June 2008
11 posts
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WatchFirmware 2.40 for PS3 brings the joy
Open-space office bad for productivity →
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health has investigated the difference between open-space office and closed-space office regarding the effects on productivity. If work requires hard thinking and concentration, open-space office may cause 5-10% decrease in productivity. Did this surprise anyone? And I think those numbers are low.
I’ve had first-hand experience of this problem. People tend...
iMac vs MacBook Pro
I’m having a struggle.
I’ve been using only laptops for four years now. I just sold my 2 year old Core Duo MacBook to upgrade to Core 2 Duo Mac. Question is do I really need a laptop when I mainly use my computer at home. My previous laptop was basically just sitting on a desk, I didn’t carry it around much at all.
Now I’m considering iMac as an option for my next Mac. I...
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Unsubsidized iPhone 3G priced at €499/€569 in... →
Price information from Vodafone Italy.
iPhone Bonanza
Apple announced expected 3G iPhone yesterday 9th of June at World Wide Developers Conference. New iPhone 3G ships with software version 2.0 supporting SDK and AppStore for downloading 3rd party apps. Also GPS location is now included with the new iPhone. It is available in two colors: black and white. Prices start from $199 for 8GB model and $299 for 16GB model. Phone is released in 20 countries...
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Oil price and weak dollar
We have seen crude oil price rocketing in recent years but is it only because we are running out of oil? This graph form Goldprice.org clearly demonstrates gold has preserved it’s value over the years and we are really suffering high prices only because of weakening dollar.
Don’t get me wrong, I really think we should get rid of our dependency of oil and move to alternative energy...
Mac OS X 10.6 codenamed "Snow Leopard", drops... →
Ars Technica is reporting that the next major version of Mac OS X is codenamed as “Snow Leopard”. Rumors say it will be Cocoa and Intel only.
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GTA IV experience
I’ve played GTA IV about half way through now. I’ve noticed I’m not doing random stuff anymore such like stunt driving, playing pool or just creating chaos in the city like I did with the previous GTAs. Somehow I feel like I don’t have time for that (in real world on in game world? this im not sure) and I just go from mission to mission.
Am I only one getting annoyed...
First blog post
Love at first sight with the tumblr. Setting up a blog was super easy. More appearance customization will come in few days.