The Neophiliac PassThe Neophiliac PassThis blog by an Arsenal FC fan deals with football and technology including unique articles on software, operating systems and internet. Articles
Stalemate at Fratton Park but Baptista hits a hat-trick
2007-05-14 20:32:00 …. of penalty misses this season. No, the Beast couldn’t score and though I did not see the match because it wasn’t telecasted I’ll catch the replay which should be on Friday. Anyway, I saw the highlights and since it was actually 0-0 so there’s nothing really for me to report. I didn’t miss much ... More About: Football , Trick , Park , Mate , Hits
How to Run Meebo in Firefox Sidebar
2007-05-14 20:04:00 I don’t like Google Talk as an application so I wondered if it would be possible to get a Firefox extension to run it within the browser. I did find one and managed to use it for a while. Then I discovered that there was a better method of having all your IM clients in ... More About: Internet , Meebo , Sidebar , Side
Last of the season then?
2007-05-13 13:59:00 The final game of the season, and possibly the final game for some players of Arsenal Football Club is here. If Liverpool were to slip up against Charlton at home and we were to win today, 3rd place would be ours. But then there’s the daunting task of playing Portsmouth at Fratton Park today. With ... More About: Season , Seas , Then
Ubuntu won?t have Wine with Dell-powered PCs
2007-05-12 12:38:00 Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu , earlier stated in an interview with eWeek that Dell will not include Wine on PCs shipping with Dell because he does not want Ubuntu (and generally Linux ) to look like a cheap alternative to Windows. He wants Linux to use its own strengths to attract customers, adding that if ... More About: Operating Systems
Saturday Arsenal roundup - Wenger, Fabianski and Muamba
2007-05-12 11:55:00 Because of the hosting switch I didn’t have a midweek Arsenal update up, but don’t worry things are going to be a whole lot better next week. Anyway, I’ve started the new Saturday Arsenal roundup as I had planned which will not, however include a preview to the next match, but then again, there’s only ... More About: Football , Roundup , Wenger
Switching Hosts
2007-05-10 23:15:00 As of May 13, 2007, the domain is back working. Sorry for the delay everything is resolved now. I’m sorry I haven’t written for the last 2 days. I’ll be updating some of the posts I’ve got in bank to point to those two days a little later. At the moment I’m switching web hosts and ... More About: Switching , Hosts , Witch
Does Vista gaming beat XP and is PC gaming dead?
2007-05-10 20:08:00 I said it before in my post on DX10 gaming in the near future through the Alky Project and through Vista , that it is better to wait till the Vista graphic drivers improve to provide efficiency. I stick by my argument and want you to know that though I’m not a big fan of Microsoft ... More About: Gaming , Windows X , Dead
Group Blogger Project Links
2007-05-08 16:26:00 I found some really great blogs out there after going through the first batch of entries for ProBlogger ?s Group Project . You can read my group project here and I encourage you to vote and let other people know about it as well. Share This More About: Internet , Blogging , Links
Download from Rapidshare using FlashGot and a download manager
2007-05-08 11:31:00 Earlier I posted an article on downloading directly with Rapidshare using Rapidshare Link Grabber. However, that stopped working for me and I was in a fix. Then I came across RapGet and it was fine. However, I’ve finally discovered a way to download any type of file from Rapidshare using any download manager, in my ... More About: Internet , Download , Manager , Download Manager , Down
Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea: United win the title
2007-05-07 07:20:00 No, Ashley Cole didn’t play this game. And yes, a draw was good enough to hand Manchester United their 9th Premier League title, congratulations to them. We had put an end to Chelsea ’s title challenge. However, I think we were lucky to go in front with Khalid Boulahrouz, Chelsea’s fourth choice central defender, fouling the ... More About: Arsenal , Football , Title
3rd place and a dig at stupid Cole up for grabs
2007-05-06 13:50:00 Hello all. I can’t believe that Arsenal’s season is almost over. The final home game today and then an away game next weekend at Portsmouth. Anyway, there’s something to look forward to today. I doubt Mourinho will ‘risk’ Cole because of his ‘injury’ (yeah right). Anyway, Wenger reckons we need to show some respect to ... More About: Football , Stupid , Place , Lace
Free iPod Video Converter
2007-05-05 10:11:00 A friend of mine was looking for a video converter over the last couple of days to carry videos with him on his iPod to watch while traveling to London. I browsed a couple of magazine CDs and found a new program called Free iPod Video Converter . The good thing about this program is the ... More About: Software , Ipod
NVIDIA Geforce 8800 Ultra coming soon
2007-05-04 14:59:00 Until now I’ve known the GeForce 8800 GTX GPU to be the world’s fastest GPU, but the introduction of the new NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra , that status is about to change. It performs an average of between 10-15% faster than its “predecessor” and the graphics card features 768MB of onboard memory, a 384-bit wide memory ... More About: Hardware , Geforce , Ming
Jobs: Greener Apple and LED-backlit LCDs
2007-05-03 18:51:00 Steve Jobs has made only his second entry in the blogosphere and this time he clears the air over the talk of Apple not being ‘green’ enough. In his previous post, he had insisted that Apple would welcome a DRM-free world and that iTunes would offer unencrypted downloads the moment that labels make them available, if the labels wouldn’t mind that is. His latest post ‘A Greene r Apple‘ is Jobs’ indepth look into the company’s e-waste management and regulatory measures that have been taken already, putting it practically ahead of several companies like Dell and HP though not on paper because of the great promises of the latter pair. (more…) Share This
