Thursday May 28, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I believe I am one of the last few die-hard nutjobs on the face of this earth who still use (and “use” here is a highly subjective word meaning that I have a bunch of Palm devices lying around, am … Continue reading
Tuesday April 15, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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It started to hit me yesterday as I spent 3.5 hours in this year’s KDE Google Summer of Code mentor’s meeting (thanks again sebr!!). KDE4 just plain rocks, and it feels good to start getting excited about it again. And … Continue reading
Monday April 7, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Last in our series of “when will that Jason kid shut up?!?” is this short, little ditty wherein I extol the wonders of an ancient Linux file server in my basement with a 250GB drive, my shiny (SHINY!!!) new PS3, … Continue reading
Monday February 25, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I bought $180 of in-ear headphones to try out (the Shure SE210’s and the Sennheiser CX300’s) and both of them, I think, made me feel dizzy to the point of falling over and feeling like I was going to hurl … Continue reading
Sunday February 17, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I was going to update my previous post about the amazing movie, Copying Beethoven, with this, but I am sufficiently taken to generate a new post. Kerry Candaele commented on my last post with a link to his forthcoming movie … Continue reading
Sunday February 17, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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I just watched one of the most amazing movies that I have ever seen: the excellent Copying Beethoven. I have always been deeply fascinated with the genius that is Ludwig van Beethoven. I grew up listening to my mom playing … Continue reading
Wednesday January 16, 2008
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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One artist that I’ve always admired is Kevin Max. I always enjoyed his voice in dc Talk, and though he hasn’t enjoyed the success that TobyMac or Michael Tait, I think he’s every bit as talented. I just found a … Continue reading
Monday October 1, 2007
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Man, I’m a geek! I just couldn’t bring myself to go to sleep tonight at 10:00, like a good (smart) boy, and instead of hacking on KPilot or doing something else productive, I watched an extremely cool web presentation from … Continue reading
Tuesday November 28, 2006
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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Warning: a brain dump followeth: Blockbuster has sweetened their deal by allowing in-store trade-ins of online-rented movies. This, to me, blows NetFlix out of the water, since NetFlix does not yet have a brick-and-mortar presence anywhere (?). And, because we … Continue reading
Thursday August 17, 2006
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
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the w’s – fourth from the last, originally uploaded by vanRijn. If for no other reason than the amazingly cool, self-deprecating, ska/punk album cover, you have GOT to love this one!! =;)