Monthly Archives: April 2006
putting my life in order with trac
I was just chatting with my good friend, Corndog, and we were both lamenting how we have a similar issue when it comes to coding projects. We get these great ideas, but once the interest starts to wane off, we … Continue reading
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yet another must-have toy
I downloaded a copy of DSL-N last night, per Aaron’s suggestion, and played around with it. I got it successfully installed on my USB stick, but my computer wouldn’t boot off of it. It just said ‘boot failed’ even though … Continue reading
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out with the old
I placed my order on New Egg today for my new Linksys router. Just in time, too. Today, my old one decided to stop forwarding packets all of a sudden. The poor thing has been slowly going downhill for the … Continue reading
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howto be a gentoo snob
For those of you who want to be among the few l33t, here’s a few tips on gaining guru butthead status: Successfully complete a stage1 install using floppies on a Pentium 100 and brag about it to all your friends, … Continue reading
old movies
I just watched an old Sherlock Holmes movie, “The Scarlet Claw”. At least, I think that’s what it was called. Really good stuff. This is only about the sixth or so old Holmes movie I’ve seen with Basil Rathbone and … Continue reading
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hardware and open drivers
Considering my last post, I should probably clarify something. I actually go very far out of my way to find hardware that works with open source drivers before I buy it. Of all the hardware I have right now (which … Continue reading
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purism isn't practical
I just thought I’d weigh in on my opinion on the recent slashdot troll of whether or not proprietary drivers should be let into Linux. The title of my post pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter. Idealism … Continue reading
database first impressions
I’ve spent almost all day trying to get these free versions of large databases working. Well, that, and watching a good amount of Justice League. So far, I’ve yet to feel like I’ve made any good progress. Although that one … Continue reading
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planetarium visit
Me and my good friend Scott went to the Clark Planetarium last night. It was really cool. That homeboy knows more about astronomy than I ever imagined, and he gave me a good explanation of everything I didn’t have a … Continue reading
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more lds-scriptures releases coming soon (hopefully)
I’m sure I’m going to get into trouble by announcing something I *plan* on releasing, because then I might never get around to it … but oh well, I felt like mentioning it. I started working tonight on a SQL … Continue reading
