Category Archives: Geek

Anything IT related (which is most things I say) :-)

Die Flash, Die!

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Jethro Carr

“I hated flash whilst it was still cool!” — Jethro Carr, Internet Hipster Adobe Flash has to be one of the more polarizing internet technologies out there, people either love it or hate it, but either way, it’s difficult to … Continue reading →

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Why I hate DSL

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’m living around 8km from the center of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, with only 8 mbits down and 0.84 mbits upstream in a very modern building with (presumably) good wiring installed. :’( The above is what happens to your … Continue reading →

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Infodrugs

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’ve taken a spontaneous holiday. Not to some exotic location or escape from daily life, but rather a Twitter holiday, logging out of my account, removing it from my laptop, my phone and any other system I use. I’m still trying … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Firefox Sync Awesomeness

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jethro Carr

When I recently rebuilt my laptop, I switched back from Google’s Chromium browser to instead use Mozilla Firefox. Whilst I really liked Chromium, there were a few specific reasons which push me more towards Firefox: I trust the Mozilla Foundation … Continue reading →

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Wynyard Crossing

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jethro Carr

As part of my mission to get out and explore Auckland some more, I’ve been down at Wynyard Quarter a bit. It’s quite a neat and relatively recent development in Auckland, with several trendy bars/food places and a pedestrian friendly … Continue reading →

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Intel 320 SSD stats & encryption

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I recently obtained a 120GB Intel 320 SSD for upgrading my Lenovo Thinkpad X201i from it’s sluggish hard disk to something with a bit sharper performance. Whilst not the latest and highest performance SSD from Intel, it’s certainly still very … Continue reading →

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AirNZ 747, yay!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jethro Carr

For my trip to linux.conf.au in Melbourne/Ballarat I had rescheduled my flights from Wellington to Auckland due to the fact that I had booked my flights before my lovely lady dragged me up to Auckland to live with her. It’s … Continue reading →

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apt-get install debian

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jethro Carr

Early last year I wrote how I was concerned about the progress and future of the CentOS project and was considering other options. As of today, I’ve now shifted my primary workstation (Lenovo X201i laptop) from the somewhat out of … Continue reading →

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100% pure freedom phone?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jethro Carr

As per my earlier rant about Android’s openness, I’m not particularly happy with all the binary components on my phone, nor am I particularly happy with the Android Market’s control and lack of clarity around licensing. There’s multiple issues with … Continue reading →

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Android Market Immaturity

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jethro Carr

Whilst I’m on the war path of Android, there’s a number of major issues that the Android Market has which have been causing me great annoyance lately. It feels very much like Google rushed out a Market application that meets … Continue reading →

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