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Managing Minecraft with screen
30/01/11
Running minecraft on a cloud computer or from the command line can be challenging. For example, when you connect to your cloud instance, you probably use SSH. If you start minecraft from that connection and you log out, your server stops running. Read More...
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Minecraft on the cloud
30/12/10
If you want to play minecraft on an external server, one way to do it is to use a cloud computer instance. I’ve used rackspace.com to host a small instance using 1GB RAM. It includes a daily and weekly system backup. Read More...
Best free iphone apps for kids
31/05/09
As observed from my kids use of our iPhone (always in airport mode of course when they are using it.) Read More...
Cool gift ideas
21/04/08
I thought I would list some of the cool shops for online neat stuff.
- http://www.fatbraintoys.com/
- http://www.rctoys.com
- http://www.thinkgeek.com/
- http://www.powerskip.de
- http://www.physlink.com
- http://www.fascinations.com/
- http://www.timewarptoys.com/
U2 Vertigo concert in Zurich
25/07/05
Now that was a concert! We got tickets by luck alone since the 45,000 were sold out in about an hour. After that we were hit by one downpour after another (the first waiting for tickets and the second waiting for the opening act of the band Feeder). But it was worth it 100%!
We just happened to see a friend at another entrance and asked why he was waiting there. "Well, you can get into the front section of the concert if you are among the first 4,000 people there" he said. By the time he was done we said what the heck, we had our binoculars just in case. So we followed him in and by the end of the concert we found ourselves one row behind the front of the stage and having a great time with a great crowd in front of a pretty darned cool band.
I loved the CoeXisT plug, even though it is a part of an ongoing trademark dispute it seems. Anyways, it was a great part of their songs and brought together a lot of energy. Then City Of Blinding Lights and of course Vertigo twice over. That was just too much fun.
We just happened to see a friend at another entrance and asked why he was waiting there. "Well, you can get into the front section of the concert if you are among the first 4,000 people there" he said. By the time he was done we said what the heck, we had our binoculars just in case. So we followed him in and by the end of the concert we found ourselves one row behind the front of the stage and having a great time with a great crowd in front of a pretty darned cool band.
I loved the CoeXisT plug, even though it is a part of an ongoing trademark dispute it seems. Anyways, it was a great part of their songs and brought together a lot of energy. Then City Of Blinding Lights and of course Vertigo twice over. That was just too much fun.
Free Earth/Mars viewing program
08/07/05
Google has released a great new version of the keyhole satellite viewer http://earth.google.com/ . If you have the minimum computer system below this is great fun to zoom into various addresses/ cities/ countries, to show kids how the world turns, or to search for Gilligan's Island. You can even get driving directions and then fly along the route!
Mars is included too but I don't know how accurate the driving instructions are.
Additional hint, if you go to Seattle don't turn on the Show Coffee Shops option. You might need more than the minimum system configuration to show all of the results
Minimum configuration:
* Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
* CPU speed: IntelÔøΩ PentiumÔøΩ PIII 500 MHz
* System memory (RAM): 128MB
* 200MB hard-disk space
* 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
* 1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
* Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
Mars is included too but I don't know how accurate the driving instructions are.
Additional hint, if you go to Seattle don't turn on the Show Coffee Shops option. You might need more than the minimum system configuration to show all of the results
Minimum configuration:
* Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
* CPU speed: IntelÔøΩ PentiumÔøΩ PIII 500 MHz
* System memory (RAM): 128MB
* 200MB hard-disk space
* 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
* 1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
* Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
Lego Star Destroyer built before your eyes
05/07/05
The people at http://www.adognamedfish.com/ spent 10 hours building a lego ship. Not only that but they left their webcam running to record the moment(s). I hoped they exercised a bit but the final product sure looks neat. I've never seen so many lego pieces.