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Arthur C. Clarke and the Dot Com Lifestyle

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 07 Sep 2010 | Tagged as: Technology, Videos

Sir Arthur C. Clarke is one of the most famous science fiction authors and was known as one the “Big Three” of science fiction (the other two were Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov). His book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the film made from it  inspired a whole generation of children to pursue engineering [...]

WordPress 2.6

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 16 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Applications, Videos

The latest update to WordPress was released on July 14th and it was another easy upgrade procedure with this blog. The theme and all of the plugins work correctly. I backed up my web sites and the databases they use daily with a custom application that I’ve created. Its always a good idea to make [...]

Searching Google with Your Phone

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: General, Videos

Google has a search tool that can be accessed through your phone. Dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 (or 1-800-466-4411) will allow to give verbal commands for items that you want to search for. If you want to find a pizza restaurant in Vancouver, you tell this to GOOG and it will give you a list of restaurants in [...]

Moon and Sun Over North Pole

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 25 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: General, Videos

This is an amazing photo of a crescent moon taken at the north pole. I don’t have information on who took the picture, but it is outstanding and the work of a very talented photographer. There is also the possibility that it’s a computer generated image. I’ll let the pixel people figure that one out. [...]

Eee PC: Low Cost Portable Computing

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 23 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Videos

Just in time for Black Friday, the ASUS Eee PC has to be the most exciting technology product of this year. The Eee PC is a tiny 7″ computer that weighs just under a kilogram. The current models are being sold with Linux, but ASUS will be releasing a Windows version later this year. OLPC [...]

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