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Google web accelerator – accelerating my anger levels.

Monday, October 31, 2005 

There’s an old story down here in these parts, about this guy complaining to his Rabbi that his house is too small. The rabbi had the guy let all of his livestock into the house (I’m making a very long story very short here), and then asked him to remove them back to the barn. The poor guy now felt his house is as big as a king’s house.

I had the same experience with the new Google Web Accelerator (GWA). Installing it on my desktop had me subscribe to my neighborhood anger management program, as my surfing speed experience was like the good old 14K Zoom modem. That did not stop GWA reporting it had saved 17 minutes of my precious time.

Having it uninstalled, I now feel that my internet connection is fast enough to fit Kings!
In a way, it did accelerate my web!

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MacOSx and Microsoft

Monday, October 24, 2005 

In a previous post, I have praised MacOSX. Did I jump the gun? Like any other OS, it has its quirks, cons and pros. The main thing that OSX delivers: fun factor. Windows XP is already old. In this world, I expect my desktop to excite me. More than old, we have all grown accustomed to WinXP. Microsoft’s primary failure is delivering software fast enough for today's market. The reasons? Numerous - the most obvious one is that somehow Microsoft is "stuck" in a 1980s model of delivering software on a CD.


If Microsoft would have delivered a new desktop this month, I won't be looking for something else to excite me.

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Flock

Sunday, October 23, 2005 

Flock is a mozilla based browser for the web 2.0 generation. With a lot of hype got going around these guys at the valley, they have produced a browser which, at its first developer's preview edition, has integrated blogging capabilities, flickr view of your account, delicious sync of your favorites and a web-service aware "clipboard" they call "shelf" onto which you can drag and drop web objects between services. i.e. I can drag a flickr picture, right from my flick account into this blogging window. Flock does the rest on Linux, MaxOSx and Windows ofcourse.

My god it *is* 1999 all over again. The network IS the computer. It will be interesting to see how the flock guys develop theyre business.

drag and drop test of one of my flickr photos:


Flickr Photo

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MacOSX – When the Tiger bites- Linux+Windows=MacOSX

Friday, October 21, 2005 


I am writing this entry on  a new Mac Mini. I have a week with it – and then I give it back to RawSugar testing team.
My first impression is that it is the perfect operation system for people like me:

  • It's like buying at prada's but for geeks

  • BSD based – I got my unix inside. I can easily open up ssh to my linux server, and reportedly install/compile all BSD based software. Rather then a simple ssh connections I have still not checked this thoroughly. Theoretically I can do all of my development (I strongly believe in linux based development – when possible)

  • A modern Desktop – comparison with WindowsXP is ridicules –  OSX’s desktop just rocks:

  • Visuals: It has all the right visually pleasing gems

  • Productivity: The iLife suite of programs builds music/ digital photography/ audio/ video right into your desktop. The OS also includes all other productivity tools you need. I guess that as a programmer, you could also tap into all of those BSD based programming utilities which are the common effort of millions of people for over 30 years of R&D. You can’t beat that.

So – why would anyone stick to his Windows box?

I can think of many reasons. The first and foremost is that all of my current life is in windows format. My email, documents, finances, oh… the list is so long. Moving onto a Mac requires effort and might still look risky to many.

It is time that we, the people, should own all of the information we create and collect, regardless to the format it is saved with.

Recent mega-wars between Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft will create the business reason for software companies to make all generated data format-independent. You will own all of your text files, contact lists, song lists and pictures regardless of where and how they are stored. That’s the future. More on this in an upcoming entry on Microsoft.
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