http://www.b166er.com Technology, Science and Money Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:09:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few weeks ago I have received a brand new smartphone - the HTC S630 Cavalier. Despite actually having very little use for its Internet and 3G capabilities, I figured that this kind of hardware will have top-class camera, battery and speaker. The fact that it comes with WiFi ... http://www.b166er.com/2008/02/htc-s630-cavalier-with-wcdma-disabled/ Several months ago, I had the pleasure of arguing with a young and gifted individual with a self-inflicted CEO position, a title that was claimed upon the launch of his small Web2.0 company. Being a low tech industry person with decent experience in operating commercial projects online, I stated that ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/08/putting-my-time-and-money-where-my-mouth-is/ I've been following Blizzard from the very beginning, and now it's time to contribute something of my own to the community. I am helping with the TerranoZergus Project, and you can see the first parts of it here, right on the Starcraft 2 Blog.  The Starcraft 2 forums are to ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/06/starcraft-2/ I have recently purchased an amazing piece of hardware: Logitech's MX1000 Laser mouse. Quite frankly, it's the best mouse I've ever owned - for plenty reasons; it's somewhat heavy and comfortable, is rechargeable, has perfectly engineered sliding pads, and most notably - it measures its own movement using a laser. ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/05/nobody-cares-about-software-engineering-on-a-pc/ 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. MPAA is trying to get this number "censored" and sending takedown notices to anyone hosting it, ranging from simple Blogs to Digg news items. Here's a hint- numbers can't be censored, or trademarked - ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/05/a-finger-to-the-mpaa/ Gmail account appears fully operational now, and the suspension appeared to be active for only around 20 hours. During account suspension time I wasn't able to download attachements, but was able to read email and view attachment previews. The reason for the suspension appears to be a massive burst of emails ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/04/gmail-account-suspension-ended/ After getting a nice barrage of funny emails from a friend of mine, I was notified by almighty Google that my Gmail account is suspended, for up to 24 hours. To Google's defense I must say that I was sent around 50MB in random movie and PPS files, with very little ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/04/gmail-account-suspended/ Anderson Mccutcheon is probably the most famous non-existent whisky, bearing the name of the most famous non-existent Admiral in the world. The whisky was featured in then eight episode of the third season of Lost, describing the Admiral as the most decorated one to ever serve in the ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/03/anderson-mccutcheon/ CCS is a very nice compiler for PIC family of micro-controllers - the compiler includes a fair amount of built-in functions, many of which deal with bit manipulation - crucial functions when it comes to communications. Too bad I have to write these manually when porting communication to the NEC ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/03/writing-for-nec-without-ccss-shift_left/ Finally. One of my hobbies is poker - the combination of mathematics and psychology makes a very natural and comofrtable game for me. I don't play for real money online, but enjoy playing in big "play money" and Freeroll tournaments. One of the better things about poker, is I can't see ... http://www.b166er.com/2007/03/winning-a-1700-people-poker-tournament/