When contacting the IT department at work, or calling a repair shop for your home computer, here are some tips for getting fast, friendly service: Fully describe your computer. Yes, we could look up the specifications for your computer, but it sucks to do that. Just tell us what you have. (Unless you consider the … Read more
For those of you that didn’t get forced to read the actual Linux Journal magazine that published my articles, you’re in luck! Today being September 1st, the articles from the August issues are available to read online for free. Way to go Linux Journal! Here ya go: Build Your Own Arcade Game, and Relive the … Read more
Just a quick post (still crazy school time). I like LOLCats a lot, but by far, the funniest, albeit geekiest, photo I’ve ever seen is: It’s funny because of Schrodinger’s Cat Thought Experiment. Basically, quantum physics says a quantum particle, at any moment, may or may not exist. Honestly, there is still no “official” way … Read more
I’ve had a multitude of Palm Pilots over the years. I’ve always thought they’d help me with organization, but in reality, they’ve never done more than cause frustrations. Maybe I’m doing it wrong — but it seems I end up spending more time syncing, updating, etc, and less time accomplishing anything. I’m curious how useful … Read more
I received the following on a t-shirt for my birthday: And I love it. Really, it is hilarious, and when I first saw it, I almost spit coffee all over my laptop. But there is a problem. It’s really hard to explain what it means to anyone that’s not a Unix/Linux geek! I have a … Read more
Yep, today is the 8th annual Sysadmin Day. Every summer, the last Friday of July is the official Sysadmin Day. And every summer, here at the school, the entire staff works (4) 10 hour days, so they take off every Friday. You might think they do this to avoid buying me gifts and whatnot (the … Read more
OK, I know I’ve been playing with my website a lot lately, and today is no different. I’m going to try recording my blog posts, and publishing the audio version right along side the text. Is that cheesy? Maybe. But here’s the deal — I could use the practice with performance reading, and sometimes I … Read more
Well, a couple things have changed. One, I am using a template that actually works for Windows Internet Explorer folks. Secondly, I moved hosting to an actual host instead of the computer in my closet. It was cool to host things locally, but some days my personal bandwidth is affected by web traffic. I need … Read more
I’m in the land of shared dialup this week — so updates will be few and far in between. It took me 10 minutes to post this. No exaggeration!
Look, I don’t care why Linux doesn’t have issues with spyware and viruses like it’s glass-in-a-frame brother, but it doesn’t. Actually, I do care — but the beauty is that it’s true. Maybe it’s because it’s not a target. Maybe it’s designed better. Maybe it just has a cooler name. The truth of the matter … Read more