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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

— George Bernard Shaw

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blog by Michał 'czesiek' Czyżewski - computer geek, free software enthusiast & tea lover

Feb 9, 2010

Keeping your Gentoo nice and clean

Linux Gentoo is my primary operating system. Yes, I've tried Ubuntu/Arch, I've been down that road. The thing with Gentoo is that it works perfectly - it does exactly what I want it to do. And that means also that when I fail, my Gentoo suffers. It's like your dog.

Having been friends with my Gentoo for quite some time (ca. 5 years now, with 2 year break for Ubuntu), I've learned how to take care of my beloved OS.

see more Jan 12, 2010

Yo dawg, I heard you like browsers...

...so I put a browser in your browser so you can browse while you're browsing

One of the completely useless features in Firefox is that you can open a browser in your browser. In fact that's more of a consequence of how the browser was designed and built. How about a little demo?

see more Nov 12, 2009

Scripting lftp for easy repetitive upload

Yeah, I know I shouldn't do this, but don't we all have our quick and dirty ways of doing stuff? Setting up testing environment takes so much time. Time you prefer to spend watching Film Riot, Futurama, [insert your favourite show here].

see more Sep 3, 2009

Wireless electricity FTW!

TED Talks: Eric Giler demos wireless electricity

This is a demo from this year's TED conference. I'm seriously considering building such coil, there are some technical papers available in the cloud (damn this free registration thing).

Aug 31, 2009

piracy-and-global-warming

Environmentalists are scaring me. Recently I read an article in polish Newsweek titled Expensive delusion about how global warming is a scam. Take that, Jonathon Porritt!

Jul 25, 2009