All right, the Sacramento Bee put in a cover story from their newspaper. Check it out!


http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/12096000p-12966062c.html






Comment on this, lemme know what yout think.
- posted by Maneesh @ 5:36 PM 1 comments

 


I got into Stanford!

-Maneesh

- posted by Maneesh @ 9:59 AM 2 comments

 
Why Did Apple Screw Me?

Stupid Apple, they took my idea. Blatantly. I created the iPod SuperCase, www.maneeshsethi.com/ipod and then they took my idea, and now they are creating their own iPod socks.

I hate them.

Compare the superCase




with Apple's Socks




So who is the real winner? Not the consumer.

-Maneesh




- posted by Maneesh @ 5:21 PM 2 comments

 
Web Design for Teens is completely done, and it has been shipped to the publisher. The book should be on bookshelves by December 15.

I'm uploading the cover so you guys can see, it looks cool huh? wdftcover.jpg

If you want a copy of the first few chapters, subscribe to maneeshsethi.com (http://www.maneeshsethi.com/subscribe.html) or send an email to maneesh@maneeshsethi.com. Also, I'll be selling signed copies for 22 bucks plus shipping, just send an email to me.

Also, please comment on this if you have anything to say. What do you think of the cover?

-Maneesh

- posted by Maneesh @ 6:14 PM 3 comments

 
What's with all the new computers?

These days, I've been noticing a whole bunch of people buying a whole bunch of nice computers. One of my friends at school, in fact, is saving up a whole bunch of money so he can buy some new $500 ATI video card. I've been listening to all of this, and all I can ask is "what the hell?"

I have 3 computers right now, two PCs and one laptop. One of them runs linux, which means that I keep in in command line most of the time, so I use it for almost nothing other than to store files. My other PC used to be amazing. I bought it with top of the line parts, an amazing graphics card and incredible speakers. My laptop, on the other hand, is a piece of crap. It is 300 Mhz. It has no 3d graphics capabilities at all. It is old, and has only 6 gigs of hard drive space.

Guess which computer I use the most. The laptop.

You probably know I wrote a book on game programming, which means I play games. Well, guess what? My old computer, which is about 2 or 3 years old, plays Far Cry and Doom 3 quite well. Sure, not at the highest settings, but who really needs to play at 1600x1200 resolution? For most people, 1024x768 looks just fine.

You can build a very decent computer for $400, and the computer will play UT2K4 or whatever else you feed it now. Sure, in 3 years, it might not be sufficient, but that is the beauty of paying less-it is cheaper to spend $400 every three years than $2000 every 5. But people still do it.

Learn that games aren't the only thing a machine can do. Web browsing and email take a lot less memory than games, and that is all that most people use computers for. Yet, a lot of people who will never play a game in their life are spending $1500 to get a computer from Best Buy.

Give me a break, which person who doesn't play games really cares if their computer is .8Ghz or is 2.5. None.

- posted by Maneesh @ 1:14 PM 5 comments