Geek Insanity

[A vim made by Microsoft?]

2008-06-06T20:01:00.003+01:00

Original post @ http://blogs.sun.com/marigan/entry/how_the_vi_editor_would

[ Say good-bye to our old NN ]

2007-12-30T11:51:00.000+01:00

I've a bad break this morning for all geeks in world..Two days ago I've read the news about one of the older internet browsers: our well-liked Netscape Navigator is officially dead. After many years of honored service, AOL decided to retire one of their older products..

The only thing that remain to us is to say good-bye to our dear NN...

By Geek (grieving) Staff

[OpenGL vs DicrectX]

2007-11-10T12:18:00.000+01:00

Interesting post (sorry it's only in Italian) about the Microsoft anti-OpenGL strategy!

Post @Storia di un ingiustizia che paghiamo tutti: OpenGL vs DirectX Read and spread!

[ Geek Revolution ]

2007-09-25T08:11:00.000+01:00

Hey man! I'm a geek! I'm a proud geek!
and now I've also my own TV Show =)
Let's see

Sayonara,

by Geek Staff

[NeXT]

2007-09-16T22:05:00.000+01:00

Wow... I'm a NeXT Station proud owner!!!

I've some issues with the keyboard (some keys seems to be broken)... if you have one... send me a message please ;-)

by Geeky Mouse

[ Time for holiday!! ]

2007-08-09T15:01:00.000+01:00

August...this month is made for doing nothing and...the geek staff has in mind to keep this tradition =)...so during this month, this will be the only post because we're going on holiday....the destination? ehm...a little bit far from every place on the Earth, it is a little planet that cantains lot of culture: Terminus ;)

thanks Isaac for the suggestion!!!!

See you in september!

Sayonara,
by Geek (space traveler) Staff

[ Five fingers per hand? Let's exploit them! ]

2007-07-03T07:14:00.000+01:00

For now it's only a rumor but..another rumor tells that it will become concrete..
Now close your eyes, pay attention and picture in your mind:
an Apple Macbook more thin than the actual..and..in place of usual trackpad will there be...a multi-touch interface!!!!! yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
We'll enter in a new age of interacting and we'll could see something with one's own eyes this future
Thanks uncle Steve ;)

Sayonara,
by Geek (multi-touched) Staff

[Insanity Pearl #4: Never underestimate...]

2007-06-20T08:48:00.001+01:00

"Never underestimate the power of an eraser gum"

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a
station wagon full of tapes"

[Insanity Pearl #3: Monolith Ad]

2007-06-14T19:22:00.000+01:00

Black Monolith! The beautiful case for your brand new computer ;-) Zen, minimalistic and with a 1 million years of history to tell.

An experience from the outer space!

Buy it... on... :))

Ps. Only in hard black stone.

[Insanity Pearl #2: Legacy Moment]

2007-06-14T08:54:00.001+01:00

[Insanity Pearl #1: If God is a Router]

2007-06-09T17:09:00.001+01:00

Probably every bit addicted mind thinks about the goodness. But only one things is important... how the goodness work.

Yesterday morning, in a quiet and relaxed Lab moment our thoughts were directed to this simple and amusing question: If God is a Router? Probably is routing policy is the free will and a soul is only a couple of bit sent over a wireless paradise?

The question is opened to further investigation... stay tuned!

by Geeky "Mad" Mouse :)

[Insanity pearl]

2007-06-09T17:02:00.000+01:00

With this post I want to inaugurate the new column: "Insanity Pearl" about nerdish and geekish idea and funny thought to be send to /dev/null.

Remember... this column is insane by definition... a grotesque insight of some bitwised mind ;-)

by Geeky Mouse

[Is Vista more secure than XP?]

2007-05-30T21:25:00.001+01:00

Is Vista more secure than XP? This is the question! The response: NO!

Read this article for details @ ars technica

by Geeky Mouse

[PowerTop... or how to choose your next kill -9 target]

2007-05-17T20:49:00.001+01:00

PowerTop is a new Linux tool, provided by Intel, able to analyze software power consumption and determine power drainer apps. Very useful for your Tux-laptop ;-)

Finally you can write: kill -9 <power-sucker-pid>

See ya.
Geeky Mouse

[Pimp my battery...]

2007-05-17T20:42:00.001+01:00

Supercharge your batteries with: Battery Booster :))

Using a chemical trick, discovered by Hitachi, future batteries have longer life.

