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Say Hi to Gisele

Today — technically, yesterday –, after only six weeks since I’d placed the order, my new computer arrived.
As I wrote before, it’s a 2.2GHz 15″ MacBook Pro. And, of course, it’s already been given a name: Gisele — previous was Nicole. ;)

I’ve just finished setting everything up — which is a shame, considering I’ll [...]

Guess who’s got a new computer

That would be me, even though I haven’t got it, yet.
I placed my order last week and am now impatiently waiting for it to arrive.

I decided to go with a MacBook Pro 15″ 2.2 GHz. I was unsure until the last second, but I thought the 2.4 GHz wasn’t worth the big premium: it’s almost [...]

New host

Last Sunday, I decided it was time for me to change host and decided to give a try to MediaLayer.
I chose it based on a lot of great reviews over at WebHostingTalk and the fact it’s using LiteSpeed instead of Apache, which was a nice plus.

The decision to change was taken after my old host [...]

My new phone

For the past couple of months, I’ve been tempted to change my old mobile — a Nokia 6610, if I remember correctly –, so a couple of days ago, I decided to get myself a brand spanking new Nokia E61i and, boy oh boy, let me tell you it’s fantastic.

It’s my first QWERTY-mobile, so I [...]

Teaching mediocrity

Continuing on my quest for rant-Nirvana, here’s another rant. This time — and not for the first time –, I’m focusing on university.

As previously stated on this very blog, I feel university is pretty much useless — and mind you I’m referring to my field: computer engineering, but it could be easily applied to most [...]

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