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I’ve added a “Microblog” section to this blog, which I’ll basically (try to) use to post things when I’m out and about. Kinda like Twitter, but maybe with longer posts. Like a… microblog, or tumbleblog (Tumblr, etc.)

Ciera gets here tomorrow morning! EPIC excitedness! I can’t wait!!!

Until next time,
— Daniel

The beta and the wait is over. Ubuntu 7.04 has been released and is available for immediate download.

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Well, after the last stupid eBay auction I saw, today I saw a totally opposite one: Someone sold a PS3 for US$0.99!

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I got bored today, so I decided to search around on YouTube…

This video made my day: “Furby in Microwave”

This reminds me of a similar video a saw a while ago, where a guy overcharges a Lithium Polymer battery (it was on ExplodingLaptop.com):

Well, I was looking at last month’s statistics for Daniel15.com, and I happened to notice something interesting in the list of browsers people are using:

It appears that more of my site’s visitors are now using Firefox rather than Internet Explorer… Also, 11% of visitors are Opera users (if only there were more )

What was even more interesting was the list of operating systems people are using:

Can you see it? Look towards the end of that list… 10 hits from a person using AmigaOS! I didn’t even know that AmigaOS was still used
I had an Amiga 2000… A long, long time ago, before I knew how to use a computer properly. I always used this painting program (but I can no longer remember what it was called).
Update: OK, I remember now, it was called DPaint

I was looking through some status information on my web host, and I found out that doesn’t have a processor. No, instead, it has a AMD Athlon(tm) Prosussor… How could something like this slip through AMD’s QA?
Even funnier was a friend telling me that their server had an AMD Athlon(tm) Proswssor .

Well, I did some minor changes to this blog today. Some of the main changes:

• Changed the theme from the default WordPress one to the nice K2 theme
• Added several new plugins:
  • Time Since – Displays published dates like ‘Published 1 week, 2 days ago’
  • Browser Detection – Shows what browsers people use to post comments
  • Extended Live Archive – Adds a nice, AJAX-based ‘Archives’ page
• And yeah, that’s about all

I used to think Dell was just stupid, but now I think even less of them:

AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. Gaston, our astonished reader reports: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes”. Should you witness such an event, his advice is, “Don’t try anything courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!”

“For the record, this is a Dell machine,” notes Gaston. “It is only a matter of time until such an incident breaks out on a plane,” he suggests. Our witness managed to catch all the action in these amazing pictures.

“Fire extinguishers leave a mess on your suit and belongings; pack your stuff (if you can) and leave, leave, leave!” he advises.

We don’t have any further details of the model of the computer in question. In light of the evidence, however, we’d suggest you avoid actually using a laptop on your lap. Ouch.

(source: “The Inquirer”, on the internet somewhere )

Here, have a picture of the exploding Dell:

Hey look, I changed the blog so it now uses WordPress! That MKPortal Blog thingy was getting annoying…

So… Yeah… That’s all for now