Pi

PiSir, I have a rhyme excelling
in mystic force and magic spelling.
Celestial sprites elucidate
all my own striving can’t relate
Or locate they who can cogitate
And so finally terminate. Finis.

Original author unknown

Stop Firefox pop-ups

Using Firefox? Getting popups you don’t expect? It turns out that some clever people figured out that you could launch pop-ups from Flash, getting around the Firefox default settings.

Here you’ll a very usefull tip to get rid of those pop-ups as well.

Update: as of version 1.5 Firefox also blocks flash pop-ups by default.

Minix 3 released

minix_logo.gifMinix3 is a new open-source operating system designed to be highly reliable and secure. It is based somewhat on previous versions of MINIX, but is fundamentally different in many key ways. MINIX 1 and 2 were intended as teaching tools; MINIX 3 adds the new goal of being usable as a serious system on resource-limited and embedded computers and for applications requiring high reliability.

[Source: http://www.minix3.org/]

Must be cool. Old HD buddy BenG worked his ass off on it ;)

BenG approved

Minix is a project of Andrew S. Tanenbaum.

Stumbleupon.com

Yet another perfect waste of time. Surfing around a bit is taken to the next level by Stumbleupon. Install the plugin and you’re able to notify or warn soul mates of anything you stumble upon.

Time to waste? Just click “Stumble!” and you’re GO! Never a dull moment anymore :)