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Gaming : (N)othing new (AT) (AL)l??

Have Microsoft broken all the boundaries? As I was perusing the net the other day, I came across a video on the BBC website, which was showing an application of project Natal, that Microsoft had been demonstrating at E3. The introduction to the video was claiming that this was something pretty special and I’ll have [ READ MORE ]

Humour : The wonderful wizard of letter writing

Few could argue that our lives haven’t been bettered by the introduction of our favorite pointy hatted friend, the Wizard. So let’s take a look at the world without the virtual sorcerer. Dave was sat at his desk. He’d been mulling over the problem for a while now, but he just couldn’t quite get it [ READ MORE ]

Editor’s Letter : We’ve come a long way in a short time

Hi geeks Well, we’ve made it to issue 3, I know there were some of you out there thinking we couldn’t do it. Go on fess up To be honest it’s not been entirely easy, but the team are working so hard to bring you each new issue. This one should be a really good [ READ MORE ]

Review : Cherry Picks of the Month: Foresight Linux

I just cannot believe that it has been a month to the day that I proudly signed off on the Cherry Pick of the Month for the second issue of GeekDeck! A whole lot has happened since then and I literally did not have a chance to get a lot of writing done. As if [ READ MORE ]

Interview : OpenCandy CEO Darrius Thompson

OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) is a startup from San Diego, California that allows software publishers to connect and recommend other pieces of software during the installation of their product. It allows independent software makers to create distribution revenue while maintaining a good relationship with their users or simply to recommend other pieces of free software that they [ READ MORE ]

Culture : Where have all the geekers gone?

I’m a geek. There I said it, happy now? I enjoy fiddling with technology and making computers DO things. Chances are, most of you reading this are geeks too, so some of this article may seem like I’m preaching to the choir, but please bear with me as I have a point to make. When [ READ MORE ]

Programming : Undo Adds Usability to our Frictionless Desktop

Everyone who has used a graphical computer interface has experienced modal popup dialogues. These are the small windows typically with “OK” and “Cancel” buttons which appear in front of the application. These modal dialogues are extremely popular with developers and are available in almost every user interface library[ READ MORE ]

Feature : Creating your own Linux Live CD from scratch

For the feature this month, GeekDeck’s come over all technical. Well it had to happen sooner or later. It’s not that we’ve shunned the technical articles at all, I think it’s probably that they take a lot longer to prepare and write than the articles about more abstract things. Putting my mindless prattle aside, let’s [ READ MORE ]

Gaming : Me gamer, me angry!

I’ve just come home from a bad day at work so prepare yourself! I decided to play a bit of Fable 2 to let off a bit of steam but that didn’t work. It only made me madder. More of that below, but, got me thinking about some of the things that get me mad [ READ MORE ]

Industry : If it weren’t for ignorance…

Ok, this one has been on the tip of my fingers for a long time. I’ve written about it in a less obvious way on countless occasions, and anyone who knows me well will know my stance on this. It’s something that actually pains me in multiple ways and I often feel like such a [ READ MORE ]

Culture : The not so virtual internet

The Internet, the final frontier, where anything can happen in the safety of a virtual world protected by a barrier of anonymity and falsehood. Nobody gives their real name out on the Internet so it’s completely safe. If you meet someone you don’t like you can just block them. Never meet up with anyone you [ READ MORE ]

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