Monthly Archives: March 2007
Get OpenSolaris CD’s Shipped to you for Free
OpenSolaris seems to be doing the same kind of promotion Ubuntu has been doing for a while now – they will ship you nice, original installation CD’s free of charge. These ship with not only Solaris Express, but also 3 … Continue reading
F Train Doesn’t Use Soap
I found this scribbled underneath the mirror in the bathroom in Richardson Hall at MSU: I don’t know about you, but if I ever meet this F Train dude, I’m definitely not shaking his hand. :? [tags]funny, humor, f train, … Continue reading
Grape Juice can be used as a Velociraptor Repellant!
Write this down – it may save your life one day: It is widely known in the field of agronomy (e.g., Avery, 2002) that birds are repulsed by methyl anthranilate, a natural compound found in many of the less sweet … Continue reading
Poseidon – I called every death
Oh man… Talk about bad movies… Poseidon It’s been done before… I saw Poseidon today. I can describe it in one word for you: fail. I’m dead serious here. This movie completely fails on so many different levels, it is … Continue reading
Vi or Emacs? Which one do you use?
I’m not planning to start a flame war here. Just curious of your opinion. Personally I’m a vi (or rather vim) person – simply because it’s the editor I know better. It’s smaller, simpler, and easier to configure (ie. you … Continue reading
Rayan vs. Dorkman II
Rayan and Dorkman are at it again. Yet another spectacular lightsaber combat video: Rayan vs. Dorkman 2 [youtube.com] I think this one is even better than their first video. The cgi work is pretty damn amazing for an fan video. … Continue reading
Upgrading to Vim 7 on Dapper
I’m updating all my systems to Vim 7 because of the nifty new features such as the built in spell check and tabs. I don’t care that much about undo branches, but the above two features are quite awesome. :) … Continue reading
Remote Desktop and Other Remote Control Protocols
I have looked at bunch of different remote protocols lately. I’m trying really hard to find something that could compete with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol but so far, I’m having no luck. I manage Win 2003 servers and XP pro … Continue reading
Focus is something I cannot muster…
I just read an article called 34 reasons why readers unsubscribe from your blog. It seems that one of top 10 reasons why people stop reading a blog are frequent changes in focus. I really didn’t know that… Hell, going … Continue reading