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Monthly Archives: September 2006
The Numbers
Over the past 2 weeks I watched all Lost episodes from season 1 and 2. Can’t wait till the show starts again next week. Wohoo! To kill time I’m now catching up on all the wild theories regarding the numbers … Continue reading
How do mermaids reproduce?
Penny Arcade totally stole this joke from that Futurama episode, but it is still funny: comic © penny arcade; click to enlarge Here is a question to ponder: why do mermaids have boobs? [tags]penny arcade, boobs, mermaids, humor[/tags]
Posted in geek humor
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Mutt with SSMTP
Here is how you set up Mutt without a working sendmail or exim installation. Most linux boxes I work with already have some kind of mail transfer agent installed by default, so I never really had to do this. My … Continue reading
Posted in sysadmin notes
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Using IMAP with Mutt
I find that most GUI based clients tend to have issues with IMAP. Even the usually lightning fast kmail tends to have sluggish response times when dealing with remote mail folders. Same goes for Thunderbird and host of other mail … Continue reading
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More 419 Letters
I’m so tempted to reply to one of those and make fun of them! But I’m kinda scared that if I do Mr. Ecko is going to show up at my house and kick my ass. From:LadyRita Mosley. 4 Old … Continue reading
Are You Clueless?
Take this 10 question [tag]quiz[/tag] to see if you are a [tag]clueless[/tag] [tag]luser[/tag], or a [tag]hard-core[/tag] [tag]hacker[/tag]. Please note that this post is filed under humor which suggests that it should not be taken completely seriously. What is the best … Continue reading
Posted in geek humor
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Gmail Down?
Is it just me or is anyone else having issues logging into Gmail? It was driving me nuts in the morning because I thought my Gmail Manager plugin was broken. But it turns out that gmail server is simply slower … Continue reading
More Links To Numbers Stations
Here are some more links to recordings from Numbers Station. Creepy and fascinating at the same time. I do not recommend playing lottery with these numbers, unless you want to suffer the Hurley Curse I found these on some Japanise … Continue reading
Tagged lost, weird
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Can you be too User Friendly?
I was reading some slashdot discussions today, and one of the comments got me thinking. At some point someone said something among the lines of: Back in the day, most computer users could actually program their machines. Now most users … Continue reading
Posted in technology
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Lost and Numbers Stations
I’m still in process of catching up on Lost. I’m 9 episodes into the second season now, and I just successfully managed to hook my brother on the show. I think the clincher was when I told him that Michelle … Continue reading
Command Line SCP for Windows
I do not use FTP, and you shouldn’t use it either. Sending your password and files over the tubes in plaintext form might have been ok in the 80′s but nowadays it’s just asking for trouble. I use scp for … Continue reading
MySQL: find week start/end given week number
I have a table with some dated records. I wanted to do some weekly reports on this data. MySQL has a nifty function dubbed WEEK() which will return a week number. It allows you to break your data into week … Continue reading
SSL on Blackboard
I found this in my inbox yesterday: We will be adding a security layer (SSL) to the Blackboard site on Monday to provide greater security. We anticipate that this process will go smoothly. Please let us know if you have … Continue reading
BlueJ Considered Harmful
At Montclair State University introductory Java classes are taught using the BlueJ IDE. I cannot say that I do not understand the reasoning behind this choice. I know exactly what the instructors and administration is trying to achieve here. You … Continue reading
Stealth Ringer in a Ring
When I saw the Remember Ring link on boinboing I got an interesting idea. How about bluetooth enabled jewelry which would interface with your cell phone? If you are to lazy to click on that link, it features a wedding … Continue reading
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Project Idea
I have been bouncing around an idea for a new pet project I could hack together in few weeks. My dad is a contractor and most of his work related data is scattered all over the place on snippets of … Continue reading
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Necessary Household Survival Kit
You should have one of those in every room of your house: via myconfinedspace You never know when we are going to get overrun by zombies. [tags]humor, zombies, survival, funny[/tags]
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