Friedbeef’s Tech

The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever

31. March 2006

Fosfor Gadgets just released a list of the Top 10 weirdest keyboards which includes items ranging from… a keyboard which is supposed to keep your arms in a more relaxed state (Relaxed? Are they kidding?) …A laser projector keyboard that allows you to use almost any flat surface as a keyboard… …and a decorative, washable tablecloth, which leaves [...]

The Star Online goes RSS Friendly!

30. March 2006

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Kudos to The Star Newspaper – The first mainstream Malaysian news source with RSS feeds! FINALLY – I can get all my local news aggregated with the rest of my world news feeds (CNN, BBC) on the single page. RSS in a nutshell if you’re new to it, is a way to aggregate all the [...]

Electronic Frontier Foundation – (Google Video Technology Lecture)

21. March 2006

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Workplace seminars are a pretty common event in many organisations, but Google has brought in some really interesting people to conduct some of their seminars. Even better, is the fact that they record it, and place in on Google Video servers to share it with the entire world. 8241129141644158456 I took the opportunity to watch this one [...]

Open Source Goodness For Office Use (PDF Creator, Filezilla)

20. March 2006

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Sometime last year I had the good fortune of attending a lecture at University Malaya by Richard Stallman. Largely seen as a pioneer in the open-source movement, and founder of the GNU license, his words left a lasting impression on everyone in the auditorium. This post will however focus on two great free open-source programs which [...]

Zen Garden Falling Sand Game

1. March 2006

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Games with no clear apparent aim or purpose have a special place in my heart. There is no pressure to accomplish something within a timeframe, you have the freedom to play as you choose, and there are no truly right or wrong decisions. Simple to play, basic graphics, but endlessly entertaining, it is then no [...]