Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

Dreams DO Come True

January 30th, 2009

Let me first give a round of applause and shouts of kudos to the KDE team for the release of KDE 4.2, “The Answer”. I literally WOW’ed when I logged in for the first time and was impressed by the improvements in functionality and performance, specially in KWin and Plasma (probably also due to a [...]

Moving Forward: 2009

January 21st, 2009

EDIT: Fixed typos/grammar errors. Thanks Sho! My English-fu is failing me…
2009 didn’t kick off quite well. I got the flu immediately after New Year’s day and that lasted for almost a week. Luckily for me, my midterm exam that was scheduled on the 10th was postponed for the 17th. Even that was a disaster (here’s [...]

One hell of a week

September 29th, 2008

Or rather “weeks”. The past two weeks went by like a crazy hurricane. So much to do, so little time. Luckily I was somewhat prepared so it didn’t really blew me away. And to top it all, those 2 weeks ended greatly.
1. KDE UserBase: Together with other members of the CWG, I almost spent a [...]

For the geek child in me: New toys!

September 2nd, 2008

Last week, I received two new toys for my birthday: a Philips MP3/MP4 player from my sister and a ZTC (or CECT) C2000 phone from myself and partly from my mom.

The Philips SA3225/97 player is really just a simple device. A bit too simple even. One of those devices that does one thing (or a [...]

My Next Dream Gadget

July 11th, 2007

I know it’s a kinda late reaction, but…
FIC Neo1973, the first phone to run OpenMoko, is finally available. At least for developers, or interested people with cash to burn.
It may not be as stylish as the iPhone, but it’s definitely kool-er for Linux geeks (like me?). And the developer’s preview prices are almost half the [...]