It’s funny. After you use open-source software exclusively for a few years, you get this mentality where you don’t try to push the software very hard. Complex features are expected to work only in limited cases, and if avoidable, should be avoided, unless the software has been out with that feature for more than 5 […]
Sometimes you just need to find out about Firefox’s extensions. It turns out all the fun tabbed browser settings are now in a separate extension. Great!, so obvious. I really think they should ship some of the most popular extensions with the default package, and have some quick way to turn on the ones you […]
So Mac OS X Tiger has been released and all, but why does the powerbook page on store.apple.com still say it comes with Panther and iLife ’05? Does it really still not ship with Tiger? C’mon apple, get with it. I guess either way, I’m just gonna order on Monday. On a side note, my […]
It’s amazing how much faster a Terminal Server connection is over VNC. Sure VNC is cross platform or whatever, but the difference in performance is too much to ignore. But then again, I guess Citrix or whoever has had paid developers working on it for a long time… Fortunately, vnc from an X server works […]
I’m on an XP client and trying to connect to a remote W2k3 server through an ssh gateway. Set up SSH so that a local port (not 3389) is forwarded to 3389 on the server. Run the remote desktop client from the command line. “mstsc /v:localhost:[forwarded_port] /console” The /console argument lets you connect without having […]
First saw this on the Mainichi paper, there seems to be a discrepancy between how the FM-level talks were reported in Japan and by Xinhua. The xinhua page says: Nobutaka said Japan’s invasion into China in modern history brought great damage to the Chinese people. The Japanese side feels deep regret for that and once […]
More random attacks against random Chinese-related targets in Japan. Incidents of BB-pellets shot at windows of Japanese language schools for Chinese exchange students in the middle of the night. What the hell are they thinking?
Got Itzhak Perlman’s performance of Sarsate and Paganini pieces. This whole iTunes thing is dangerously easy. It still seems like a better deal to go the discount music store and get cheap cd’s and import them as apple lossless. That’s not to say 128kbps AAC doesn’t pretty damn good.
I would like to express my dismay in regards to the violence in your protests. I fully believe you have a right to protest, and I agree with your cause (heck I’d march with you if I felt the issue was being dealt with reasonably), but I am dismayed because your actions are not helping […]
Looks like Nikon might update their D70. Though from what I read, a leaked manual indicates only a minor upgrade, still I guess its worth waiting for. According to PC watch, its supposed to be announced on 4/20.