Apologies comrades. I know i promised a new fresh mix on saturday last week and a few more blogs on Windows 7, but i have a very valid excuse. Let me start off by saying alcohol is the devil!
Friday night last week, i decided to go out and have a good time after a long stressful week....however what started off as a night of heavy drinking quickly turned into probably the worst experience of my life. No bullshitting. After hitting our favourite bar, already drunk after a few bacardi red bull's, i proceeded to intoxicate myself heavily. I'll say this.....Bacardi, Vodka and Tequila, taken one after the other for a good couple of hours is the worst thing a person could do.
I don't know what happened, i don't remember anything, all i know is that the police woke me up on the side of the road miles away from the bar after i had disappeared for a good 5 or so hours. Nobody knows what happened to me. What i do know is i had managed to injure myself to the point my mouth was bleeding and i was suffering from (what i would say) a minor concussion. Not only that, but i didnt know where the heck i was and how i got there.
But i'm fully recovered now, ready to hit the bars and clubs again. AND AND AND! I will work on my mix! So hold on to your socks cos this weekend the Gigitsu will return.
More to come later....
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Windows 7, network install.
On another note, i mentioned i was trying to get my lab rat to boot windows 7 but i didnt have a working dvd drive in it. Well thanks to the boys at the ubuntu forums, i managed to get a guide on doing this. The irony of this? Ubuntu is supposed to be competing with windows.....and i turned to their forum for help....and got it...swiftly. Nah but really, they have sections dedicated to other OS's. I mean Mark Shuttleworth (the Ubuntu Founder) even complimented M$ on Win7.
Right now i only had time to test if i can get into the setup from my network, and i did. Tomorrow....or saturday (sometime before the mix....maybe even during?) i will run the whole thing through and see if it "takes" on my old piece of shit :)
I'm dying to use the OS but seeing as its a Beta, and given the problems Vista had....its not touching my lappy top unless its contained in a virtual machine. I'll write back with results.
P.S. If anyone else wants the guide i'll put the link in when i WIN!
Right now i only had time to test if i can get into the setup from my network, and i did. Tomorrow....or saturday (sometime before the mix....maybe even during?) i will run the whole thing through and see if it "takes" on my old piece of shit :)
I'm dying to use the OS but seeing as its a Beta, and given the problems Vista had....its not touching my lappy top unless its contained in a virtual machine. I'll write back with results.
P.S. If anyone else wants the guide i'll put the link in when i WIN!
The Modern Art of Gigitsu.
Its almost the weekend again and i've spent countless hours listening to all the house i have. Good news people. Saturday night should hopefully be the night the next mix hits the interweb. Provided i don't end up devestated after FAILING another mix. I mean come on, what happened to my skill? Has anyone even heard my shit?
Off topic, sorry. So Saturday 24th January 2009, a fresh house mix. I don't walk around with my headphones blaring to damage my ears y'know. Im studying. Every bassline, every hook, every intro and outro. Some careful planning has gone into throwing this set together and by Jeebus i think we got a winner here. As for a killer name.....we'll see.
For now, get your asses through my posts to find my old mixes and have a taste.....then come back on saturday....or sunday......hopefully. Mmmkay?
Off topic, sorry. So Saturday 24th January 2009, a fresh house mix. I don't walk around with my headphones blaring to damage my ears y'know. Im studying. Every bassline, every hook, every intro and outro. Some careful planning has gone into throwing this set together and by Jeebus i think we got a winner here. As for a killer name.....we'll see.
For now, get your asses through my posts to find my old mixes and have a taste.....then come back on saturday....or sunday......hopefully. Mmmkay?
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I sarque at mixing :(
I'm sitting here devestated after trying to mix up at one fresh DJ set. As it stands now, i sarque cos i been out of the game for a while. Tried mixing both sets and i realised i've lost my touch :(
I was really hoping this would be the weekend i drop a trance mix and a house mix, but i guess not.
