Dec
16
Talking About Computer!
Filed Under Daily
I had a very late discovery of computer and internet. I had my very first pirated version of Star Wars,The Phantom Menace in 1999. I was so excited then when I hold 2 CDs of a very very crappy CAM version of the release. Funny though, I will never forget this moment. I still remember my very first time cracking Microsoft Office premium. I did crack the code completely by myself using a debugger written in C. I went through the checking process and I read the code between the lanes of symbols. Computers are my friends! Nowadays when I talk to other people, I realize how far I went and the huge gap there is between my current knowledge of computer and internet in general and the common knowledge. I tried to help Chebet, Rafiq, Hassan and Amy with their computer problems. It was so simplistic to me but to them, it was like if I was talking Chinese.
All they do with their computers is checking email, using Facebook or Myspace and reading news. I tried to mention about games, software, etc… The hardest thing they’ve ever done is to install a torrent software and search for a TV show to download. They are all surprised to know that I do not use Facebook. I told them I have my own blog that I modify at will and that I do not like letting third party software or sites controlling my data. I want to be the only person controlling my database.
I am currently using Rapidshare to download anything I want and to store some programs I might need later. It is faster than torrent and I do not have to upload anything to anyone. It takes less than 10 min to download a full CD of 700 Mb of data at the speed of 1.1 Mb/sec. I pay 17 Euros for 3 months to Rapidshare. Google is the search engine and the keywords are NAME + Rapidshare and VOILA! I use WordPress to write my blog. There are other programs but WordPress is the most popular and it is regularly updated and improved! I bought a one year subscription to Flickr, 25 US dollars. These are the only things I need to be like a fish in the sea on internet.