Archive for 'Technology'

Chrome OS Booting on my Original eeePC

Booting and running the Google Chrome OS (which I compiled from the open source Chromium OS source code) on my ancient original Asus eeePC. The 404s are because it takes a while to connect to my wireless internet. Note the awesome graphics bugs, which thankfully don’t happen too often.

Ten Year F1 Engine Freeze – Why?

I was honestly surprised to read this week that the FIA has ratified a ten-year engine freeze for F1 motor sport. F1 teams must deliver an engine design to the FIA no later than the 31st of March next year, and must stick to that design through the 2017 season.
The reasoning the FIA has given [...]

AIR, Web Applications, and Web 3.0

A post over on WinExtra and my recent dabble with Adobe’s excellent AIR have me thinking about the further evolution of the internet. The WinExtra post gives a good background into what I am about to say, so it is worth reading beforehand.
Let me begin by saying that overall, I agree with what Steven is [...]

Microsoft Exchange to Gmail Migration with IMAP

(Yes, an update. I know it’s been a while, but I will try to blog more regularly.)
While I understand Google had to do a lot behind the scenes to ensure that actions mapped into Gmail properly, it has been a long wait for long-time Gmail users like me to get IMAP support in Google’s [...]