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Monthly Archives October 2007

Naive view of the world

Windows is like a domestic minivan — ugly and slow. The trim is cheap and you can’t change the radio presets because the MinivanCo knows what’s best for you. But, it can carry the groceries and the kids can watch DVDs in the back.
Linux is like a custom race car that your crazy mechanic [...]

Posted 26 October 2007 † Dmitry § geek § rant ‡ Comments (0) °

Waiting for presents on xmas (or new year’s) day has been replaced by waiting for IMAP support on gmail. I know some people have it, so I keep refreshing the page every few minutes. Where is my access? Refresh. Nope.
..sad.

Posted 26 October 2007 † Dmitry § geek § misc ‡ Comments (0) °

Podcast consumption

I’m years behind, but I just discovered the world of podcasts. I don’t know how I’ve managed to overlook it but there’s so much
good content out there. Basically instead of grinding my teeth in gridlocked traffic I’m now enjoying listening to something interesting on my iPhone. I’ve got a couple of software engineering related podcasts [...]

Posted 09 October 2007 † Dmitry § geek § life § linux ‡ Comments (0) °