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TIL whale oil was used in car transmissions up until the 1970’s
The reason why so many whales were killed in the 20th century was the distant ramifications of replacement of whale oil by petroleum. It took another 100 years to find solutions to these ramifications, and only then it became possible to save the whales. Ecological activism did not play significant role in all of these […]
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Rampage
So apparently, the classic arcade game Rampage is being adapted into a movie. This brings back some memories: as a kid, my brother, a friend and I all sat together in front of the computer banging on the keyboard to bring those buildings down. We ended up breaking the keyboard, and my father formatted the diskette.
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Mac App Store Update Error
To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it. If you’re signed in and still get this error message when trying to update an app in the Mac App Store, you can workaround it by removing the application completely, and doing a fresh install.
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Santorini
Just came back from a trip to beautiful Santorini. It’s the first time I used a DSLR – my brother’s Canon 60D, and though I don’t know much about photography (yet), this is the first batch of pictures I think are interesting:
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Macbook Pro SSD Upgrade
Today I replaced the 7200 RPM 250GB Hard Drive in my laptop with a 120GB SSD. Here are the Xbench Disk Test results: More important though is how the system feels: blazing fast – I never expected this level of improvement!