Well, our school doesn’t let us download and use software from school, and I can’t run perl scripts from these computers, sooo…I’ve discovered the great world of web SSH clients.
The best one I’ve found is this one. Just thought I’d share this with you.
I’ve recently discovered a “campaign” to promote Firefox, the most popular open source browser. It is ran by “four politically-oriented friends who care about open source software coming out on top.” I like what they are about, and also like the idea. 
Here’s thier link:
In this article, Mathewson is essentially saying that Apple switched to Intel in order to compete with Microsoft in the OS market.
I personally don’t think so. The reason is that Apple is a hardware company, and that is where they make most of their money. I’ve heard that their profit margin is up to 30% for hardware. And they can’t possibly make that much on operating systems alone. Sure they make more in terms of profit margin, but in terms of money, it is not possible. For example, the 20″ iMac currently sells for $1699, and so that’ll be a profit of about $500 using the 30% number, or $340 using 20%. By selling copies of OS X can never reach that height, at least not in the short run. Also, if they become a software company, their business model has to change completely. Right now, yes, they are great at making software, but all that work is just to cause more hardware sales. OS X for the computers and iTunes + iTMS for the iPod. I personally don’t see how Apple could possibly only sell software in the future.
I’m looking for a new language to learn, as I’ve had less and less things to do every day now. It’ll fill in some of the gap for now. The thing is that I’m looking for a language that is good to use on some short and dirty programs that sometimes you’ll want to whip out just to automate some easy, but tedious task. But also I’d like it powerful enough to do some more complex stuff, and not make it too difficult to do so. I did some Java before, but even just to get started, you needed to type a bunch of stuff, and sometimes the actual working code is less than half of the whole program. I got tired of it and just stopped.
Any suggestions/recommendations?
I was looking into perl, until I saw some short and VERY dirty code. Maybe python? Or even ruby? Also any recommendations on what book to use for learning the language? (It seems like a book suits me better than a web page/PDF/etc. I am lazy, and don’t really fancy switching focus constantly)
After reading this post at DrunkenBlog, I’ve noticed why I’ve been saving nearly all my reports, essays, etc. in .txt format. Before, it was just for avoiding Microsoft Word. Now, I will do so just to keep my files alive, in case one day Microsoft decides to stop supporting Office:Mac.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”
–Albert Einstein
Wow, this is so true. I mean, if you look at Windows v. *nix, SUV v. MINI, and Ghandi (can’t believe I just said/typed this, for I know near nothing about him) v. current-day-U-S-of-A, it seems that everyone is aiming to be bigger and badder, yet they overlook the benefits of being gentle, small, agile, etc.
Well, here’s a good read for the weekend: Click Here
A quote from the above link:
Jettas are safe because they make their drivers feel unsafe. S.U.V.s are unsafe because they make their drivers feel safe. That feeling of safety isn’t the solution; it’s the problem.
Here’s a sign that America is awakening. Hopefully more will see the light.
Interesting A rant, but a very interesting and true one. We should really take a look at what America is becoming.
Even Mr. Paul Thurrott, long time MS-Win advocate, is seeing the light gradually.
And, to all those rushing to send in their college apps, like me, good luck, and remember to send them in early, to avoid any possible problems like the UC server crashes
Apparently, there will be two more Apple Stores opening in the Greater Los Angeles area. One in Beverly Center, and the other in Sherman Oaks.
You can get more information here.
If there will be free shirts, I’ll be at at least one of the openings, most likely the Beverly Center one.
Hope to see some of you there!
Well, I just recieved an email from Apple saying that the Brea Mall will have an Apple Store grand opening on Saturday the 12th. For the past two openings in Greater Los Angeles, I’ve missed due to events like the SAT test and a dragon boating contest. Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, will get in my way of going to this one, and getting my own Apple shirt.
Anyways, enough ranting. Is there anyone that might be interested in going together? I can take a couple of friends with me. Leave a comment if you are interested, and I’ll give a confirmation if I still can take people or not.
Well, I just installed Ubuntu 5.04 on my old box a week ago, and just recently killed the GUI by trying to update the nVidia drivers. Looks like it is time to give Gentoo a try. I think I killed it when I couldn’t get the installer to run… Anyways, I didn’t really like Ubuntu that much. A bit too clunky for me. I still liked Slackware better.
Well, wish me good luck on getting Gentoo to work.
Here it is: http://www.google.com/ig
Something I just discovered. Seems awfully like what I did try out with Yahoo a long time ago (5 years+, so some of these might not apply anymore).
I didn’t like what Yahoo! had. It was not easy to customize. I had to go through many page loads to make some changes, and took me at least half an hour to make it what I wanted it to be like.
Now, with Google’s personalized home, you can change things by clicking the “Add Content” button on the top left corner, add new content, and organize them by dragging them around. You can change the options in the same page by clicking edit, make your changes, then go out of edit mode. No/minimal loading, and very easy and fast. And, I think it looks cleaner than Yahoo’s page.
Well, I think it is worth a try, and I’ll be using it for a while.