Adebayor, Cashley and a little more
2007-05-02 19:08:00 Adebayor spoke about how the team is maturing and that they’ve learnt to cope with difficult moments in the game. He also has this to say before Sunday’s game against Chelsea: Share This More About: Football , Little , More , Cash , Ashley
Second Life goes open-source, but there?s another battle
2007-05-01 09:43:00 Personally, I’m not a fan of Second Life . I would have surely tried it out with a better net pipe, but I do know quite well that it is a 3D world where anyone can reinvent himself, like being reborn in a new avatar or form. More information in case you have no idea of ... More About: Internet , Open Source , Second Life , Open
SplashCast takes podcasting to the next level
2007-04-30 16:42:00 SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media ‘channels’ that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages ‘tuned’ to that ... More About: Internet , Podcasts , Podcasting , Splash
Late goals by Gunners drown Fulham and Monday news
2007-04-29 20:16:00 Sorry I couldn’t post earlier though I had this typed. It took Arsenal two late goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Gilberto Silva to secure a 3-1 win over Fulham after Julio Baptista had put Arsenal in front in the 4th minute. Adebayor sent in a slick cross into the box which Baptista fortunately headed in ... More About: News , Football , Goals , Monday
Arsenal vs Fulham - Preview and News
2007-04-28 12:24:00 A short preview and some news before the 2nd consecutive London derby on Sunday, this time we’re playing Fulham. Arsenal just need a point to cement that fourth Champions League spot. Fulham however, are in a relegation battle and a win would strengthen their chances of survival though I hardly think Arsene Wenger’s men are ... More About: News , Football , Preview , View
Vista worth the while?
2007-04-27 19:50:00 I haven’t gone the Vista way and I don’t intend to do so for a while. Reactions to Vista’s sales differ if you check different sources with IDC, a data source suggesting Vista is ascending in the market and PC Magazine suggesting otherwise. Microsoft serves a worldwide branch of consumers in the IT industry and ... More About: Operating Systems , Worth , While , Wort
Google?s guest appearance on The Simpsons
2007-04-27 18:34:00 Google, of all things made an appearance on this Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons with Marge discovering the joys of the Internet . And she was proved wrong of her idea of the internet giant. Share This More About: Google , Appearance
Multiplatform DX10 games through Alky Project
2007-04-26 11:52:00 About a week ago, Falling Leaf Systems announced the alpha of a project they are running called the Alky Project . The aim of the project is to make DX10 games work on different platforms including Windows XP, Linux and Mac OS X. The Alky Project plans to take in a DX10 game executable and spit ... More About: Games , Operating Systems , Direct , Game
Why Arsenal don?t need a takeover to progress
2007-04-25 13:49:00 I’ve been reading the other Arsenal blogs and news sites today and there is a war of opinions over the Kroenke takeover situation. Feel free to browse this category for earlier references to the situation. As it stands though, Kroenke has a 12.19% stake and the American has still not revealed his true motives though ... More About: Takeover , Prog , Over , Need
OpenDNS? new keyword browsing
2007-04-24 17:58:00 Opera and to some extent Firefox users will be acquainted with the keywords feature to access Google. However, now with Open DNS’ new feature you can extend your functionality to more than just a ‘g’ in the address bar for Google. The new service called ‘Shortcuts‘ extends the functionality of the address bar beyond entering URLs ... More About: Browsers , Internet , Keyword , Browsing
Vista Transformation Pack 6 - make XP look like Vista
2007-04-23 13:15:00 Well, for all you people out there who simply refuse to upgrade to Vista or don’t know why one really should, there is a solution to making your Windows X P system look like Windows Vista. Windows X’s Shrine provides this solution through Vista Transformation Pack. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and ... More About: Software , Design , Make
Two free file and partition recovery tools
2007-04-22 10:11:00 This review covers two recovery tools, one of which is completely free and the other is shareware, offering a free 30-day trial. PC Inspector File Recovery (freeware) is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. Handy Recovery (shareware) is an easy-to-use data recovery software designed to restore files accidentally ... More About: Software , Tools , Free
Jenas gives the Spuds a draw
2007-04-21 17:25:00 2-2 was the final score and the Scum celebrated like they had won the league or something. A great match for neutrals and its been a while since I’ve seen Arsenal involved in such an open game like this and put up a strong performance. Surprisingly though, out of the four goals, three were from ... More About: Football , Jenas , Give , Draw , Spuds
Microsoft Windows semi-freeware
2007-04-20 19:05:00 Microsoft plans to offer Windows , Office and other software for $3 to people in developing nations. No, not the regular XP but a stripped down version. There has already been a movement in progress for a $150 laptop for all, with the ultimate aim to reduce it to $100. However, that laptop is powered by ... More About: Microsoft , Freeware , Ware , Microsoft Windows
The 2-point web and browser wars
More articles from this author:2007-04-19 17:10:00 I’m sure you know if you’ve followed some of my previous Internet posts that the concept of Web 2 .0 is about everything being about the user, by the user and for the user. Web 2.0 sites however, seem to be sites full of leechers or in a more appropriate term, consumers rather than contributors. The ... More About: Browsers , Social Networking , Wars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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