Iewers in Kalifornië — In 'n pragtige reeks onthullings wat die tegnologie wêreld op sy kop draai, a trio of tech giants announced plans for a smart toaster. Apple, Microsoft, and Google held launch parties this weekend for a series of new devices. Hierdie dapper verslaggewer bygewoon het al drie.
Kom ons neem 'n blik.
It’s that time of year. Lush green grass, clay-red warning track and infield, pristine white bases, sizzling hot dogs, icy slushies, the crack of wood. Baseball season.
And today’s opening day. Toegestaan, there’s only one game today, but it counts. (Most teams’ first game of the season is tomorrow, April 1st.) Regardless, today is a great day for all baseball fans, including me.
Background info: there are 30 teams in the MLB (major league baseball), and each plays 162 games in the regular season. The teams are split into 6 divisions of 5 teams each. The teams in each division with the most wins, plus 4 wild-card teams, move on to the playoffs.
Many baseball fans and experts – including me – take this time to predict how many games each team will win this season, as well as which team will “win” their division. Daar is 2,430 games in the regular season, so we just concern ourselves with that for now. Playoff stuff comes later.
I’m a big baseball fan, so I figure this year I’ll chime in with my predictions and picks for who wins the division. I’m just a humble fan – not even close to an expert – so take my predictions with a grain of salt.
I’ve written down how I think each team will do (wins/losses), plus some analysis that’s loaded with baseball jargon. Avoid the analysis if you don’t know too much about baseball. Remember that the top team in every division (rank 1) gets to move on to the playoffs, so everyone is fighting for that spot.
En, without further ado, my predictions & picks.
hathix.com is besig om sy 2de jaar van die bestaan. Soos geword het tradisie, Ek maak 'n blog boodskap beklemtoon alles wat ek gedoen het in die afgelope jaar en die neem van 'n blik op wat in die winkel vir die volgende jaar.
Check uit last year’s recap – the first ever – and follow me into some stats and news from hathix.com’s sophomore year.
Here’s an interesting tidbit from the life of a web developer.
Jy sou dink dat mense sal gaan op die internet met daardie blink nuwe selfoon / tablet / broodrooster hulle het vir die vakansie seisoen.
Blykbaar, niemand doen wat. Hier is 'n blik op my jongste treffers (nie die band tipe, Ek bedoel die aantal besoekers aan hathix.com):
Van wat ek gesien het, Dit blyk die geval te wees met pretty much elke webwerf en app: besoeke of downloads skerp afname gedurende die vakansie seisoen. Vir wat dit werd is, things return right back to normal once the new year begins.
This is a review of VLC, a free multimedia player for movies and music. Download it here.
Happy holidays! To go along with that DVD of your favorite movie, that CD of your favorite band, en dat lelike trui van jou gunsteling tannie, hier is 'n geskenk van 'n program: VLC!
VLC is 'n gratis, open-source multimedia program for any operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux, selfs Android) dat kan films speel, musiek, die hele nege meter. Het ek noem dit is gratis?
Right now, if you want to buy a smartphone you have two main options: iPhone and Android. If you’re feeling brave, daar is Windows Phone. Nie veel verskeidenheid.
Al wat dit is om te verander.
Hierdie komende jaar gaan die vrylating van te sien nuwe, gratis smartphone bedryfstelsels wat lyk gereed om die wêreld te verander van slimfone – vir die beter. Kom ons neem 'n blik.
Ubuntu, die baie gewilde open-source bedryfstelsel vir rekenaars is die verspreiding van gerugte dat hulle gaan vry te stel van 'n weergawe van die bedryfstelsel vir smart phones. Die fone is nie uit nie, maar mense rondom die internet say they’re definitely in the works.
The young man had finished his arduous training period of ten years. The grizzled old man next to him, his tutor, had devoted himself to teaching his pupil the arcane art, an art known only to a select few. Ten years of intense physical labor, deep within the mysterious dungeons and high atop the silver mountains, had finally prepared the battle-scarred young man. He was prepared to unleash his mastery of the dangerous art few knew even existed.
Computer science.