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mFlow: music-on-demand start-up

By sigizmund On June 21, 2011 · 429Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fmflow-musical-start-up%2FmFlow%3A+music-on-demand+start-up2011-06-21+14%3A52%3A15sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D429

mFlow is a very nice and interesting start-up based in Chiswick. They do music streaming on demand, just like Spotify. You can listen it for free. I don’t claim to understand their business model (OK, fine, you can buy music there as well, but so you can in zillion other places) but they are [...]

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Q: How To Sneak Into Google Office (A: NO WAY!)

By sigizmund On June 15, 2011 · 422Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fq-how-to-sneak-into-google-office-a-no-way%2FQ%3A+How+To+Sneak+Into+Google+Office+%28A%3A+NO+WAY%21%292011-06-15+16%3A24%3A24sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D422

This way clearly doesn’t work, so don’t try it at home to repeat it.

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On engineers, physicists and mathematicians. Best quote ever.

By sigizmund On June 11, 2011 · 419Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fon-engineers-physicists-and-mathematicians-best-quote-ever%2FOn+engineers%2C+physicists+and+mathematicians.+Best+quote+ever.2011-06-11+14%3A16%3A47sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D419

An engineer thinks that his equations are an approximation to reality. A physicist thinks reality is an approximation to his equations. A mathematician doesn’t care.

Honestly, this could easily be the best and most apt phrase I ever heard. Does anyone know who should I attribute this quote to?

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Space Odyssey 2001

By sigizmund On May 20, 2011 · 413Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fspace-odyssey-2001%2FSpace+Odyssey+20012011-05-20+10%3A43%3A53sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D413

To be perfectly honest, I cannot give a definitive answer on how did I miss this particular novel (and even more than that, three following ones!) by Arthur Clarke – when I was a child and a teenager I used to read every possible bit of science fiction I could came across. Yet not this [...]

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Google Chrome OS and Cr-48 and 3G connectivity using Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile UK

By sigizmund On March 7, 2011 · 409Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fgoogle-chrome-os-and-cr-48-and-3g-connectivity-using-vodafone-o2-t-mobile-uk%2FGoogle+Chrome+OS+and+Cr-48+and+3G+connectivity+using+Vodafone%2C+O2%2C+T-Mobile+UK+2011-03-07+17%3A07%3A44sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D409

Despite rather lengthy title, the post itself will be rather short and straight to the point. If you are lucky owner of Cr-48 Chrome OS netbook and very inconsiderably live outside of the United States (like, you know, some of us happen to be), you can still get a joy of wireless 3G connectivity. Not [...]

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On ushankas, balalaikas and international ignorance

By sigizmund On September 4, 2010 · 403Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fon-ushankas-balalaikas-and-international-ignorance%2FOn+ushankas%2C+balalaikas+and+international+ignorance2010-09-04+14%3A13%3A52sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D403

You know, when I first left my motherland, it struck me how much people’s ideas about Russia are ruled by Hollywood stereotypes (bears in ushankas drinking vodka on a Red Square accompanying themselves with balalaikas and garmoshkas — did I miss anything?). Bit later I realised this isn’t only Hollywood — e.g. episode 6, Skins, [...]

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While you’re waiting for your Natty Narwhal…

By sigizmund On August 26, 2010 · 399Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fwhile-youre-waiting-for-your-natty-narwhal%2FWhile+you%27re+waiting+for+your+Natty+Narwhal...2010-08-26+09%3A23%3A27sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D399

Waiting for a Natty Narwhal to come and save us.

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“Ah, this is so un-Agile” or Agile People Still Don’t Get It

By sigizmund On August 22, 2010 · 395Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fah-this-is-so-un-agile-or-agile-people-still-dont-get-it%2F%22Ah%2C+this+is+so+un-Agile%22+or+Agile+People+Still+Don%27t+Get+It2010-08-22+15%3A20%3A10sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D395

Early in the development cycle, it’s perfectly acceptable to go for a policy of “zero bugs” and “100% tests”. But as the deadline looms, these choices need to be reconsidered all the time and evaluated while keeping a close eye of the final goal. Very often, Agilists simply forget that their job is to produce [...]

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Java Forever

By sigizmund On June 25, 2010 · 385Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fjava-forever%2FJava+Forever2010-06-25+13%3A52%3A18sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D385

…from creators of Javatar and .NOT…

— Mom? I have a confession to make. I use Java.
— What the hell are you talking about?
— I want to use a programming language which doesn’t only run in Windows.

My, this is so full of win!

— Hey, what are you guys up to?

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Remote madness

By sigizmund On June 15, 2010 · 3814 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2Fremote-madness%2FRemote+madness2010-06-15+08%3A41%3A04sigizmundhttp%3A%2F%2Fsigizmund.com%2F%3Fp%3D381

Tried to assist my sister with filling in an online payment form to her summer college in London. I couldn’t make TeamViewer (which is great by all means) to work on my laptop (it just keeps failing and closing), so I had to make an SSH tunnel to my home iMac via my NAS, forward [...]

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