reduced and recycled » Tech/Net http://xpyred.textfiend.net rehashed rearranged reiterated pre-rendered Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en smaller and smaller http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/11/02/smaller-and-smaller/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/11/02/smaller-and-smaller/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:26:52 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/11/02/smaller-and-smaller/ Remember that one-laptop-per-child thing some time back? Wil Harris of Unwired/Channel Flip/TWiT gets his hands on a wet-dream - figuratively, of course. If you think laptop computing can’t get any smaller, wait till you see this!

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]]> http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/11/02/smaller-and-smaller/feed/ heart-rending innocence http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/06/13/heart-rending-innocence/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/06/13/heart-rending-innocence/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:45:47 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/06/13/heart-rending-innocence/ I wonder sometimes if a person who is completely innocent is capable of any emotional range beyond “heeheehee” and “boohoohoo”. And then I hear this:

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]]> http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/06/13/heart-rending-innocence/feed/ digg and the aacs key http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/05/09/digg-and-the-aacs-key/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/05/09/digg-and-the-aacs-key/#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 13:57:19 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/05/09/digg-and-the-aacs-key/ Just musing about the recent brouhaha over at digg. TwiT’s latest podcast is a must-listen for those following the Digg story. The podcast feature a recorded interview with Kevin Rose on the whole Digg debacle. To make a long story short, digg ...Continue

]]> http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/05/09/digg-and-the-aacs-key/feed/ geeking out / dpm najib goes out on a limb! http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/04/10/geeking-out-dpm-najib-goes-out-on-a-limb/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/04/10/geeking-out-dpm-najib-goes-out-on-a-limb/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:48:27 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/04/10/geeking-out-dpm-najib-goes-out-on-a-limb/ 8.20am: I’m back in the office. Yesterday wasn’t so great, but Sunday was better: met up with an old friend in the morning and then had quite a bit of fun with a new friend.

Coming back to the office, in contrast, feels like a let-down.

9.15am: I get why Leo wants to leave Twitter. He ...Continue

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  • If you’re twitter-mad (heh heh…), you can check out Twittervision. Fecking ...Continue

    ]]> http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2007/04/05/progression-regression/feed/ Time’s person of the year: You. http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/12/17/cnns-person-of-the-year-you/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/12/17/cnns-person-of-the-year-you/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:39:46 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/index.php/2006/12/17/cnns-person-of-the-year-you/ And it’s about time.

    It’s about time traditional news media, or in fact traditional anything, sat up and paid attention to a growing phenomenon. We’ve all read theories about hive minds on a global network, or the birth of a sentient, ...Continue

    ]]>     http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/12/17/cnns-person-of-the-year-you/feed/     hilarious things software developers get up to… http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/21/hilarious-things-developers-get-up-to/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/21/hilarious-things-developers-get-up-to/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:56:11 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/index.php/2006/10/21/hilarious-things-developers-get-up-to/ For a good, semi-serious laugh, check out the #1 Bug in Ubuntu, over here. Avoid beverages while reading ;)

    The problematic (sic):

    Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubu ...Continue

    ]]> http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/21/hilarious-things-developers-get-up-to/feed/ podcasts are better than curry. maybe. http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/20/podcasts-are-better-than-curry-maybe/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/20/podcasts-are-better-than-curry-maybe/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:25:41 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/index.php/2006/10/20/podcasts-are-better-than-curry-maybe/ Do you listen to podcasts? I’ve been obsessed with podcasts for the past 2 weeks or so, ever since I’ve got iTunes to work on my machine, which of course makes an iPod worth having. I love listening to the BBC World Service, so finding a steady stream of people talking on the internet is like discovering a gold mine.

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    ]]>     http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/10/20/podcasts-are-better-than-curry-maybe/feed/     the other asian digg? http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/09/30/the-other-asian-digg/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/09/30/the-other-asian-digg/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:14:24 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/index.php/2006/09/30/the-other-asian-digg/ If you haven’t heard of it, you should know there’s a been a digg-like aggregator beta running since.. well, I’m not sure since when. It’s called Shouthub, and it’s still in the beta stages. Some of you will remember Spymy.com, well the format i ...Continue

    ]]>     http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/09/30/the-other-asian-digg/feed/     malaysians: blog this blog that for fuck? http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/06/26/malaysians-blog-this-blog-that-for-fuck/ http://xpyred.textfiend.net/2006/06/26/malaysians-blog-this-blog-that-for-fuck/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:04:23 +0000 admin http://xpyred.textfiend.net/index.php/2006/06/26/malaysians-blog-this-blog-that-for-fuck/ Just my two cents for bloggers like vincent and the rest of his ilk. After reading his latest blog post here, it deserves a proper reply.

    I can’t for the life of me figure out why bloggers ...Continue

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