Read the full news @ Invention: Battery Booster

Remember to pimp your battery!

by Geeky Mouse

Spit me on!..and I 'll tell you who you are...

2007-05-15T23:25:00.000+01:00

....Hormones in children's saliva may be a biological indicator of the trauma kids undergo when they are chronically bullied by peers...
more about this argument here

Sayonara,

by Geek (Spit Covered) Staff

[..from big power sources..]

2007-05-15T09:01:00.000+01:00

Another potential power source...
another potential breath for our Mother Earth..
another potential step to the END for the oil-age!!! (I hope)

Sayonara,
by Geek (Polluted) Staff

[Tunnelling Terminal Services over ssh using PuTTY]

2007-05-08T17:46:00.001+01:00

Sometimes you need to access to a Windows machine... a lot of sysadmin deny direct access to the port 3389 allowing only the SSH connection.

Read details @ putty-TS-tunnel.html

Happy configuration ;-)

by Geeky Mouse

[Quantum-things..]

2007-05-08T08:03:00.000+01:00

An other step has been done form our quantum future!

Thanks to researchers of Berkley for their efforts...

Sayonara
by Geek (Quantum) Staff

[What I need... is only a KISS]

2007-05-04T22:42:00.001+01:00

KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is the UNIX philosophy from the origin of time. Sometimes forgotten... sometimes fully understood this basic principle is the backbone of the Network... it's the goodness of the UNIX shell gurus... its the IDEA that makes life better and a shell a better place to live.

Remember to give a KISS at your projects!

by Geeky (Crazy) Mouse

[GPS positioning + GNUStep = Position.app]

2007-05-04T22:02:00.000+01:00

GPS positioning + GNUStep = Position.app

If you love an opensource NeXTish environment... If you are a lonely voyager or, simply, if you like maps and related tools... take a look at Position.app

Connect your GPS receiver and start tracking your last trip.

by Geeky Mouse

[Linutop]

2007-05-04T20:07:00.000+01:00

Do you like USB-key distros? Do you like noise-less systems? Do you like USB? Do you like low power consumption? That's Linutop!

The appliance boots directly from your USB-key a customized XUbuntu... but if you could build your own ... for example with a beautiful WindowMaker and some other tools.

by Geeky Mouse

[ Optimize yourself! ]

2007-04-23T08:30:00.000+01:00

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Optimizers! (CLAP)

Sayonara

Geek Staff

[Vergogna... e indignazione]

2007-04-18T20:50:00.000+01:00

http://www.aduc.it/dyn/comunicati/comu_mostra.php?id=178001

Sorry... it's in italian.

[White and Nerdy]

2007-04-13T22:05:00.000+01:00

Have fun! By Geeky Mouse ;-)

When the cement become television...

2007-04-13T07:50:00.000+01:00

Now we can conduct electricity through cement...for the future?..ehm..a transparent house?? We'll stand watching

For the moment, take a look @ this.

Sayonara

(The future bricklayer)Geek Staff

[Call For Cosmo Coders]

2007-04-11T14:12:00.000+01:00

When I was young, my dream was to become an astronaut..like the large part of children!..but now, a part of my dream would become reality! =D

If it is/was your dream too,
you'll find all infos @ http://colab.arc.nasa.gov/

Sayonara,

(Astro)Geek Staff

[An 8-core monster... wow!]

2007-04-06T10:00:00.000+01:00

Apple has recently released the pimped up version of its MacPro... an 8-core monster! Virtually the most fantastic workstation ever seen ;-)

Take a look @ http://www.apple.com/macpro/

Impressive power... impressive design... impressive desktop workstation... wooooow!

rm -f dust

2007-04-03T19:53:00.000+01:00

Take a look @ iRobot web site... and probably you need one! ;-)

by Geek Staff

THE DAWN OF G-CODE

2007-04-03T08:58:00.000+01:00

Everything has a beginning...and our world starts from here...

0x00001f76 : push %ebp
0x00001f77 : mov %esp,%ebp
0x00001f79 : push %ebx
0x00001f7a : sub $0x14,%esp
0x00001f7d : call 0x1ffc <__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx>
0x00001f82 : lea 102(%ebx),%eax
0x00001f88 : mov %eax,(%esp)
0x00001f8b : call 0x301b
0x00001f90 : mov $0x0,%eax
0x00001f95 : add $0x14,%esp
0x00001f98 : pop %ebx
0x00001f99 : leave
0x00001f9a : ret

Sayonara
Geek Staff