Scientechie

Science, technology, computers and more. Rants, opinions, news, and pleasantries!

Entries for December, 2008

A World Beyond

Imagine a journey into the depths of knowledge,
Into the tiniest throes of reality;
See the worlds spin around,
Feel the forces that are beyond mentality.
Enter a grand new dimension,
Where time and space merge;
Watch instances of grandeur
And the great energies surge.
This is an immense creation of God,
Yet He has put in uncertainties abound;
There are vibrations, hummings and explosions,
But [...]

Leave a Comment

gOS 3.0 Review - Promising Distro Breaks a Few Promises

Introduction
gOS is one of the lesser known / used Linux distros: I had promised myself that I would keep an open mind while taking it out for a spin.
The latest released version is 3.0, named Gadgets. The name suits it well: it is exactly that. A large collection of Google Gadgets put onto a remade [...]

Comments (5)

How to Buy a Computer for Your Needs

This is not exactly my usual run-of-the-mill stuff, but since I wrote a post or two about benchmarks not being the ultimate say in computer buying decisions, I have had mails requesting me to elaborate on how to buy a good computer. So I decided to dedicate this small post to an answer. I do [...]

Leave a Comment

The Next Step for Google

Google is already making what can best be called a dinlinearization of services - offering them in ‘cloud’ format (you access them over the internet). Google Docs, Reader, Desktop Search with Gadgets and most recently, Chrome (meant to utilize a larger slice of the internet audience).
What I wonder is this: what is Google next big [...]

Leave a Comment

Testing the less known Linuxes

It has been a while since I wrote. During this time, I was deciding one thing: should I, or should I not, test one of the lesser known Linux distros.
I have, over the years, tested and used many Linux distros, but they have always had one thing in common: they have been major, mainline distros, [...]

Leave a Comment