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Photo Show

Daniel — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:24:40 +0000

Photoblogger Sam Javanrouh of Daily Dose of Imagery will be part of “the too-explicit injustice of kind population!”… a group photo exhibition that begins next week with an opening reception on Thursday December 6th from 7 to 10pm at WhipperSnapper in the heart of Little Italy (587A College Street)…

Fifty gigabytes

Daniel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:47:32 +0000

50 gigabytes — the quantity of “error report” data sent to Microsoft on a typical day by users whose Windows programs have crashed
Source: New Scientist, 10 Nov 2007

Daniel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:37:05 +0000

Mmm… President’s Choice Buffalo Wings & Blue Cheese-flavoured potato chips are hell yes(!) tasty…

No Thumbnails

Daniel — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:18:10 +0000

To speedup access to 4000+ image folders in Nautilus file manager within GNOME… goto Edit->Preferences->Preview and make ‘Show Thumbnails: Never’ the default…

Hardware Hacking Made Easy

Daniel — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:04:12 +0000

Issue #100 of Linux Format has a cool tutorial on getting started with hardware hacking using the Arduino (pp. 50-55)… note to the sweatshop Christmas elves: electronic parts stocking stuffers would be greatly appreciated!…

OpenMoko in Linux Journal

Daniel — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:37:02 +0000

Spotted on the magazine rack… December issue of Linux Journal highlights an interview with Sean Moss-Pultz of the OpenMoko Project…

Schulich Visits MaRS

Daniel — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:01:47 +0000

Tonight I attended self-made billionaire Seymour Schulich’s talk at MaRS Entrepreneurship 101… Don’t you find its precisely those individuals that you like and respect - but mostly disagree with - that make you think the most?

Gettysburg Address

Daniel — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:56:26 +0000

Today is the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address… The words grab me by the throat every time I read it…