Monthly Archives: December 2006

reddit annoyance

I really hate it when reddit posts are to videos that auto play when opened. I kind of lost my cool and threw a fit the other day when it happened again, and I had 12 tabs opened and one … Continue reading

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What is that smell?

*sniff* *sniff* Smells like some sort of db rebuild? Must be an old copy of postgres, and they are running the vacuume on it.

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More Ubuntu tips

Another problem I faced today was the Ubuntu (debian) installer not finding the nics during install. I went ahead with the install and then tackled it afterward. Once it was all installed and rebooted, I logged in and edited the … Continue reading

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Ubuntu and HP servers

From time to time some HP machines give me a problem with the installer. After choosing the local (the second item) it freezes. After messing with it and doing some googeling I found a fix. Flip to the console (alt+F2) … Continue reading

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Microsoft rules

I heard they were sending out free laptops to bloggers…I didn’t get mine yet, so I figured I needed to generate some good buzz here about the upcoming launch of vista. Vista is great, I will use it everytime it … Continue reading

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Man’s constant battle

My girlfriend wanted to go shopping today, but didn’t have anyone to go with. Being the great guy I am I suggested I could go along and hang out while she shopped. I must say, she was very cognizant of … Continue reading

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YAHTZEE

Funny how things go sometimes. On Friday I was staring down a 4 day weekend, and really didn’t have a lot planned. I knew I would be at the laptop and wanted to mess around with some code. I started … Continue reading

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Hopefully more places follow suit

As someone who makes a living from web based tech it may seem odd, but I really hate HTML email. I use a text based console program to read my mail, and HTML email sucks in that. Hopefully this story … Continue reading

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Irssi

I use IRC every day. I like it ok. It’s a nice way to stay in contact with friends and other folks in the IT world. There is idle chatter for sure, but it’s also a nice way to aggregate … Continue reading

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Shut up and compete

This is what I am talking about. Finally an American company looks at the situation and says “we can do this better”. **EDIT** Fixed link – thanks Patrick

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