu after not being able to reinstall Windows XP because something was making the hardware detection lock up. Using Ubuntu I did manage to get through the hardware detection, and eventually diagnosed the problem to be able to reinstall the [...]

why youtube rocks… well, sort of

Have you noticed that every music video seems to be on Youtube these days? Now Youtube isn’t the most kick ass, neat looking and coolest video service out there, (that’s Vimeo)  but when it comes down to content, they seem to have it all No matter what video clip you’re looking for, it’s probably there. [...]

the infection is spreading

Photo by Scott Robinson, cc-licensed I’m writing this post because I want to warn you about a virus that is slowly but surely infecting people’s brain. In the last months I’ve been seen this creep up all over the place, infecting all sorts of people around me. Do you think it’s normal that for some [...]

belgian radar speed-control petition

fast reds by pbo31, cc-licensed One of the things that’s starting to seriously grow beyond any reason in that little country called Belgium is the radar speed control. Using the ever-so abused excuse of wanted to guard public safety the Belgian government has now allowed automated speed control radars installed all over the country, and [...]

blocking flash ads in firefox

Photo by bastet, cc-licensed It happened to me twice today. At first I thought Firefox had crashed because it wasn’t responding to my mouse clicks. It turned out that one of those annoying flash ads was playing somewhere in an area out of my visual range that I was forced to click before I could [...]

why can't all tech movies be like "into the blue"

Think about it. Jessica Alba showing of those perfect curves while typing away on her laptop. It would probably be an iBook, or a Sony Vaio, the only laptops that have a design sweet enough to be seen around a gal like Jessica. But that’s not really what I want in a tech movie no, [...]

why windows desktop search sucks ass

So I’m using Windows Desktop Search at work for quick retrieval of emails and files since we’ve grown so used to the “search instead of sort” motto Google thought us. It’s WDS not because we want to use it, but because we have to from the IT guys. They got a bit spooked by the [...]