Let us start out with the formalities of wishing you well for the coming year. Knightwise, Nyana, LotCha, Scotty and Kira the cat wish all of you the very very best for 2010. May this coming year herald the fulfillment of many of your dreams and ambitions (not all of them, we need something to…
What never stops to amaze me is the equation between number of CPU cycles needed by professional applications and number of CPU Cycles needed by Games. in the “good old days” a game like ‘Larry in the land of the lounge lizards” ( The original one , where all you wanted to do is go…
If there is one thing that has probably saved some geek-marriages, then it must be tools like "logmein". Even in a small country like Belgium its not always a fun experience to get up , hop in the car and drive some 20 miles to some godforsaken little town in order to click on the…
Its a total disgrace that I haven’t had more time to blog these last few weeks. It feels like i’ve been running around from project to project and having quite a bit of "hay on my fork" (as the Belgians say) when it comes to my dayjob. I don’t like having to start my post…
In front of a black background I try to find the words to spill onto the inter webs. The sounds around me are blocked out by comfortably sitting in ear headphones, who, with their ergonomic cushions form an airtight seal. My head is filled with the sounds of Hans Zimmers soundtrack for the Da Vinci…
The great thing about listening to podcasts is that you can learn a lot from your peers. People speak from experience and suggest new ways of solving old problems and so forth. The downside of thisequation is that people are not always right. This week I was listening to the listener feedback episode 83 of…
By the powers of the fan-o-sphere ( Some great and loyal listeners) I was able to get a Google Voice invice and setup a Google Voice account for the Knightwise.Com podcast. So all of you non-European, Asian, Russian, Australian, New-Zealandanian and Non Martian listeners ( Ok , the "American ones") you can now CALL the…
I’m not one for silly quizes or forwards. But a comment posted by BRIE on my Facebook page, did inspire me to take up her offer. Post a text to your profile where you ask people to describe you in one word. I must say 🙂 The results came as quite a shock. If you…
If there is one thing I hate from the core of my very existence, then its the phenomenon called "hyping". Hyping is rounding up a few thousand enthusiasts ,adding just a pinch of factual information, scoop out all other ingredients like : Scepticism, common sense, rationality and replacing all of those with pure and utter…
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The Dvd had been lying around my office for a few days. Lurking at me with its silver coated surface. Sending a gentle vibe towards my subconscious whispering " Try me Try me". I had played around with its older brother, a release candidate version freely distributed over the interwebs and was pleasantly surprised that…
I love getting listener feedback and comments on the blog. Cause sometimes there are some really good idea’s in there. For one, I got the question if it would not be possible to have the podcast available on MIRO. For those of you who don’t know, Miro is a cross-platform media player/aggregator that…
About a year ago I remember a post that I wrote about constant connectivity. I was at that point JUST about to get my Blackberry and was wondering what the impact of this ‘enhanced connectivity would be on my life. Coming from a world where connectivity was mostly acquired by broadband at work and at…
It’s lunchtime and I have some time to kill, so the perfect moment has arrived to field-test my brand new toy : The Hp TC1100 Tablet pc. "New?" I hear you ponder ? And you are indeed correct in your assumptions that the term "new" might be slightly overrated. Sure its new to me, but…
Its been quite a busy week this week with quite a bit going on, so I’ll just try to list up whats going down. Triple dose of Knightwise.com Coincidentally (or via devine intervention) those who would like to get their dose of Knightwise every week, might find out that they can OVERDOSE this week. Recently…
Today I would like to share a wonderfull story with you from the audo podcast "Escape Pod". Escape pod features a weekly short-sci-fi story from various authors read by a variety of people. Some of you may remember the story about the "masks" I linked to a couple of days ago, because it was so…
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For some the command line interface is a dreadful place. It is a large black box that stares at them, forming some kind of singularity iside there computer screen. A black hole that sucks up their confidence and renders there mouse pointer obsolete and spews fountains of doubt. When you think of the people who…
Just a quick roundup of some nice links I spotted in my Feedreader the last few days. Some of you might find an interesting item among them. 14 great Cheat Sheets For common apps. LINK Aside from being almost unpronouncable these 14 Cheat Sheets help you out when you quickly need to reference functionality in…
A Few days ago I got an email from a listener of the show about implementing a server / network setup for his local church. Because it touches on the balance of "letting technology work for you" instead of the other way around I decided to share the mail (and my reply) with you. Thanx…
No no, don’t worry. I’m not going to jabber away about Leo Laporte’s podcast and how I think it is the longest, most ego-bloated audio-file in existence. I’ll leave that up to another post. But in the spirit of " blogging about daily life and mixing it in with technology " I thought it would…
Hey ! For those of you who thought I was dead and buried, well you are wrong (luckily) I’m still here, it just took me a while to finally find the time (and the inspiration) to post another entry on the website. Its a disgrace actually , me slacking of like this in posting new…
I look back into the fairly recent past (if there is such a thing) and take myself back to the beginning of the 21st Century , when Nyana and me lived together in a teeny tiny apartment in my home town. It was a very cosy place. Atop a nice shop and sheltered by trees…
For those of you who want to take a peek, here is the collection of this years holiday snaps. Like last year we headed out to the wonderful “Pay’s D’Oc” in the south of France to enjoy the sunshine and discover the history of the Cathars. So sit back and enjoy 233 snaps of Castles,…
A while ago i was reading through an interesting post over at gizmodo about his visit to the fabolous Lego Vaults in Scandinavia. This magical place is a priceless museum of all Lego kits ever created. From the very first up to the very latest, all lego play sets that have ever left the factory,…
Why you don’t need to download music… " Where do you download your music ? " The question, mostly posed by a newbie, floats in a pregnant silence for just a second. My shoulders slump slightly and I feel like some kid of Movie Celebrity being asked the same dumb question by journalist nr 4004.…
A few days ago we had a friend over who made quite a astute observation. " Yo Knightwise, where are all your boxes ? " With "Boxes" he of course referred to "where are all your computers". The last time we had this friend over was at our old house in Hasselt, quite a long…
One of the things I take a lot of pride in, is that I have a fairly digital lifestyle. I’m not talking about the while internet thing and stuff , that too of course. But when I say Digital , i mean Digital as in digiTIZED. Over the last few years I’ve embraced most technologies…
So thank the matrix for Podcasts and RSS feeds. Your loyal podcatcher (whether it is Itunes, Juice or good old Bashpodder) is subscribed to the RSS feed of your favorite show and downloads the episodes you want to listen to. Just punch in your Ipod (or whatever mp3 player you have) and you are off…
The screen in front of me is a plain black slate with bright green letters popping into existence as i run my fingers along the keyboard. My mouse sits aimlessly besides my computer and the gigantic touch pad of the Macbook pro sobs gently as it has been deprived of strokes and taps for too…
