Apr 11
2011
New ubuntu release coming soon!
There’s a new version of Ubuntu linux (my personal distribution of choice) just on the horizon!
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Archive for the News Category
Mar 21
2011
Cpgeek.org gets huge infrastructure upgrade!
I have successfully switched ISPs for site hosting and things are *much* more stable now. you should note a pretty large improvement in site responsiveness overall and I will probably be expanding a little here and there again!
Feb 5
2011
Congratulations to the OKCupid mobile development team for their release of the completely redesigned OKCupid iPhone app!
The OKCupid mobile app team have completely outdone themselves with a complete rewrite of an app that was already quite good. The redesign includes a much more user-friendly interface that displays all the same information in a much more easily navigated format, especially for users of smaller touch devices like the iPhone, while also improving the interface responsiveness by leaps and bounds. I have seen very few iPhone social apps with this level of polish and I really hope they keep up the good work over there at OKCupid. (read more for details!) Read More >>
Jan 29
2011
PSP2 / NGP
| The original Sony PSP was a BRILLIANT handheld console – The power of a ps2 in the palm of your hand. Though it wasn’t without it’s share of drawbacks (my thumb is still aching from that miserable excuse of an analog stick), it brought real current-generation living room gaming hardware to your pocket. (just as the game boy did for the NES, and the game gear did for the genesis), and is still my favorite pocket video game system save my iPhone 4 (mostly because the iPhone already goes everywhere with me, and the iPhone has it’s own set of gaming problems like touch-screen only tactile controls / limited control options). Don’t even get me started on how much of a complete failure the Nintendo DS was (being hugely underpowered in both cpu and gpu, it really only allowed for casual / little kid games). However, the PSP has been out for quite a few years now and is starting to get long in the tooth. |
| Enter the PSP2 or Sony codename: Next Generation Portable (NGP) (read more) Read More >> |
Jan 29
2011
Motorola Atrix
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This 4g phone has more interesting features than I’ve ever known a phone to have. Not only is it an amazing android 2.3 phone with *very* impressive specifications (including a dual-core tegra2 dual core cortex a9 processor (basically 2 iphone 4’s on a chip), up to 14.4Mbps 4g network service (assuming you have 4g in the area), 1gb ram (a ton for a smartphone), 16gb internal memory (plus a microsd card slot) 4″ qHD display, 5mp/1080p full hd rear camera, vga front camera for video calls, fingerprint scanner, and a sizable 1930mah battery). But incredibly impressive specifications aside, the awesome doesn’t stop here… (please read on) |
Oct 21
2010
Vuzix new augmented reality glasses
http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/vuzixs-new-augmented-reality-glasses-blend-virtual-and-physical-reality-2010018/
now why can’t someone come out with a socially acceptable version of something like this that i can wear to work without looking like a borg? also i think that it would take a fair bit of computer power to realize the potential of such glasses… the ultimate goal for me would be something akin to the gui presented in iron man.
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May 9
2010
iPhone OS 4 Multitasking Debacle
Since the beginning, everybody and their brother has been looking for some kind of good multitasking solution for the iPhone. Unfortunately, it looks like there won’t be any good solution (by my standards) on this platform.
iPhone multitasking: past, present, and future. (please read on)
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May 4
2010
Seesmic releases new web-based twitter client
The Social networking company Seesmic has been working hard at developing various social network (mostly twitter) clients for various platforms including Android, Adobe Air, and Blackberry. Now they have released an AJAX powered web client! (click read more)
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Feb 19
2010
Downtime FAIL!
My sincere apologies about today’s bought of downtime… When I was updating my server this morning, I wanted it to go down for a reboot so as to use the latest kernel configuration that I just updated but instead of typing “shutdown -r now” to reboot the server, I wasn’t paying attention and accidentally entered “shutdown -h now”, which to those of you who don’t speak *n?x means that I asked the server to halt / power off… I haven’t been in the Cpgeek.org HQ all day (I was running the updates remotely from my day job) so nobody was around to turn the box back on… so yeah… my bad…
Jan 31
2010
My partial views on how some call the iPad revolutionary.
This is in response to http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html
it’s basically just growing pains. evolutionary computational ergonomics demands that new user interfaces be designed that simplify, obfuscate, or remove the lines between using a general purpose computer, using an appliance that does 1 task very well, and simply interacting with objects we’re familiar with in our environment. it’s a big step. it’s basically the difference between a blinking cursor in Apple BASIC and an interactive AI voice interface as you see on the 24th century star trek shows.
the way apple is currently accomplishing this is to implement Jef Raskin’s idea (awesome guy to know about) of having completely minimalistic but ergonomic full-screen interfaces for each thing you want to do making said interface tailored for that task and no other, and having some ergonomic way to switch between tasks. that’s pretty much the basic idea behind the iphone os.
I still don’t understand why people are choosing NOW to talk about all this stuff instead of at the introduction of the iphone some 3 years ago. All the iPad is, is a really big, moderately more powerful ipod touch with better battery life. it’s not really a game-changer, it’s the same technology, just a bit bigger and slightly more evolved.
