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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.
If [...]

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 Is [...]

Bugatti vs. Eurofighter

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 15 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: General, Videos

This is the ultimate drag race, a Bugatti Veyron versus a Eurofighter EF-2000. This video was brought to my attention by Ian Paterson. I’ve included a few statistics on each racer to give you an idea how they are matched.

 
Bugatti Veyron
Eurofighter EF-2000

Maximum Speed
253 mph
1280 mph (Mach 2.0)

Maximum Range at Top Speed
25 miles
690 miles

Power Plants
8.0 L [...]

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