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…
If you had to believe the people that tried to sell you Vista, you would have to take up an offer on IBM’s “Deep Blue supercomputer” in order to run it. Whenever a new operating system comes around its like you have to buy a new computer. Do you really have to ? We take…
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A not so obvious show from a Linux enthousiast as I rant about what it wrong with Linux and the Linux community. We take a sceptical look at the way Linux is developed, the structure and culture of the community and how that could be improved for a better penetration of Linux in the computer…
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…
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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…
Why not hop in the car with me and join me on a drive through the country as we chat about a little bit of everything. After a morning fuel-up ( and a quick chat to a “total stranger” (in Dutch), we buzz away and talk about my Issues with Windows Vista. After i’m done…
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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…
This manual is the first in a 4 part series in using some basic command line applications. In this part of the series we focus on installing SCREEN, a terminal application for the Linux command line. Screen enables you to run several command line applications (in different shells) at the same time. ( And leave…
This week we feature a tribute to one of our viewers AWESOME papercraft projects. Check out Sharky’s Discovery One. Click To Play Shownotes Making Pancakes. Sharky’s Discovery One. Soucre PDF’s Related PostsKc301 "Gear and Workflows" Season 3 of Knightwise.com .. is approaching.KWTV232 : Reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S IIKWTV231 : "Mutate your Macbook."KWTV230 :…
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,…
In this episode we will be talkingabout installing Windows XP on an “average” users system AND installingas many Free and/or open source applications as you can. The goal here is to create a ‘free’ system that gives the user a maximal amount of productivity WITHOUT having to resort to illegal copies, cracks or hacks to get things…
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…
Let go of the terms “my computer” “my applications” and “my connection” and transcend beyond your digital boundaries to become a true omnipresent citizen of the web. We give you tips tricks and pointers how to slide from location to location, computer to computer, application to application and connection to connection without losing your foothold…
