http://blog.xugle.com ...and why you should read it Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:15:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nickel and Zinc used to make each penny is worth 5 cents. Government worried about shortage in near future. read more | digg story The value of American Currency is going down… Google reports the following: 1GBP = 1.9822 USD — It usualy is about 1.5USD per 1GBP 1EUR = 1.2989 USD — The Euro ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2007/01/25/the-metal-in-the-penny-is-worth-5-cents-start-hoarding-those-pennies/ We have just gotten an anonymous tip from a source that indicates that Apple is planning a special event on February 20 to introduce Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), iLife ‘07 and iWork ‘07 as well as updated Mac Pros. Hmm… maybe some updated Mac Minis and new displays too? http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2007/01/23/91/ Well, it’s after MacWorld… I’m underwhelmed by the iPhone. No 3G? eh… I was hoping for 3G… I can deal with it… No 3rd party apps? Locked to Cingular with no way to unlock it? Fsck no!!1! Here’s an update of my last post, 20 things apple should implement Sell DVORAK Keyboards - ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2007/01/15/updated-20-things-apple-should-implement/ STOP. INDEXING. WIKIPEDIA! Dear Google, For several days now, Wikipedia has been excruciatingly slow, to the point of it being unusable. I have heard that this happens when you index it, and I’ve noticed that the latest caches of Wikipedia pages are within the last few days. Knowing this, I have been able ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/12/27/dear-google/ I love christmas. I hate out of tune cellos, small children, and hymnals that don’t keep consistant lyrics between printings. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! EDIT: PS. Cellphones and bluetooth are awesome. They let me update my blog from pretty much anywhere. http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/12/24/merry-christmas/ I’ve been reading a lot lately about why ZFS, the filesystem developed by Sun Microsystems, is so important to users of Mac OSX. It all sounds great! I want ZFS! oh wait… Windows doesn’t support it? Linux uses a userland hack? Linux can’t boot from it? Why?!?! I thought Linux and ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/12/23/why-open-source-isnt-working/ At approximately 2:00AM Eastern Daylights Savings time on October 21st 2005, The Internet effectively shut down. This was caused when Level3 Communications’s Teir-1 network went dark as a result of “severe routing problems” in a Chicago facility. Next, went Verio (a subsidiary of NTT Communications), as it was forced to ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/10/21/the-day-the-internet-shut-down/ AMD, Please do the following: Starting with the K8L series, include on-chip randomness generator based off of atomic decay. Jack up the number of FPUs and make them wider or put them on a separate, user-upgradeable chip. I don’t want this “4×4″ crap you’re pushing. I want a native Quad-core design by the next ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/10/20/more-ideas/ Sell the iPhone The iPhone would be an excellent investment for Apple, as many people (including Your Humble Narrator) would want to buy one. Make the 16:9 iPod People want it, let them have it! Sell DVORAK-Layout Keyboards As Apple’s primary market is of the pro-sumer (read “nerdy and proud”) type, DVORAK keyboards would aid ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/10/18/20-things-apple-should-implement/ From http://smartpei.typepad.com/ -Passive acceptance is a more desirable response to ideas than active criticism. -Discovering knowledge is beyond the power of students and is, in any case, none of their business. -Recall is the highest form of intellectual achievement, & the collection of unrelated ‘facts’ is the goal of education. -The voice of authority ... http://blog.xugle.com/index.php/2006/10/16/i-hate-school/