Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Linux commercial contest

Last night an article at the linux foundation got my attention. It’s about a Linux Commercial.
Here’s a little introduction (from their website): If you’ve been alive and aware of mass media over the last twelve months, you’ve probably seen television commercials from Apple and Microsoft touting their operating system. From Apple’s ubiquitous “I’m a Mac” to [...]

ThePinguin.net domain

After careful consideration i’ve decided to register my nickname online. ThePinguin.net from now on will be the place of my blog, in stead of pinguin.exploded.nl. Now I can manage mail, dns, and write my blog on my own hosting server.
I am also using Google apps to manage my mail and calendar. It has very handy sync options [...]

New Layout

Hi all, I’ve just finished the new theme for my blog as you can see. I think this theme is much better. It was not a planned change but I lost my old one while upgrading WordPress to the next version. Kind of dumb mistake I’ve made.
The theme is based on ‘LoseMyMind’ of: Arctic [...]

Propedeuse (unofficially)

 After an year of studying ‘Technische Informatica’ HBO at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. I’ve finally got my propedeuse diploma. It’s not official yet but all my grades are in, and project finished with grades high enough.
Nice thing is my grades are high enough to get cum laude. I’m very pleased with that. Fortunately my school [...]

My first attempt

Finally after hours debating (with myself) I’ve decided to give WordPress a try.
I’ll be posting stuff that I find interesting. e.a. Programming stuff (php, java, other??), networking, computing (Linux flavors).., and much more.
Hope you guys enjoy this blog.