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Vista Beta/RC1/RC2

Posted in May 31st, 2007
Published in General

Just a friendly reminder to all you Vista Beta 2/RC1/RC2 users out there.
Today is the day when your copy expires. If you use it past today, Vista will switch into “Reduced Functionality Mode,” causing the OS to reboot every 2 hours.
Back up thine data now, or be faced with the Windows ME-like results…
~Jaker
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Light Saber Squirrels

Posted in May 31st, 2007
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This is pretty awesome.
~Jaker
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New Wheels: Conclusion

Posted in May 31st, 2007
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Well, I got me some new wheels.
Yes, it’s a Focus. It’s an ‘07, fully-loaded, has very few miles (around 17,000), and I got a heck of a deal on it.
Today at 6:30 is when I stop by the dealership to drop off the trusty Explorer Sport and pick up the new guy.
More details after I drive it [...]

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Blog Updated

Posted in May 30th, 2007
Published in Site News

First, there was Jaker’s Blog, hosted on Blogger, and written because I didn’t want to do my Accounting homework.
Then came Jaker’s Blog 2.0, hosted on my site and running WordPress. It was good.
Then came Jaker’s Blog 3.0, still hosted on my site and now running b2evo. It was very good for a very long time.
But [...]

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Top Secret Microsoft Product Revealed

Posted in May 30th, 2007
Published in General

Remember Minority Report? It’s that movie where the good guys catch future bad guys. I thought it was pretty cool movie. The last time I watched it, I remember my Dad commenting on the cool touch-activated computer and how someday we would all be using computers like that.
I’ll be damned if he was right.
Introducting the Microsoft [...]

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Top Secret Microsoft Product

Posted in May 29th, 2007
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The folks over at Gizmodo claim that Microsoft has a top secret product that they are going to release tonight at 12:01 EST. Check it out at http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/trick-or-treat%3F/top-secret-microsoft-product-to-launch-at-midnight-264082.php
What could it be? Perhaps it’s the oFone
~Jaker 
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LOLCODE

Posted in May 29th, 2007
Published in General

This site is absolutely amazing, especially if you’re a programmer (or have programmed a little bit). It’s even better if you are familiar with the unfortunately popularized “12 year old AOL-speak” lingo of today.
http://lolcode.com/ 
~Jaker 
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Pending New Wheels

Posted in May 28th, 2007
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Several weeks ago, I made a silent decision that if gas went to (God forbid) $4.00/gal, I would drop everything and buy a car that was easier on the wallet in the gas category. Once I made that silent decision, my mind started to subconsciously look for cars that were out there. Then last Monday, [...]

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Hello to Gentoo

Posted in May 28th, 2007
Published in General

Hello! I’m back. Back on Gentoo. It feels good to be back. Especially that everything works now (except wireless, but that’s because I haven’t gotten to it yet).
And the system runs fast. Very fast.
Installing Gentoo wasn’t the only thing I was doing this weekend though (see post to come.. )
~Jaker
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Farewell to Vista [for now]

Posted in May 25th, 2007
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Windows Vista and I. We go back. Way back.
There’s so many things I love about Vista. They’ve improved so much of XP. The design and “flow” of the OS is excellent. Sadly, there’s some key things that are lacking:
1. BitTorrent and Vista are not friends. Take your pick: uTorrent or Azureus. Actually, don’t worry about [...]

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