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Google Chrome - Real World Speed Test

September 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

I just downloaded Google Chrome a few minutes ago. Overall, I’m pretty impressed with it. It seemed quite fast to me (as I expected since it’s based on WebKit like Safari). I wanted to measure how fast it was though using a real world test that applies to me instead of just [...]

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Tags: geek

How-To: Stream Music and Video to iPhone / iPod Touch

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Sure, you can copy your music and videos from iTunes to your iPhone or iPod Touch. But what if you want to listen to internet radio stations or just stream media (music, video, pictures) to your device? You could buy an internet radio application from the iTunes store, but that won’t give you [...]

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Tags: apple · geek · hax0r · iphone · music · video

WordPress 2.5.1 Upgrade = Not Fun

May 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m really not sure what went wrong. I did the Dreamhost upgrade to WordPress 2.5.1 and it fried my entire blog. The database was fine (along with the config file pointing to it), but none of my posts were visible. I tried several things, including deleting the entire blog directory and re-installing [...]

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Tags: geek · wtf

Twitterfeed

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I set up Twitterfeed for my blog so that my blog updates will go straight to Twitter. It’s set to update every 30 minutes.

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Apple iMac Class Action Lawsuit

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Kabateck Brown Kellner has filed a federal class action lawsuit today against Apple over their 20-inch iMac displays. What’s the problem with the displays? According to the suit Apple has been marketing the displays as being capable of displaying millions of colours when they are only capable of displaying 262,144. The previous [...]

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Tags: apple · geek

BitTorrent Plugin Detects Meddling ISPs

March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Test

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Mythbusted – people who wear glasses aren’t geeks

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

True, but the things they talk about sure make them geeks!
Mythbusted – people who wear glasses aren’t geeks
Media Release, Wednesday 26 March 2008
Latest research into myopia or shortsightedness reveals that people who wear glasses are not stereotypical geeks or nerds.
“We have literally busted the myth that people who wear glasses are introverted or have particular [...]

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Think You’re A Catch?

March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

LOL … this must be out of 100.

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Tags: funny · geek

Rick Astley Discusses Rickrolling

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

This is great. Rick Astley speaks out about the Rickrolling phenomenon. He also has a good laugh at the fact “Never Gonna Give You Up” was played at an anti-scientology protest.
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Technorati Tags: funny, music

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Tags: funny · geek · music

iMovie How To (videojug)

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

These three videos are very helpful. The author is using iMovie ‘06, but I was able to follow along okay in iMovie ‘08. He also explained the Ken Burns Effect.

How To Import Video In IMovie

How To Edit Video In IMovie

How To Edit Sound In IMovie
One thing he didn’t mention is the JES Deinterlacer. [...]

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Tags: apple · geek · video