The Internet of Things
Today I stumbled across a concept which although not new to me, never realized it was called like that - The Internet of Things. In a seminal 2009…
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Offroad experience in Gozo with XR400
I spent this weekend with my family in Gozo to take a break from a year of stressful activities. I took the opportunity to go solo with my XR400 to d…
Happy Birthday Alan Turing
Like Google Doodle, I am dedicating this post to Alan Turing , the father of Computer Science and inventor of the Turing Machine , which most people …
Parking business card
Someday I am getting myself printed a bunch of these business cards.
Your odds of winning the Super 5
With all the commotion produced by my work mates to win the Maltese notorious Super 5 lottery I could not help myself but check out what are the odds…
Migration from r00tb0x.com is complete
This weekend I finished migrating all the content from r00tb0x.com (Drupal based) to jamesattard.com (blogger based). I used a mix of scripts and xml…
Consolidating blogs?
The original idea of opening r00tb0x.com was to place all geek and IT related blog posts onto a separate blog, and leave this webspace for more human…
A phase without wheels
I would like to document my current status of having none of my three vehicles in a working condition :) My car undergoing a clutch master-cylinder s…
Farewell Brida!
I am dedicating this post to Daniel, a friend and colleague of mine who left the company last week. He was a mentor, a buddy and a friend, who always…
Losing Time
Tonight the busy persons will be sad but the procrastinators will be even sadder! That's what I imagine happens when you gotta move your clocks a…
In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary... come again?
Bullet Tooth Tony: So, you are obviously the big dick. The men on the side of ya are your balls. Now there are two types of balls. There are big brav…
Happy Birthday - 6 years old!
This blog, one of the first ones in the Maltese islands, computes its 6th year today. One can browse through old blogposts in the archives menu on th…
A period of transition
At the moment I am transitioning between one job and another - this means I have more time for myself...more time to read, study, play the bass, ridi…
Divorce Referendum
As the entire world or at least Europe knows, last week Malta held a referendum on the legislation for the introduction of divorce. I intentionally d…
6 Simple Rules for Productivty
Stumbled across some rules which I will try to follow in the upcoming days to boost my productivity! 1) Check your email twice a day MAX (good luc…
I found a way how to dine at great Maltese restaurants at 50% discounts!
I think you might find this personal rant a bit interesting...So read on! I like eating a lot...and so does my fiancee`. And we like to choose t…
GTD: Getting Things Done with Gmail!
Getting Things Done (GTD) is a method of organising tasks in a stress-free way while boosting the productivity at the same time. There are a lot of c…
Happy new year 2011
I wish my sincere greetings for a start of a new year 2011 to all my family, friends, and especially you faithful readers of this blog. I will draf…
Wonderful Christmas 2010
My Christmas festivities were spent mostly with my family. Yesterday's Christian teachings were coincidentally related to the values of the Fami…
