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I have again updated my Greasemonkey script that cleans YouTube to show nothing but the video itself.
You can now change the settings by editing the source and setting the flags in the code header.
By default, the option for the small Ratings box under the video is deactivated, as I think that is nice to have […]

The best software in the world, Ubuntu, has released a new version today. I’ve already changed to Hardy Heron two weeks ago, and the transition went smoothly this time. I used the method Mark Shuttleworth described here to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04.
Ubuntu has vastly improved over the last years and today is an operating […]

An artcile in the new Nature (probably behind the paywall) called “Quantum computation: The dreamweaver’s abacus” discusses first successful experiments that for the first time proved the existence of quasi-particles of quarter charge that have the properties needed to build qubits for quantum computing. Wait? Quasi-particles? Qubits? What?
Well, I can’t even start telling about quantum […]

Indiana Jones : 78%

Néo (Matrix) : 77%

Hannibal Lecter : 77%

James Bond : 74%

Batman / Bruce Wayne : 74%

Eric Draven (The Crow) : 72%

Tony Montana (Scarface) : 70%

Jim Levenstein (American Pie) : 68%

Maximus (Gladiator) : 68%

Yoda (Star Wars) : 67%

Shrek : 66%

Forrest Gump : 64%

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The Star Wars Music Quiz
Score: 50% (5 out of 10)

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