However....i refuse to give up on my first love. I shall be back! And when i return, two new mixes from Gigitsu (formerly D-Livid). Its by time i resurrected the aSyLuM!. Still, my old mixes are good. Just a little stale.
One last thing. Is there NOBODY out there who wants to go collab on a couple trance and house traxx? I'm overworked and underpaid (as one is) and i really want to work on something in my free time i do have. Ideas are sorta there but like i said, im totally out of it at the moment. Help?!
I was really hoping this would be the weekend i drop a trance mix and a house mix, but i guess not.
However....i refuse to give up on my first love. I shall be back! And when i return, two new mixes from Gigitsu (formerly D-Livid). Its by time i resurrected the aSyLuM!. Still, my old mixes are good. Just a little stale.
One last thing. Is there NOBODY out there who wants to go collab on a couple trance and house traxx? I'm overworked and underpaid (as one is) and i really want to work on something in my free time i do have. Ideas are sorta there but like i said, im totally out of it at the moment. Help?!
Windows 7, mmmmm. (I'm not a traitor, i swear!)
I'm not a traitor. I bashed Vista at every opportunity. It was like that geeky kid at school that tries too hard to be "one of the group" and ends up embarassing himself. Getting picked on constantly because he thinks he's "cool", but really, you're a dumbfuck. Thats how i felt about Vista. I've had more than my fair share of insults and rantings about Vista. Yet, i've always refused to touch the OS. After my XP SP2 went sour, i got onto Linux which turned out to be great, but lacked a couple of things i needed. But thats another story, and the bottom line is i came crawling back to the hate/love relationship with XP (now on my SP3). Vista had turned out to be worse, so i avoided it like the plague. I have used it though (i can count on one hand the amount of times) but only to help out a n00b getting a network set up or something.
But i think i might change my mind about Windows now that i've managed to get 7 up and running. My experience so far has been suprisingly easy and smooth. Although MS said you need a minimum of 1GB RAM, i made a virtual machine with 700MB RAM, 32MB Video, and a 17GB virtual hard drive. Amazingly, the OS installed flawlessly on the first run and i havent had a problem since then. Although i only use it now and again, im still not confident enough to install on my actual laptop. But i am contemplating......I have a "lab rat" on the sofa with about 512MB RAM (apparently enough to get the OS working. *shock*) and everything else i need to get 7 up and running. Its tempting. The only thing holding me back is the shoddy DVD drive which might deny me access.
First thing i noticed was the KDE like taskbar. When i got into using it, i actually relized its more of a cross between the KDE taskbar and the dock in OS X. Funny, but a nice touch. Windows did need something a little different in that area i think. Mac and Linux have docks and Windows was still playing with the tabbed sorta taskbar? But so far the OS seems to run smoothly, even on a virtual machine. If my lab rat decides to behave so i can install the OS as a host, we'll see what its really all about. I think i can see the beginning of a new friendship :)
Screenshots so far (only 2 for now sorry. more soon when i got time)
But i think i might change my mind about Windows now that i've managed to get 7 up and running. My experience so far has been suprisingly easy and smooth. Although MS said you need a minimum of 1GB RAM, i made a virtual machine with 700MB RAM, 32MB Video, and a 17GB virtual hard drive. Amazingly, the OS installed flawlessly on the first run and i havent had a problem since then. Although i only use it now and again, im still not confident enough to install on my actual laptop. But i am contemplating......I have a "lab rat" on the sofa with about 512MB RAM (apparently enough to get the OS working. *shock*) and everything else i need to get 7 up and running. Its tempting. The only thing holding me back is the shoddy DVD drive which might deny me access.
