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Monthly Archives: March 2007
RGX Girl – Rachel Specter
Rachel Specter, aka RGX Bodyspray Girl makes me want to go to the store and buy it right now. Apparently she will be on a new Comedy Central show Not Another High School Show. [tags]racher specter, rgx, rgx bodyspray, rgx … Continue reading
Tagged chix0rs, video
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Vista Experience Revisited
This cracked me up: comic © control alt delete I guess great minds think alike. [tags]windows, vista, xp, pain, horrible, sucks[/tags]
Lost: Nicky and Paulo were not in Pilot
Can I make one thing abundantly clear here? Nicky and Paulo were a dirty, disgusting retcon! They were not in the pilot episode! And the fact that some people claiming that Damon and Carlton “planned” for it since the first … Continue reading
On the Proper Use of Wikipedia
I have this seeking suspicion that no one on this fucking internet knows how to use Wikipedia. So let me explain this to you people in few easy to understand points: Wikipedia is not a “source” – it is a … Continue reading
Awk One Liners
I’ve been doing this stuff all day, so let me show you few nifty awk tricks. For these examples lets assume we have a tab delimited file with n columns and m rows. To take an average of each row … Continue reading
Lost: Worst Episode Ever
Most Lost fans would agree that the last few episodes were top notch. Lost was getting back on track with interesting storyline, action, mystery and answers. They are back, we said! They really got the spark back, and the show … Continue reading
Are you Googlable?
I just realized that not everyone has an online presence. For example, if you google me by either by my full name, or one of my online handles you will get bunch of hits. First of them are usually this … Continue reading
Adding new column to a text file
The output of some of the tests I do in my research produces pages upon pages of log files detailing what is happening to my data. This was very useful during debugging, and now it just helps me to gather … Continue reading
My New Stick
I bought a new memory stick. I kinda did it on a whim – I saw a tiny 2GB one on amazon for $14 so I just bought it. I got it in today, and it is actually even smaller … Continue reading
The Free Solaris 10 DVD’s Came in the Mail Today
I posted about Sun offering to send you Solaris 10 DVD kit free of charge few weeks ago. Today I got the DVD’s in the mail: Awesome! Now if I only had a machine on which I could install it. … Continue reading
Free Fully Hosted PHPBB Forums with no Ads
My brother plays Megalomania a lot. He wanted to create a private forum away from the official game forums where he and his group of friends and allies could discuss strategies, evil galaxy domination plots and etc. He didn’t want … Continue reading
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Congratulations to RIAA
I would like to congratulate RIAA on winning the 2007′s Worst Company in America Award. They have managed to beat Halliburton which is an incredible accomplishment right there. I wonder if they will finally get the message… Oh wait… I … Continue reading
Exceuce me, can you take our picture?
Most of the simple digital photo cameras are essentially the same. They all have a lens that you point at your target, a viewing apparatus of some sort and a big button that needs to be pressed to take a … Continue reading
Ispirational Unix Story
I found this [tag]story[/tag] during some random browsing. I think it was originally posted in comp.[tag]unix[/tag].[tag]admin[/tag] and archived from there. I found as part of a larger compilation of unix [tag]horror stories[/tag] gathered from [tag]Usenet[/tag]. It’s pretty amazing what to … Continue reading
Hairless Monkey is Hairless
I found this one one of those random image sites some time ago, and I still can’t figure out what the fuck is it: author unknown I did some googling and I can’t find any info on any species of … Continue reading
Make Your Active Tab in Firefox Stand Out
Here is my little pet peeve about Firefox tabs – with the the default theme it is sometimes hard to see which tab is currently active at a glance. The difference between normal and boldface tab title is just not … Continue reading
If only people knew as much about their computers as they know about their cars…
I have this little dream. I wish that people would know as much about their computers as they know about their cars. Our lives would be so much better then. No more dumb support calls, no more dealing with clueless … Continue reading
How not to commit fraud
My boss called me today with a Quickbooks question. Of course the fact that I’m not an accountant, I do not use Quickbooks, and that I have only a vague idea of what it is used for didn’t cross his … Continue reading
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