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The Smell of Paradise

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quqF_STyHXc / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYP7D3p44Ak – another documentary by Mariusz Pilis about Jihad

updating bios / firmware with help of linux, without cds and usb pendrives

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from time to time i have to upgrade different types of firmwares in PCs – sometimes it’s bioses, sometimes raid/network/ssd firmware. until now i was either burning cd-rw with iso provided by the vendor or making some bootable usb pen-drive with free-dos or sth similar. but i stumbled on this one and it worked surprisingly ... Read More

Attack of the Drones – USA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHJLwYWX30 – Attack of the Drones: Is war becoming a video game Obama’s Rules For Assassinating American Citizens number of killed by dronesa in Pakistan [hm… arent Pakis ‘the good guys’?]

vpro – the food speculator

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGBM4WngZT4 – commodities / futures markets; seen from all the three ends – speculators, produces and consumers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1Ln1UCoEU – vpro – Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box

hk/mc/sg/vn

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i got another chance to visit Asia. instead of suffering cold, dark and cold January in Sweden i’ve spent 3 weeks in mild Hong Kong & Macau, tropically hot Singapore and pleasantly warm Vietnam.

29c3

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talks that were most interesting for me: political: not my department russia’s surveillance state enemies of the state technical hacking cisco phones milking the digital cash cow – [in]security of the contact-less cards Many Tamagotchis Were Harmed in the Making of this Presentation – you know all those cool kids going out going to clubs, ... Read More

raspberry pi

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few days ago, after 19 weeks of waiting, i have finally received my raspberry pi.

3+ weeks in Portugal

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i’ve been thinking about working remotely for a few weeks from some warm[er] country for quite some time. finally i’ve tried – i’ve spent 3+weeks in Portugal while taking just 2 days of holidays. all went surprisingly well.
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surge 2012

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talks that were interesting to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72QBJOc1RSw – Mike Nolet ~ From Zero to 500k QPS in Three Years: Scaling AppNexus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHN_rDj6z-M – Andrew Miklas ~ Ensuring the Call Goes Out – Everytime – ha/failover headaches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCfuKZUyTko – Tom Daly ~ The Architecture Behind Super Fast DNS – Routing, Redundancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym96Z-sThZU – Surge 2012 ~ ... Read More
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[pl] gry wojenne

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gry wojenne – dokument o kuklinskim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA6buQEk9KY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtqkX1iMrs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D31P5n-c-KQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1iRFubiKbk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_wd4srjAY

balkans – again

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so i’ve hit the road again – packed my trusted 8-10yo travel bag, took laptop, camera + 3 lenses, kindle with 400+documents waiting to be read or deleted, mp3 player, gps, two mobile phones, earplugs, some old clothes and nothing more. i’ve even left intentionally at home travel guides borrowed from the local library – ... Read More