http://www.newinfo2day.com New, random information every day! Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:30:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="598" caption="Plasma on KDE 4.3"][/caption] The KDE team has released the latest iteration of their famous cross platform desktop environment. KDE 4 is a desktop environment that has great potential as it has embraced some really powerful and state of the art technologies as its pillars e.g. nepomuk, ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/uncategorized/kde-4-3-caizen-is-out/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="201" caption="kawaii!!!"][/caption] Like I had mentioned before I'm once again in a quest to learn Japanese, but this time its for real, I promise :)  Anyway I've been looking at the different resources and methods to train oneself in Japanese and found a couple of Firefox add-ons that ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/uncategorized/learning-japanese-with-firefox/ It was only yesterday that we said when various people would be getting the final RTM copy of Windows 7. Well today, Microsoft has announced via the Windows Team Blog that Windows 7 has been Released to Manufacturers (RTM) and that the final build is 7600.16385.090713-1255, one build version up ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/technology/windows/for-all-those-windows-7-fans-we-have-rtm/ Thought I'd tell you guys about a series called Chuck that airs on the NBC network. Chuck is an action packed TV show that airs on NBC, along with a ton of action there's a ton of comedy. Created by Josh Schwartz (The O.C., Gossip Girl) and Chris Fedak (Chuck ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/entertainment/nbcs-chuck/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Gurren Lagann"][/caption] Commonly known as "Gurren Lagann", it is the most epic anime EVER!!!  It was released on 2007 and won several awards at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, Animation Kobe, and Japan Media Arts Festivals.  Produced by the animation studio Gainax (Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL), the ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/uncategorized/tengen-toppa-gurren-lagann/ I was chatting it up with a friend, and she sent me this video. Which I thought was damn impressive, to be quite honest. You can find the video here. Basically, it's a video of a drumline doing lots of classics. Such as Pokémon, Zelda, Tetris and Mario. And it's awesome. Go in. Check it ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/entertainment/drumline-meets-revenge-of-the-nerds/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBKKV2V8eU[/youtube] This is so sad, I wish them well. I think I've always had a little bit of "Golden's Eye disease" ;) http://www.newinfo2day.com/funny/people-with-rare-genetic-disorder-called-duke-nukems-disease-start-a-support-group/ There are other ways to learn a guitar beyond books and lessons, but they have a price beyond money. A price that can be paid only with the common coin shared by all men, whether they be beggars or kings, their immortal soul. A price that was said to be ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/freaky/folklore-robert-johnson-and-the-crossroads/ Imagine yourself to be walking along a dark road one night near a river or loch, you may have had a wee dram too many and it's still such a long way until you reach hearth and home. All of a sudden you spy a fine horse in the middle ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/freaky/folklore-and-mythology-kelpies/ This is the first in what will be a series of posts from me about folklore and mythology, since the subject has long been a personal interest of mine, and so I thought it best to start with something from my own country. The selkies of the Orkney Islands. Selkie simply means ... http://www.newinfo2day.com/freaky/folklore-and-mythology-selkies/