First thing i noticed was the KDE like taskbar. When i got into using it, i actually relized its more of a cross between the KDE taskbar and the dock in OS X. Funny, but a nice touch. Windows did need something a little different in that area i think. Mac and Linux have docks and Windows was still playing with the tabbed sorta taskbar? But so far the OS seems to run smoothly, even on a virtual machine. If my lab rat decides to behave so i can install the OS as a host, we'll see what its really all about. I think i can see the beginning of a new friendship :)
Screenshots so far (only 2 for now sorry. more soon when i got time)
Microsoft.....smart smart smart (i'm not a traitor!)
Windows 7. That's all i can say. Ever since i heard about this about a year ago, I've been curious to find out what it would be like. And now, i have. Thanks to microsoft releasing a Beta version last week, i decided it was time i went and got a copy for myself so i can get a first hand look at what its all about. Originally limited to 2.5 million downloads by Microsoft, i tried to be one of the first to get it by staying on the Microsoft site on the release date. I got bored and gave up, but i was lucky, and somewhat pleased when i found out the limit had been removed, due to the amount of downloads and people wanting to try it.
Honestly, i find this very cunning on Microsofts part. As far as i know, this is the first time Microsoft has released a Beta version of Windows to the general public. But i see what's going on here. Oh yeah. Windows Vista, terrible. I'm sure they recieved many many complaints about Vista. And why not? The OS did suck (poor english, sorry). In some circles, people are even comparing Vista and 7 to the Me and 2000/XP. Why? Windows Me was a huge flop. I bet half of you never even heard of it, right? I almost got it but i stuck with 98 (back in the day). Some say, Me was a test. Wherever Me failed, Microsoft would make a not and fix it. I reckon thats the reason XP is still going strong. In the same sense, i have heard of Vista being referred to as another "test". It was to prepare for Windows 7, but this brings me to my next point.
Lets take Linux for example. There's so many free distros out there and the plus side is that the support for them is excellent. Maybe they do lack in terms of hardware support, but Ubuntu has built a community to aid anyone having problems with the system. Join a tech support chatroom, or post a topic in the forums stating your issue, and someone will reply with a solution (not always the case but i have always fixed my system this way). There are also Beta versions of Linux, and these help with the final product. Any glitches are reported by the users, and the developers make sure they are ironed out and fixed by the time the final version is released. Do you see the plot coming together now?
Release a free Beta, let the people try it, they can complain (because its a beta), make note of their issues, fix them, release the final retail version and it should do fine with most of the problems fixed, right?
Smart!
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Ringwatch Concept....by Gigitsu
Maybe its not as flashy as the Tokyo Flash watches, or LG's new "Dick Tracy" like watch, but i think its an interesting concept. It's probably been done already but i don't know this, and to me, i came up with the idea myself.
Basically, its a watch with a completely black face, and two rings that light up. How you tell the time is by looking at the part of the ring thats shaddowed. I'm trying to figure out a way to make this work but as it stands, my idea is to have an analog watch in the background somewhere. The hands are what shadows the rings. I'll figure something out. Maybe a nice touch would be an OLED display in the centre? Or maybe the whole damn things could be OLED and the rings and stuff are digital? Or we could have a string of LED's around there and the one that indicates the time shuts off to make a black spot?
But you get the concept right? An hour or so fiddling with Fireworks and i managed to make this....
P.S. The Flock was being an ass and not publishing my post.
Basically, its a watch with a completely black face, and two rings that light up. How you tell the time is by looking at the part of the ring thats shaddowed. I'm trying to figure out a way to make this work but as it stands, my idea is to have an analog watch in the background somewhere. The hands are what shadows the rings. I'll figure something out. Maybe a nice touch would be an OLED display in the centre? Or maybe the whole damn things could be OLED and the rings and stuff are digital? Or we could have a string of LED's around there and the one that indicates the time shuts off to make a black spot?
But you get the concept right? An hour or so fiddling with Fireworks and i managed to make this....
P.S. The Flock was being an ass and not publishing my post.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Future?
