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August 2004 - Posts

• Knoppix is Cool

  Knoppix is Linux on a CD, no need to install anything just boot off the CD and you have a working Linux system. Works pretty good, the only things missing is that it doesn't support my wireless card and all the resolutions my screen does on my laptop Read More... Posted Monday, August 23, 2004 7:11 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: misc

• Weekend Movies

  Code 46 Kind of a low budget Gattica, the only problem with the film is the major plot point is rendered null given the other uses of technology in the film. Why do they need little chits of paper to travel when everything else is done via finger print Read More... Posted Monday, August 23, 2004 7:02 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: movies

• Weekend Movie AVP

  Alien vs. Predator not a good film but entertaining enough for a Saturday afternoon. Read More... Posted Monday, August 16, 2004 1:41 PM by darryl | 1 Comments Filed under: movies

• I hate crappy software

  I bought an Avermedia UltraTV USB 300 tuner last week. It is a pretty cool little device lets you watch and record TV on your computer. The only problem is the software that comes with it is total crap. The scheduler doesn’t run as a service so you need Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:53 AM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: misc

• Weekend Movies

  VHQ and zip.ca have been slow sending me stuff this week. I have only seen Collateral Not bad. The Manchurian Candidate ok Cidade de Deus You really don't want to go to the slums in Rio. Read More... Posted Monday, August 09, 2004 3:22 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: movies

• Weekend Movies

  The Village I liked it better then Signs. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle Very funny Cherry 2000 I gotta stop renting such bad films Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:07 AM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: movies