glances

EP-025 SD SDHC SDXC to Extreme Compact Flash CF Type II Adapter

2016-10-22

computers, glances, hardware, input devices, loved, output devices, proprietary hardware, storage, things, USB hardware, zombie

this is just a placeholder page

(store page)

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CCleaner

2016-10-18

freeware, glances, GUI software, liked, payware, proprietary software, software, the kit, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software, zombie

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner

A computer cleaning tool.

All magical and stuff. I guess. I don’t have a particular need for it, and I don’t miss it when it’s gone, but it’s in my toolkit.

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Intel SSD 320 Series

2016-10-16

desktop hardware, glances, hardware, IDE hardware, live, loved, owned, proprietary hardware, quiet computing, SSDs, storage, things

https://www.newegg.ca/intel-320-series-160gb/p/N82E16820167391

An fast, moderate-sized and extraordinarily cheap drive.

Refurbished, but these seem to be in good shape. Don’t expect the intel manufacturer’s warranty to have much, if any, time left. You’re leaning on newegg, and then perhaps your credit card’s insurance policy, if it has one.

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Launchy

2016-10-14

application launchers, dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, liked, Linux software, macOS software, open-source software, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software

(on Wikipedia)
(screenshots gallery)
http://www.launchy.net/

A launcher application.

These let you type in the name of the program you want to run instead of going through a menu/list.

Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher

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Push To Talk

2016-10-14

abandoned, audio software, freeware, glances, GUI software, live, loved, proprietary software, the kit, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows 7 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software, Windows Vista software

was pushtotalk.nu

Implements push-to-talk functionality directly on an audio input device.

It toggles the audio device’s mute. Used as a global push-to-talk when a program does not support such a feature, such as with a web browser that does not currently have focus.

2017-09-27 – Abandoned – The website is gone.

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Google > Chrome >
Software > Web browsers, SVG viewers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/

A web browser by Google, designed to be fast and perfectly willing to sacrifice features.

Properly titled Google Chrome

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The Fountainhead – (1943 book), by Ayn Rand

2016-09-29

Ayn Rand, books, dead, dead-tree books, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, owned, philosophy, softcover books, things

the-fountainhead-1943-book-by-ayn-rand-cover

Entertainment > Reading >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0452273331

A famous work of philosophy, especially because it’s told using a story.

A terrible work of storytelling that entirely shrouds any philosophy it may have. From the first sentence I rolled my eyes and couldn’t make it through the first half-page before setting it down in disgust. I still haven’t been more than a handful of pages in.. it’s just so god damned bad.

This’ll sit on my shelf, among its betters, probably for years before I get around to trying to read more of it. Just as books in ancient Greek need translating, I think this needs a real writer to re-tell the story.

ISBN 9-780452-273337

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Free Speech Isn’t Free – (2016 book), by Roosh V

2016-09-29

autobiographies, books, dead, dead-tree books, evil, glances, history, intelligence, loved, non-fiction, owned, Roosh V, softcover books, things

free-speech-isnt-free-2016-book-by-roosh-v-cover

Entertainment > Reading >

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GMQZ5ZA
https://www.rooshv.com/free-speech-isnt-free

Free Speech Isn’t Free – How 90 Men Stood Up Against The Establishment And Won, by Roosh Valizadeh

I like free speech, and already know the phrase “free speech isn’t free”, so this caught my attention.

It was cheap, and I’ve been making a habit of getting some more books in dead-tree format. I was bumbling around on Amazon when I found this. I have neither an idea who the author is nor do I know anything about this topic. I like that it’s “recent”.

After reading: It’s good storytelling, and even after its lengthy description of events I have definitely not heard of any of it. It describes the sorts of things people are willing to do once they succumb to an ideology, and the “two minutes of hate” they participate in. Even politicians must follow suit, if only with hollow rhetoric. Media are wholly in on it, as they are at best ambulance-chasers for entertainment-news, and at worst willing to start and stoke a fire to have any sort of relevancy.