As the geeks of this world are well aware, CES is in session. This being the Consumer Electronics Show held annually in Las Vegas, for those the normal people out there. Although I'm nowhere near the USA, i am following closely on the whats new and newsy in the world of consumer electronics. While reading the articles from the CrunchGear site (there's actually a team there i believe. A couple of them are attending with laptops, cameras, etc. so the articles are pretty much posted as it all happens. nice) i came across a Netbook by EMTEC (Yes the guys previously known as BASF. If you grew up in the 90's you would remember the name because they manufactured blank cassettes for your stereo and VCR) that has a very interesting little feature. This little laptop doesn't have a built in HDD or SSD. Oh no, its a little more personal than that.
It features a G-Key, which is simply a USB disk that you slip into the device. What's so unique about this? Well for a start, your entire operating system, documents, settings, pictures, music, etc. are all stored on this little gadget. OK maybe not fancy, its just a bootable USB drive with Mandriva Linux with a persistent configuration.....in English, its just Linux on a USB drive set up in a way that the USB drive acts like a normal HDD. You, YES YOU, can even make one yourself, as i have done many times in the past.
But this actually got me thinking....what if? What if this became a standard? I know that computer motherboards have been able to boot from a USB drive for years now (sooo useful when you have windows and it crashes.....as windows does). Imagine this. You're at the office working on some documents, you feel like listening to a little bit of music, maybe even browsing the web for some downloads or new software. Simple enough, anyone can do that. Now the interesting part. You shut down, pull out your G-Key, clip it back onto the lanyard around your neck (VITAL. These things can easily get lost people.....EASILY....and god knows what you would have on it) and make your way home. As you're making your way through the streets, you realize you forgot to send an important email and it HAS to be done today. Easy. Just pop into an internet cafe or maybe even a Starbucks (I'm dreaming, OK?), unclip your G-Key, slip it in, and there's your desktop on the screen with all your documents, settings, music, etc. just exactly the same as it was in the office. Open your email client (hopefully its Thunderbird....just thought I'd plug another Mozilla app quickly), write your oh so important e-mail, and send. Shut down, unplug, clip on, carry on home. When you get home, unclip, plug in, turn on. Again, your very same personalized desktop in all its glory on your laptop or desktop. Work on a couple docs, listen to your music, maybe buy some software online that you need at work (Office? Please don't).
Simple enough, right? But suppose Junior feels like checking his mail and getting on MySpace. Well, you wouldn't want him to mess up your desktop with his (excuse the french...) crap. Unplug again, and let him put his own G-Key in. Now his desktop will be on the screen, completely isolated from yours. He can download his umm....stuff, viruses, spyware and everything undesirable and crash his system. But yours will remain safe in the palm of your hand, back pocket, bottom drawer, jacket.....wherever.
Are you getting the concept yet? Your personal computer, in your pocket or around your neck, WHEREVER you go. Something to ponder about, isn't it? The simplicity of not having to buy separate licenses for software on two computers that you use everyday (Software companies will NOT like this idea), not having to download music onto a flash disk and then upload to your personal computer when its within your grasp. No chaos when you get home and realize you needed so forward those emails or send those documents, or that a spreadsheet needs to be completed.
If you want more information on making your own G-Key (although it won't be. it will just be a USB drive with Linux on it) then visit PendriveLinux.com. They have step by step guides on how to create Persistent and Non-Persistent installations for a vast number of Linux flavors. Heck, they even have their own. Anyone can do it. If you have any questions, feel free to comment or email me. Address is somewhere on the site.
(P.S. The above screenshot is actually the Pendrivelinux desktop rotating. Nifty, huh?)
It features a G-Key, which is simply a USB disk that you slip into the device. What's so unique about this? Well for a start, your entire operating system, documents, settings, pictures, music, etc. are all stored on this little gadget. OK maybe not fancy, its just a bootable USB drive with Mandriva Linux with a persistent configuration.....in English, its just Linux on a USB drive set up in a way that the USB drive acts like a normal HDD. You, YES YOU, can even make one yourself, as i have done many times in the past.
