I joined Facebook today. I've heard so much stories and things about it that I had to try it myself. We'll see if it turns out to be "too Web 2.0" for me or not :)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
An essay about past ten years
I've been a student in the Helsinki University of Technology for nine years now. As you might already guess, my studies haven't advanced as they should've - I would've graduated a long time ago, if they had. However, having worked full- or part-time all of the that time has brought me such an experience a "normal", goody-two-shoe student will not gather for a long time, even after his/her graduation. I having seen and experienced the the dot-com bubble first hand is something you do not learn from the books or being in stable-and-boring job for ten, twenty or even thirty years.
Well, now I got well off-topic from what I planned to write at first. Earlier this month I decided to put more efforts to my studies to finally graduate some beautiful day. I had to write down a proper plan to complete my studies, and write an essay about my studies so far.
Writing down an essay about past nine years isn't exactly the most easy thing to do. You have to do some deep analysis of yourself and both your successes and mistakes. If something, that is something we all should do on a more regular basis. I found out many interesting things, both good and bad, by analysing the essay. When you see it all in a text that you write for someone else, explaining half of your life, you can no longer use those sad excuses anymore. You start to see the real picture.
I recommend everyone to do a little self-analysis. Write an essay about your life during the past five or ten years and see if you are happy what you see. If not, the problems are in front of you in clear writing and you can start improving yourself and your life quality right away.
Well, now I got well off-topic from what I planned to write at first. Earlier this month I decided to put more efforts to my studies to finally graduate some beautiful day. I had to write down a proper plan to complete my studies, and write an essay about my studies so far.
Writing down an essay about past nine years isn't exactly the most easy thing to do. You have to do some deep analysis of yourself and both your successes and mistakes. If something, that is something we all should do on a more regular basis. I found out many interesting things, both good and bad, by analysing the essay. When you see it all in a text that you write for someone else, explaining half of your life, you can no longer use those sad excuses anymore. You start to see the real picture.
I recommend everyone to do a little self-analysis. Write an essay about your life during the past five or ten years and see if you are happy what you see. If not, the problems are in front of you in clear writing and you can start improving yourself and your life quality right away.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
My favourite feeds
Nothing out of ordinary lately. EU3 has been running a lot lately, so not so much free time left.
I'd like to share my favourite feeds, in case someone doesn't already read these:
The n00b comic: Excellent comic about the WoW generation gaming etc. Lots of fun about online roleplaying games (MMORPGs), lately it has gone down a notch, but mostly because the start is so HILARIOUS its hard to top later!
Ctrl-alt-del: Ctrl-alt-del is another excellent comic about gaming, life, IT. Featuring Ethan the umm, dork :) and Lucas the rational as main characters and best buddies & roomies, their views are constantly clashing and it creates interesting views into everything.. Just hilarious. Read from the beginning to not miss anything!
Slashdot: ./ is the number one site for following the Open source, Linux, IT, media industry etc stories. Very good moderation system, insightful discussion, a must for any IT person.
Worse than Failure: Former What-The-Fuck. Posts WTF cases from IT industries, potpourri of funny errors, WTF'd code and so on. Just hilarious if you are a coder or work in the IT industries. Lots of insider jokes referring to the older posts etc, just hilarious.
Doh!: Oh the humanity. Mostly posting mistakes and absurdies in news, such as BBC, CNN, webstores etc.
Pokernews: PokerNews has improved a lot over the last year, and it has the best coverage of the WSOP this year. Kicked Bluff magazine hands down in accuracy, speed, quality... despite that Bluff was the official WSOP reporting mag.
In addition to those, I have many "private" boards I follow and discuss on. If you have any other good webcomics, post them, I could occasionally use something new :)
I'd like to share my favourite feeds, in case someone doesn't already read these:
The n00b comic: Excellent comic about the WoW generation gaming etc. Lots of fun about online roleplaying games (MMORPGs), lately it has gone down a notch, but mostly because the start is so HILARIOUS its hard to top later!
