Yearly Archives: 2006

Christmas Irony

I think part of this tale could be considered ironic. Although in the strictest sense, the word “irony” is often misused to characterize what could purely be coincidental and unfortunate. Even more confusing is the association of irony, “dramatic irony” … Continue reading

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Wired’s top vaporware of 2006!

This has always been one of my favorite annual tradition, when Wired recounts exactly what great promises were made to us, the consumers, and just didn’t quite deliver. Have fun, read it here: Vaporware ’06: Return of the King

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Windows Vista.. first round of security flaws

Already, a couple of serious security flaws has been discovered in Vista, a month before its official consumer release (enterprise users can get their hands on Vista right now). Read more about it at Wired: Vista Security Flaws Uncovered That, … Continue reading

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Aftermath of WoW 2.0

With the expansion around the corner, Blizzard saw this as an opportunity to implement a lot of changes which are long overdue. The scripting language engine behind the user interface has been updated to the newest version of LUA, and … Continue reading

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Two years with World of Warcraft

I first started playing World of Warcraft two years ago, when I had a surgery scheduled right before Christmas. Given my work schedule at the time, the only sensible way to get a surgery done was to mix it into … Continue reading

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Presto in the press!

Some people know, but most probably don’t… My current place of employment is Presto Services Inc., which in conjuncture with HP, makes a device that allows people who don’t have a computer to have access to email that “prints”. It … Continue reading

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We’re finally getting Marty McFly’s shoes! (sorta)

I swear I’ve been dreaming about getting these shoes since I was like.. 8 years old or something. No power lace yet, but at least we’re… hrm… half-way there? Via my favorite gadget blog.. Engadget: Smart sole, adjustment shoe.. etc…

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Driving in the slow lane

On my morning commute, I tend to drive through a lot of areas with relatively wealthy residents, right into the heart of the Silicon Valley. Once in a while, it amazes me that how trivial it was to see a … Continue reading

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Windows Update broke my Windows

Alright.. this is just ridiculous…. I just spent half a day of work fixing Windows on my work computer, which Windows Update broke. Apparently, somewhere along the line, the automatic update got some corrupted install files. Every time I started … Continue reading

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Windows Vista: Just catching up to OS X

Now that Windows Vista is shipping to enterprises along with a planned consumer release in January of 2007, you would think that all the major magazines are conjuring up their mega-features and 80 page reports on a much-delayed and somewhat … Continue reading

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