But this actually got me thinking....what if? What if this became a standard? I know that computer motherboards have been able to boot from a USB drive for years now (sooo useful when you have windows and it crashes.....as windows does). Imagine this. You're at the office working on some documents, you feel like listening to a little bit of music, maybe even browsing the web for some downloads or new software. Simple enough, anyone can do that. Now the interesting part. You shut down, pull out your G-Key, clip it back onto the lanyard around your neck (VITAL. These things can easily get lost people.....EASILY....and god knows what you would have on it) and make your way home. As you're making your way through the streets, you realize you forgot to send an important email and it HAS to be done today. Easy. Just pop into an internet cafe or maybe even a Starbucks (I'm dreaming, OK?), unclip your G-Key, slip it in, and there's your desktop on the screen with all your documents, settings, music, etc. just exactly the same as it was in the office. Open your email client (hopefully its Thunderbird....just thought I'd plug another Mozilla app quickly), write your oh so important e-mail, and send. Shut down, unplug, clip on, carry on home. When you get home, unclip, plug in, turn on. Again, your very same personalized desktop in all its glory on your laptop or desktop. Work on a couple docs, listen to your music, maybe buy some software online that you need at work (Office? Please don't).
Simple enough, right? But suppose Junior feels like checking his mail and getting on MySpace. Well, you wouldn't want him to mess up your desktop with his (excuse the french...) crap. Unplug again, and let him put his own G-Key in. Now his desktop will be on the screen, completely isolated from yours. He can download his umm....stuff, viruses, spyware and everything undesirable and crash his system. But yours will remain safe in the palm of your hand, back pocket, bottom drawer, jacket.....wherever.
Are you getting the concept yet? Your personal computer, in your pocket or around your neck, WHEREVER you go. Something to ponder about, isn't it? The simplicity of not having to buy separate licenses for software on two computers that you use everyday (Software companies will NOT like this idea), not having to download music onto a flash disk and then upload to your personal computer when its within your grasp. No chaos when you get home and realize you needed so forward those emails or send those documents, or that a spreadsheet needs to be completed.
If you want more information on making your own G-Key (although it won't be. it will just be a USB drive with Linux on it) then visit PendriveLinux.com. They have step by step guides on how to create Persistent and Non-Persistent installations for a vast number of Linux flavors. Heck, they even have their own. Anyone can do it. If you have any questions, feel free to comment or email me. Address is somewhere on the site.
(P.S. The above screenshot is actually the Pendrivelinux desktop rotating. Nifty, huh?)
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Scoop....what have i found this time...hmm....
After scavenging the web for interesting apps, i decided it was time to take a look at the desktop applications for Facebook. Seeing as i already had a couple, namely Flock and AlertThingy, i thought it might be a good idea to see what else they have.
Being overly impressed with the Flock Browser, i had a feeling there might be other great apps hidden in the list somewhere. But first, let me talk about the almighty Flock.
Just over a week into using it now and i can say that Firefox3 has been replaced as my default. I know it doesnt really make sense if you are a computer geek, because you would realize that Flock is just a suped up FF3.....and had i felt like it, i could have done all the modifications myself. BUT ANYWAY, i wanted to try something new. Did i mention its backward compatible with FF3 add-ons? I found out by accident. I checked the Flock Add-Ons page and found almost nothing, so in my last desperate attempt to customize what i could, i resorted to experimentation. With good reason however, because this is after all FF3.
The OpenID integration is superb. No longer do i have to spend hours logging into social networks, navigating through pages and pages of links, and then sitting here for an eternity trying to upload photos, only to find the connection failed and i have to select all 60 photos again. No longer do i have to log into my blogger page just to write a quick post. No longer do i have to check my RSS feeds every five minutes to see whats new and newsy. No longer do i have to make notes about links i want to come back and visit or show to friends. NO LONGER!
I seriously seriously SERIOUSLY recommend EVERYONE to go and get this browser. Now if we could get this with a Chrome sort of concept.....hmmmm.