Ctrl-alt-del: Ctrl-alt-del is another excellent comic about gaming, life, IT. Featuring Ethan the umm, dork :) and Lucas the rational as main characters and best buddies & roomies, their views are constantly clashing and it creates interesting views into everything.. Just hilarious. Read from the beginning to not miss anything!
Slashdot: ./ is the number one site for following the Open source, Linux, IT, media industry etc stories. Very good moderation system, insightful discussion, a must for any IT person.
Worse than Failure: Former What-The-Fuck. Posts WTF cases from IT industries, potpourri of funny errors, WTF'd code and so on. Just hilarious if you are a coder or work in the IT industries. Lots of insider jokes referring to the older posts etc, just hilarious.
Doh!: Oh the humanity. Mostly posting mistakes and absurdies in news, such as BBC, CNN, webstores etc.
Pokernews: PokerNews has improved a lot over the last year, and it has the best coverage of the WSOP this year. Kicked Bluff magazine hands down in accuracy, speed, quality... despite that Bluff was the official WSOP reporting mag.
In addition to those, I have many "private" boards I follow and discuss on. If you have any other good webcomics, post them, I could occasionally use something new :)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Napolens Ambition
If you like turn based strategy, you must try out Paradox Interactives Europa Universalis. It has evolved to version III already over the years. Couple of days ago, they published an extension for it called Napoleons Ambition.
As you can guess, Im going to praise the extension. Adding a lot of things to a already superior game isn't easy thing to do, but they've done it. The game offers even more balanced game play, advanced AI, extended timeline and so on. The computer isn't the same walkover opponent it was back in EU3 v1.0 a year ago (well, the v1.3 actually managed to fix it properly already...)
Anyways, now shoo, if you are a bit into this type of game, go buy the game and the extension ASAP. Paradox is a rarity in todays gaming world, their games do not include any DRM or stuff that hinders you playing experience. The game does not span multiple DVDs and hog you HD on install. Its just the game, a HUGE set of historical accurate data and lovely gameplay.
Do you need more reason than that? I don't. Now I'm having hard time deciding which one to use my spare time to: Civ4 with Beyond the Sword, or EU3 with Napoleons Ambition :)
As you can guess, Im going to praise the extension. Adding a lot of things to a already superior game isn't easy thing to do, but they've done it. The game offers even more balanced game play, advanced AI, extended timeline and so on. The computer isn't the same walkover opponent it was back in EU3 v1.0 a year ago (well, the v1.3 actually managed to fix it properly already...)
Anyways, now shoo, if you are a bit into this type of game, go buy the game and the extension ASAP. Paradox is a rarity in todays gaming world, their games do not include any DRM or stuff that hinders you playing experience. The game does not span multiple DVDs and hog you HD on install. Its just the game, a HUGE set of historical accurate data and lovely gameplay.
Do you need more reason than that? I don't. Now I'm having hard time deciding which one to use my spare time to: Civ4 with Beyond the Sword, or EU3 with Napoleons Ambition :)
Got my hands on N800
I got a pair of N800's related to my next assignment. Quite a toy! I was part of N770 development team, and we cussed about a lot of things in it, the lack fo memory and flash capacity as our prime targets. 64mb for memory and another 64mb for storage was way too little for a embedded Debian.
N800 does it different: double the memory and quaruple the storage, and another flash card slot for even more storage: one internal and one removable. Stereo speakers instead of mono, yummy. Faster OMAP processor, about twice the speed; oh the luxury!
Anyways, if you have any interest for this kind of device, I can recommend it warmly. New software versions are coming out frequently enough and community has ported and developed hundrers of applications for it. Just google for Maemo Mapper (and purchase GPS with Bluetooth) and you have a navigator! The list goes on...
Shoo, go get one! :D
N800 does it different: double the memory and quaruple the storage, and another flash card slot for even more storage: one internal and one removable. Stereo speakers instead of mono, yummy. Faster OMAP processor, about twice the speed; oh the luxury!
Anyways, if you have any interest for this kind of device, I can recommend it warmly. New software versions are coming out frequently enough and community has ported and developed hundrers of applications for it. Just google for Maemo Mapper (and purchase GPS with Bluetooth) and you have a navigator! The list goes on...
Shoo, go get one! :D
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