Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. (Andy Rooney)

The history

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Wed, 2005-10-05 23:49 | mine

Photo History of Hong Kong

Google Earth shows us what we got.  The above video shows us how we got here.  (courtesy of jmah.net)

Although not exactly arranged in chronological order, the photos capture very valuable scenes of the historical Hong Kong.  Some of the old buildings and streets are still around and we are debating whether we should preserve the remaining few or demolish at full force in the name of progress.

Real free download!

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Mon, 2005-10-03 22:30 | mine

Slashdot News Link

Download with BT - it's perfectly legal this time...

Linus says no to 'specs'

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Mon, 2005-10-03 22:15 | mine

Slashdot News Link

Oops, CMM, cMM... I now understand why corporates never produce decent software. Those 'specs' look more like law book rather than tech book... I even read a spec in which numerals were written in English rather than Arabic (say, one thousand two hundred seventy five, instead of 1275) - I almost laughed to death that time!

Does this ping?

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Wed, 2005-09-28 03:46 | mine

I've turned on the PING module...  however, does this work?

Check Weblogs

The "new" iPod?

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Tue, 2005-09-27 02:44 | mine

Perhaps, albeit dated 1954...

What had happened today, 3 interesting news in one day? My last observation - ladies and gentlemen, the next generation of iPod

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