Monthly Archives: July 2006

I needed to quickly dump bunch of MySQL tables into Excel so that our directors can play around with the data. It does make sense, believe me. It would take me at least a day or two to implement, test, … Continue reading →

I had this pet project of mine involving redistribution of George Orwell’s 1984 novel. The book is freely available online on multitude of websites, and thus I assumed it was in public domain by now. My idea was to get … Continue reading →

Why is it that every time we have a thunderstorm my town gets major brownouts or even complete blackouts? Yesterday we lost power for like an hour, and the power surge totally fucked up my digital cable box. Thankfully the … Continue reading →

Someone mentioned Apache Derby to me the other day. I never used it before, so I decided to check it out. It turns out that it’s a tiny relational database, with built in JDBC that was designed to be embedded … Continue reading →

What do you do if there are 2-3 books and journals that you kinda might need for your research, but you know you will most likely only use few paragraphs out of a single chapter in each of them? a) … Continue reading →

It seems that my host is having some issues. My page seems to load really slowly, and becomes inaccessible at times. My hosts webpage is totally out, so I can’t even figure out what is going on. I expect this … Continue reading →

That movie is going to suck so much… I just know it. comic © pennyarcade; click to enlarge The more I hear about it, the more horrible it sounds. Granted that I’m not a big Transformers fan to begin with… … Continue reading →

If you need to programatically map Windows Network drives you can do it in two ways. The quick and easy way is of course to use the net command: net use x: \\host\share I use this method routinely for startup … Continue reading →

This video cracked me up. Click on the image to get to the vid: video © umpatriots Sigh… How come no one does silly stuff like that at MSU? [tags]superman, umpatriots, college, college humor, silly, video[/tags]

Ever found a YouTube video that you really liked, and wanted to keep? Saving your favorite clip can often be very tricky. That’s because YouTube and bunch of other sites (like Google Video) convert their videos to a flash based … Continue reading →

The Online Gambling Ban is the stupidest internet regulation initiative since “War on Pr0n”. I haven’t done any statistical research about this, but I think that next to pr0n and email, gambling is one of the major uses of internet … Continue reading →

Have you ever used Experts Exchange site? I often find some really good solutions in their open archives that get indexed by google. Here is an interesting tidbit about that website. It’s original domain used to be expertsexchange.com Read that … Continue reading →

Do you know someone whose customized MySpace page is so ugly it makes you want to run away and hide under the table? How do you spot an ugly myspace? They usually include some of the following features: clashing colors, … Continue reading →

Here is a tip for owners of a Dell Axim X5 PocketPC. With time the screen alignment on your device may deteriorate. Especially if you are like me, and you usually carry it in your pocket without a case. Mine … Continue reading →

This might be the best summary of the Net Neutrality madness out there. It has everything including excerpts of Ted Stevens’ speech, animated illustrations of tubes, and witty commentary from John Stewart. Watch it: I think that Ted Stevens single … Continue reading →

RIAA just lost one of their anti-customer lawsuits. This is the first of the legal attacks against alleged filesharers that went to court and did not end in a settlement. As it turns out, they didn’t have any solid evidence … Continue reading →

It seems that Zidane’s headbutt incident is becoming an internet meme. These animated gifs and videos spoofing that memorable moment are popping up everywhere. French people of course have a slightly different take on this. Here is what they saw … Continue reading →

Hehe, this is funny: [tags]japanese police, japanese video, vader, darth vader, star wars, humor, funny[/tags]

Using Excel for anything other than quick data tabulation is usually a bad idea. If you use a spreadsheet the way you should use a database, you are just asking for trouble. Unfortunately, in the world of accounting organizing information … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon this very interesting post about the War in Iraq. This is very interesting and thought provoking analysis of the real motivations behind the war. Here is a quote: The reason the US had to remove Saddam was … Continue reading →

Ah, sudoku. The Japanise children’s puzzle that makes western people feel good about their inferior math skills. Look mom, look dad! I’m doing a numbers puzzle. I must be sooo friken smart to do a number puzzle! Sigh… What you … Continue reading →

Some time ago I signed up for bunch of Ubuntu and Kubuntu CD’s on the official site. They claimed they will ship the m free of charge. I was skeptical, but then I talked to my friend who ordered them. … Continue reading →

Dear readers, I give to you the musical stylings of DJ Ted Stevens and his hit single “Internet is a series of Tubes“. This is just too funny! Steven’s speech sounds even less coherent than I imagined. Wired magazine did … Continue reading →

Are you surprised that BitTottent.com is launching a subscription service distributing MPAA movies? I’m not. It’s a freaking brilliant move! Let me break this down for you: sign a deal with MPAA use your technology to distribute their content break … Continue reading →

Typing documents in word is one of the most frustrating tasks that I can think off. Every once in a while, I have a chance to see people completely loosing their temper because the Office application refuses to do something. … Continue reading →