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Getting the laptop back (possibly)

Tomorrow I should have a clearer idea on why the laptop decided to die on me but a phonecall yesterday points towards dust. I’m not sure what the dust may have destroyed but that’s what may have caused the fault. Without the laptop it’s been an interesting week. It’s seen me playing witgh two versions of linux and portable devices such as the N95 and the touch. Both have their merits and it’s got me thinking about phasing out laptops from my use of the world wide web.

A little walk

Yesterday’s walk, as seen by Sportstracker. Pictures to come soon.

Friendfeed and Jaiku

Daniel - May 3, 2008 Hey Richard, Could you send me an invite too? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Daniel Could you send me an invite please and I’ll give Jaiku a try. Thanks

Friendfeed and Jaiku

There’s so much hype about friendfeed because of it’s features but that’s something jaiku has been doing for months and months now. It’s a shame that silicon valley doesn’t look beyond their borders. Shame the hype is almost always around that part of the world. The more I use jaiku the more I enjoy it. If anyone wants some invites I should have a few left. Just let me know and I’ll send you an invite.

Dead Macbook pro

Two nights ago my macboook pro didn’t wake from sleep which is why I’m now using a linuxbox. Have to wait for the maintenance to tell me just how messed up it is. At least trusty old linux can be relied upon as a temporary solution.

Fun street animation

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

On moving from the Social media capital of Europe to Geneva

Corvida - May 2, 2008 I can definitely sympathize. Even though I’m in the US, the city that I stay in is pretty non-technological, let alone social. Getting people to use social networks is a tough thing. Even though they have their benefits, it’s not for everyone and everyone isn’t particularly fascinated with the web in the same way that we are unfortunately.

On moving from the Social media capital of Europe to Geneva

As a student it was not unusual for me to spend no more than six hours a day at home. The rest of the time I was out socialising, whether helping post grads with their work or with those from my studies. As a result of this I started to pay attention to many of the social networks. It had shifted from Facebook where all my real life friends could be found to more abstract social networks such as twitter, jaiku and others.

Snackr and RSS

With my love for the short form Snackr is a welcome addition to my world as an easy way to keep an eye on rss feeds. It’s a ticker box that scrolls all the latest articles. You can choose whether you whether you want every post over the past day to a week. So far it’s been easy to use.

May-21st for a twit-out, boycott of twitter

Farouq Taj - May 6, 2008 Boycott Twitter comment {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:“http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/cLSxVM5Nco_th1.jpg”}“title”:{“value”:“Boycott Twitter comment “}“videoUri”:{“value”:“http://www.seesmic.com/video/j4tlLCBLTT"}}} That’s why I use jaiku {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:“http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/YRwLb6LXiV_th1.jpg”}“title”:{“value”:“That’s why I use jaiku “}“videoUri”:{“value”:“http://www.seesmic.com/video/rUIBfi5lPG"}}}