The geeks are taking over the world. Slowly and continuous the geek underworld are infiltrating every part of the society and making themselves comfortable. One of the last oasis of the socially (or semi-socially) skilled was the dating sites. You've got to be a little intelligent to catch anyone worthing in this kind of services, but when we come down to business what really matters is how you look. But to the despair of every webmaster of those dating services the geek community now have their own dating web place. Geek 2 Geek is the name of the service. Created by and for people who considers the size of your brain more important than the size you wears. This service has everything to be one of the greatest things occurring in the internet nowadays. And they don't work only in the U.S., they have international members too. What are you still doing here??? Go to Geek 2 Geek and try to catch anyone... Enjoy... 'Til next time.
9.4.07
4.4.07
Snakes On a Google Office
Google really is the best workplace ever! They have a completely different relation with their employees, you could go to work with the clothes that make you more comfortable, you could even take your pets to the office. And according to some informations, the payment is not bad too. But in a Google office in New York last week a accident happened. A employee brought his python to work. Yes, the crazy fuck brought a python to his workplace. The problem was, the snake got away. And until now, they couldn't find it. This is the plot line for a bad action move... It's just insanity, working with a snake crawling by. Thank God pythons aren't poisonous... A little detail, I thought Google could find everything in the world... Shame on you, Google. 'Til next time...
Infinity plus one
Do you remember when you're just a kid and have arguments with your friends? When you said to a friend that you hate them to infinity and him responded saying that he hates you to infinity plus one? Yahoo! Mail will be launching their mailbox with infinity storage space. 'Cause of that, Google was predicting serious trouble in business. But Greg Tomkins, one Google engineer, solved the problem even before it has begun. Watching his two kids fighting he saw the scene that I commented in the beginning of this article. So he said that if Yahoo! Mail would have infinity capacity, Gmail would have infinity plus one capacity. He said that when your Yahoo! mail box gets full, you could transfer everything to your Gmail and store one more message. After that, what I have to say to Google. They will rule the world, if they aren't yet... 'Till next time.
P.S.: Was said that this news could be just a Google joking, but coming from Google, I seriously think that it could happens in a not so distant future... Let's just wait.
From: Rafael Arcanjo
30.3.07
Nerds and Pranks
So, you think that only the "cool" kids could make pranks in April Fool's Day? And the nerds and geeks have to be in the aim for the pranks??? Think again my friend... Wired magazine came up with an article about nerds pranks for April Fool's Day. This is not some kind of intern joke that only nerds will grasp. It's real pranks that use technology to be made. The two that I liked best, is to make the BSOD someones screensaver and put a screenshot of the desktop as a wallpaper, without the icons... I have to say, I putted the BSOD as my screensaver and it feels real. Two times now, I had to get out of the PC and when I returned I almost freaked out with the BSOD. Scary... The second one I'm planning to make with both my brother and my mother... I'm sure going to get some good laughs... 'Till next time
20 Million
Man this is some huge numbers. In just one month the new OS by Microsoft has reached this awesome number. 20 million copies sold. I can't even imagine the amount of money the people in Redmond are making. The unique problem (aham, besides it's been Microsoft, of course) is that the main advertising of Vista is selling the OS as a gaming platform, but it's not. Or not yet. Who play games in PCs likes good performance, some good titles,.a stable system and support from the hardwares manufacturers. All things that Vista doesn't show yet. It has just two months man, cut it some slack... I wish I could do this, but making a OS, isn't like making a blog like this. That take time, a lot of people burning heads trying to figure out the best ways to do stuff and they had a lot of time to work too... So, no. I won't cut it some slack. If they choose to put that thing in the market, they had to make sure that everything works. Seems that the first Visa Security Patch is about to appear... But even with problems, 20 million is a fucking great mark. Congratulations to Microsoft, but my next computer will be a Mac, no doubt in that. "Till next time...
13.3.07
Battle of Giants...
So Viacom sued YouTube (consequently Google) for U$ 1 billion. Are they really thinking that will win this lawsuit? YouTube is not responsible for the content posted in the web page. Each user could post the movie that one thinks is good. What YouTube could do and really do is receive complaints about copyrighted materials and take out those items. They claim they are doing this with Viacom owned content, but Viacom complains that this is not fast enough. Man, the users everyday send to YouTube thousands of movie clips and it's humanly impossible to someone watch every movie and say if it is copyrighted or not. They make the searches based on the tags chosen by the users. If someone send a video with a tag that don't relate with the content, the YouTube engine won't be able to tell what it really is. Another thing that Viacom fails to grasp is that YouTube is a great way to promote their products. A new show, a new band with the right treatment could be a YouTube star. They have to think YouTube as a ally not a enemy. And I don't think that YouTube will loose this. They are getting a lot of experience with lawsuits... A couple months ago, YouTube was blocked here in Brazil. But it wasn't a corporation complaining. A Brazilian model and TV host was gotten in tape having sex in a Spanish beach in broad daylight. A lot of users after getting the video put it in YouTube. Even after YouTube agreed in taking the content out of the site, Daniela Cicarelli choose to sue the site and tried to put it offline. Helped by a judge that hasn't the minimum internet education she win in first instance and YouTube was blocked. But a week or two after that, noting that this wasn't the best solution, the sentence was revogued and YouTube was free again. And I think that this is what will happens in the worst case scenario. The best case, YouTube'll win and Viacom will loose a big business opportunity. 'Till next time...
6.3.07
Order of The Stick
Dumbass funny. The best way that I could find to describe the webbased comics stories Order of The Stick. It tell the tale of a band of adventurer trying to take down the evil Lord Xykon. Obrigatory reading for anyone who plays RPG and especially for thos who play Dungeons & Dragons. You see the clash of classes and species normally depicted in the game, in the comic strips. And here it could go all the way to insanity. Great work of the creator Rich Burlew. Go ahead, click on the link above and enjoy lots of time having fun with this bunch of psychos... You'll like it.