fickle gods

Thriving on inconsistencies

Obama Trying Hard to be Different

I’m actually not a big follower of politics, and who knows how filtered the news is when it actually reaches me way out in the darkest corner of the world known as Asia. It’s actually not that dark here, but if you’re in America right when you’re reading this, then it will be dark here. […]

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Unleashed

You can download Firefox 3.1 beta 3 now. Upgrading from beta 2 is seamless, and most (not all) of your extensions will work. I uninstalled beta 2 after making a backup of all my stuff with MozBackup, but found that when I installed beta 3 I didn’t need to restore anything as the settings, passwords, […]

Ironman: my favorite superhero

Off the top of my head, there are only two mainstream superheroes that do not require some kind of scientific or natural-disaster intervention to become heroes. The Fantastic Four are only fantastic because of space radiation (they are four until one of them dies), Superman is an alien, and Spiderman got bitten by a genetically […]

Happy Birthday ficklegods.com

Today is the eleventh of March, and it’s the evening when I’ve felt that ficklegods.com is in good-enough-a-state to go live. Everything on the website right now works -fingers crossed- and I’m ready to start adding content. I will include more of the background story and miscellaneous details in the about section you’ll find on […]

Windows 7 RC due in April

Windows 7 has been an absolute pleasure to use for the past couple of months. I’m one of that posse who downloaded Windows 7 beta, agreeing to the terms that I would not try anything serious with this operating system. I haven’t opted for my ‘primary’ (read: XP) operating system for months now, and I […]