Technology & Life Integration: Fiction or Future

Is Apple the next Microsoft?

Published on 2012-02-13 00:30:30

I have come to expect lawsuits and patent claims from microsoft. They have years and years of examples I can pick and choose from. Generally for silly little things which anybody with half of a brain would realise is just common sense and should not need to be patented. Unfortunately, we all know that the mighty bank balance and the growing thereof is of an ultimate concern for these companies.   Apple never used to be too concerned with such things as I remember. They si

The Pi is almost cooked.

Published on 2012-02-07 03:44:43

As I have been regularly checking the pages at the Raspberry Pi organisation I was pleased to see that they now have a release date. Just as I was starting to despair that these tiny morsels of computing power were never going to be finished.   According to the article the first batch of ten thousand boa

It is the fine points which count.

Published on 2012-02-03 02:12:50

Modern operating systems are pretty much equal in terms of functionality nowadays. It doesn't matter what operating system you use there are programs for that operating system which give you the ability to do anything you wish on a computer.   Naturally the way in which your computing goals can be achieved will possibly be different. For example. Perhaps you wish to make a table and you have two carpenters to choose from. The first carpenter grabs his wood (clean minds he

Do you live in mole city?

Published on 2012-01-31 00:31:36

According to this I do, even though I do come out occasionally and squint at the big bright day star. I just happened to be browsing through youtube and came across this very funny video of a guy going by the name of WhatYouOughtToKnow expounding on his experience with Linux.   W

No more Danger Will Robinson

Published on 2012-01-25 20:56:00

This is really dating myself now but growing up as a child one of the most influential shows I watched was Lost In Space. That show captured my imagination and was the main reason I became interested in space and science/fiction. I never forgot that show and even revisited that series as an adult and watched the whole series again, every show, to make sure I didn't miss out on any episode :) It is a pity they do not make shows like that any more.   Of course the real star

Have you taken your drugs today?

Published on 2012-01-17 09:32:00

If you have or ever had a need to take medicine on a regular basis then you would undoubtedly ask yourself if you have forgotten to take it. Not only that, I am sure you have often missed taking them at the correct time. With my latest program this is now a thing of the past.

The Pi is in the oven.

Published on 2012-01-11 00:49:56

You may remember in a previous post how I wanted some Raspberry Pi. Well the latest news is that the Pi is now in the oven and being baked as we speak. In other words manufacturing of these little Linux morsels is in action as you are reading this. This means that it won'

Understanding the Safari Cookies.binarycookies file format.

Published on 2012-01-07 06:15:32

I recently had a need to parse the Safari browser Cookies.binarycookies file in which Safari stores it's cookies. This file is (as the name suggests) a binary file where the cookies are stored. This is different from Firefox or Chrome browsers where the cookies are stored in an sqlight database or Internet Explorer and Navigator where the cookies are stored in text files. The Opera browser also stores it's cookies in a binary file format and that format is described in the Opera website. Unfo

Should Android and Linux marry?

Published on 2012-01-04 22:04:49

There have been thoughts and speculation floating around the web recently of Android and Linux merging again. What gets me is that everybody seems to be speaking and thinking of Android as a separate operating system. It is not! Android is just as much Linux based as the Linux based distribution you are using right now.   Admittedly it has the Linux internals locked away from the average Joe Citizen. However, any free shell program allows you to explor

Bit for byte, Linux is still best value!

Published on 2012-01-01 21:59:08

There is a saying I once heard which goes like this. No matter how big your hard drive is you never have enough space. Lets face it. Humans are pack rats and information junkies. When it comes to computers we never want to delete anything. Who knows, maybe one day in the future I will want to read that ten year old email about member enlargement again :)   As you know however, emails do not take up a large amount of space. From all the people I know the most amount of spa