I should actually get around to writing about some really useful add-ons i found for the FF3 users. IE users, sorry. I don't swing that way anymore. Its all about Mozilla now. And now the Facebook apps.
I downloaded two this morning. Facebook Desktop (who would have guessed?), and Scrapboy. And so far (because i'm spoiled with Flock), i can say that Facebook Desktop is a disappointment. In my opinion. I was really hoping it would have an IM function in it, but its basically the same as my People Sidebar in flock. Displays messages, friend requests, pokes, your status and wall posts. In fact, its pretty much just an app that displays your notifications. Everything you click opens a browser window....nothing is actually happening in the app. Lame. And everytime i start it, i find myself being directed to the facebook site to log in.....what IS the point of this really if im going to open my browser to facebook everytime? The little window isnt even big enough to show my full name, and you can't resize it. Ha...
FACEBOOK DESKTOP CLIENT
Scrapboy looks promising though. I downloaded it half an hour ago and im slightly excited (how sad, right?) to try it out. So far it logs in well, has a PROPER, and i can IM and write wall posts and messages from within the app. More info on this as soon as i've taken it for a test run. Theres bound to be some Gems in there, and with me being the type of person i am, i will find them somehow. Intersting GUI though.
SCRAPBOY
(just noticed GIMP kinda stroked out in this screenshot :S)
Being overly impressed with the Flock Browser, i had a feeling there might be other great apps hidden in the list somewhere. But first, let me talk about the almighty Flock.
Just over a week into using it now and i can say that Firefox3 has been replaced as my default. I know it doesnt really make sense if you are a computer geek, because you would realize that Flock is just a suped up FF3.....and had i felt like it, i could have done all the modifications myself. BUT ANYWAY, i wanted to try something new. Did i mention its backward compatible with FF3 add-ons? I found out by accident. I checked the Flock Add-Ons page and found almost nothing, so in my last desperate attempt to customize what i could, i resorted to experimentation. With good reason however, because this is after all FF3.
The OpenID integration is superb. No longer do i have to spend hours logging into social networks, navigating through pages and pages of links, and then sitting here for an eternity trying to upload photos, only to find the connection failed and i have to select all 60 photos again. No longer do i have to log into my blogger page just to write a quick post. No longer do i have to check my RSS feeds every five minutes to see whats new and newsy. No longer do i have to make notes about links i want to come back and visit or show to friends. NO LONGER!
I seriously seriously SERIOUSLY recommend EVERYONE to go and get this browser. Now if we could get this with a Chrome sort of concept.....hmmmm.
I should actually get around to writing about some really useful add-ons i found for the FF3 users. IE users, sorry. I don't swing that way anymore. Its all about Mozilla now. And now the Facebook apps.
I downloaded two this morning. Facebook Desktop (who would have guessed?), and Scrapboy. And so far (because i'm spoiled with Flock), i can say that Facebook Desktop is a disappointment. In my opinion. I was really hoping it would have an IM function in it, but its basically the same as my People Sidebar in flock. Displays messages, friend requests, pokes, your status and wall posts. In fact, its pretty much just an app that displays your notifications. Everything you click opens a browser window....nothing is actually happening in the app. Lame. And everytime i start it, i find myself being directed to the facebook site to log in.....what IS the point of this really if im going to open my browser to facebook everytime? The little window isnt even big enough to show my full name, and you can't resize it. Ha...
FACEBOOK DESKTOP CLIENT
Scrapboy looks promising though. I downloaded it half an hour ago and im slightly excited (how sad, right?) to try it out. So far it logs in well, has a PROPER, and i can IM and write wall posts and messages from within the app. More info on this as soon as i've taken it for a test run. Theres bound to be some Gems in there, and with me being the type of person i am, i will find them somehow. Intersting GUI though.
SCRAPBOY
(just noticed GIMP kinda stroked out in this screenshot :S)
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