Archive for October, 2003

BookCheck

Friday, October 31st, 2003

I just wrapped up my latest personal project. It ran late, but I still finished it relatively quickly (given that I have very little spare time).
BookCheck is a little utility for your Java capable phone (or other device) that allows you to look up information on Amazon using a book’s ISBN. Primarily, so you can see […]

Intel Centrino vs Broadcom MaxPerformance

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

MaxPerformance? who came up with that name. Centrino sounds way cooler.
Anyways.. due to the wonders of mass production, etc.. laptops are slowly edging their way towards the end user customisability of desktop PCs. RAM is a standard size. Mini-PCI, video cards are all pretty standard. CPUs are pin compatible if you stay within the family. […]

Ramblings and Gnome

Friday, October 24th, 2003

Wow, it’s been like a month since I’ve updated. Work takes up too much of my spare time.
Arghh. Of course when I feel like posting, my webhost is down. I don’t know how they get away with their uptime claims, but whatever. It’s dirt cheap. And it’s not mission critical or anything.
Anyways.. a couple of […]