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ohwp··on Apple - Think Twice
Sometimes you can fix it yourself by running an animation with only 3 frames: one red, one green and one blue. Let it run all night if possible. It once fixed my Dell monitor with (as they called it) "lazy pixels".
ohwp··on The future of Ubuntu revealed
As Ubuntu gets more popular I'm sure they are selling more support to schools, governments and others. In 2009 they had a revenue of $30m which was enough to keep things running. So why not?
ohwp··on F1, like soccer and the metric system, is OK for everyone except Americans
Every heard about Wernher von Braun? ;)
ohwp··on Alert: Backdoor placed in Piwik
I think your comment just triggered Microsoft Security Essentials on my PC because it was saved as cache on my disk :)
ohwp··on I’m writing my own OS
Just start what you like to do.

I don't know a lot about math (I still don't) but I always wanted to write a 3D render engine. I also was afraid of the complexity. But then I figured I didn't know anything about it's complexity because I never tried.

So I started with Processing and wrote an photo-realistic ligh-tracer. Very slow but very very fun. Then I wrote a multi-core version which was a little faster. Then an path-tracer which was faster. Then an exporter for Blender. Then I ported the project to Java. Is it as good as current render engines? No! But I don't care because I learned a lot and had a lot of fun.

Then I liked to have a CNC router. But I could not afford one. So I just built one and it worked!

Moral of the story: just do it. You will fail sometimes but who cares? You will always learn a lot.

ohwp··on Optimizing Data Transfer for Web(GL) Applications (using PNG)
Changed the title because imho this can be used for more types of Web Applications.
ohwp··on The only video portfolio videomakers need
Maybe it's a good idea to explain in short why your service is better than lets say Vimeo. Now only the very curious will leave there email address.
ohwp··on Guy Attaches Helium Balloons to House, Soars Into Sky Like Up Character
National Geographic already did it with a full scale house. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV6rNqin4P8&t=115
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