Blog Posts on off topic stuff

Spelldial Class by OSTalks on Jun 19, 2011SpellDial is a technology that allows you to dial names instead of numbers.

Ask OSTalks by OSTalks on Jun 15, 2011I’m trying a different approach here… I’m finding that this blog seems to be getting a bit popular… I am curious what topics you want discussed. I am familiar with programming stuff, open source stuff, android, etc. Coding in...

The… Android Dance?!!! by OSTalks on Mar 26, 2011Just a short post… I just happened to watch a youtube video of the Android mascot dancing to a spiffy beat. I don’t know about you, but I found this awesome! Enjoy the vid below:...

Short Post – Android Thoughts by OSTalks on Jan 15, 2011Finally got myself a month ago an android phone, a cheapo commtiva z71 variant (cherry mobile nova) Thoughts about it? Really cool, but android by itself is somewhat unpolished compared to iOS, or even Symbian for that matter. Stay tuned for more. Po...

Unofficial Sintel Wallpapers by OSTalks on Sep 8, 2010From the Durian/Sintel Site: So! exciting times here at the Blender Institute, today is our very-really-thistimeforsure last rendering day, next to some color grade we need to do still, but then is time to grab those big .EXR files and convert them i...

What to do when you’re more or less free? by OSTalks on Apr 2, 2010The current economic situation has somehow affected all of us one way or another, myself included (in a way). So what’s a developer got to do on the lean months? Accepting odd programming jobs for friends is one way to keep the old noggin activ...

Youtube is down? by OSTalks on Mar 25, 2010Here’s something that you don’t see anyday: This will definitely make the news! Interestingly, The embedded videos which still ran properly, a while ago, now do crash (flash app is still loading though):...

Arora Browser Latest Git Version Windows Build by OSTalks on Mar 24, 2010Arora is a Qt browser that uses webkit (rendering engine used in google chrome and safari) as it’s html engine. It’s small, and fast too. The current version of the windows build of arora (0.10.0) is not the latest version. Presenting th...

The Shat Makes A Social Network by OSTalks on Mar 11, 2010Ok, ok… you might wonder, what’s a blog post about William Shatner making a social network doing here? See the tag line of my site? “Open Source, Operating Systems, Offtopic Stuff!”. This definitely counts as “Offtopic...

How to enable Development Tools on Moblin by OSTalks on Mar 9, 2010Another one of those very very short posts. If you have moblin installed on your netbook, and want to develop rpms on it, you can type in this command: sudo yum groupinstall “Development Tools” It should install all tools necessary for basic Mob...