Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Monday, November 22, 2004
Ruby Pipes....
Google Groups: View Thread "Bidirectional named pipes on Linux"
Or more correctly named "how to maybe get a fifo working in ruby without killing your brain"
Or more correctly named "how to maybe get a fifo working in ruby without killing your brain"
Wikipedia:Wiki Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia:Wiki Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For you crazy kids out there.....
RubyForge: Project Info- Hobix
RubyForge: Project Info- Hobix
I might have already posted this, but the guy that did the project is just plain wacky. And I like wacky.
I might have already posted this, but the guy that did the project is just plain wacky. And I like wacky.
Friday, November 19, 2004
ConceptNet
ConceptNet is a neat ass idea for AI. Let you infer given a few sets of phrases that they are asking about 'topic'. Now that is intelligent.
I might have to send this to my brother.
I might have to send this to my brother.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Fonzie
Fonzie was someone I always wanted to be. Now I'm not sure why, other than his method of debugging a jukebox. That would be priceless in my line of work.
Second Life and Peter Pan
New World Notes: AND STRAIGHT ON 'TIL MORNING
No I don't know if this will stay up after next week. Yes it looks like it rocks. I want it mommy. I want it bad. Oh well.
Some things are best left desired, for the mind shall clothe that which reality leaves naked. -Me
No I don't know if this will stay up after next week. Yes it looks like it rocks. I want it mommy. I want it bad. Oh well.
Some things are best left desired, for the mind shall clothe that which reality leaves naked. -Me
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Gaim Filesharing Plugin
These folks are trying to scrape some cash together to get a P2P filesharing plugin for gaim up and running. Which would be awesome if it used some crypto. Then at leastwhen I go to share with my family some picture of my son I can cringe less knowing that the RIAA/MPAA are just champing at the bit to sue the people that support them.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Wow, this is a real book.
Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
Yeah it's a real book. No, I have no idea what possessed someone to write it, but maybe it's a good thing that Hasbro bought out D&D. I wouldn't have thought that something this *mainstream* would be published any other way.
Yeah it's a real book. No, I have no idea what possessed someone to write it, but maybe it's a good thing that Hasbro bought out D&D. I wouldn't have thought that something this *mainstream* would be published any other way.
TripleA :: Strategy Engine Framework
TripleA :: Strategy Engine Framework for Axis and Allies. Too neat the idea that you can play this classic game.
read4me
Welcome to read4me project page a program that can read a bunch of RSS feeds for you and then make mathematical guesses as to which ones would be interesting for you. I am so thinking of putting this up somewhere. It's a sweet idea.
Monday, November 15, 2004
Gentoo Linux Documentation - - 2004.3 Release Information
Gentoo Linux Documentation - - 2004.3 Release Information
Not much else to say about this. This is one of the distros that I am thinking of going with for the new cluster here at work. Granted I have never hated a piece of machinery so much in my life, but eh, beggars and choosers.
Not much else to say about this. This is one of the distros that I am thinking of going with for the new cluster here at work. Granted I have never hated a piece of machinery so much in my life, but eh, beggars and choosers.
Gentleman's Emporium :: Products::Civil War Flags
Gentleman's Emporium :: Products It's a site that caters to the old school in all of us. And the interesting thing is that I found this off of del.icio.us a neat social bookmarking site. Yeah you need to go look at this site. It's a cornucopia of interesting things. And my bookmarks are here.
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Friday, November 12, 2004
Netcraft What's That Site Running Results
Netcraft What's That Site Running Results
IN case this ever gets erased, Microsoft is trying to launch a search engine that will rival google. With that said a few weeks ago, Balmer sent out this message saying "Linux is spendy, and Windows isn't as spendy." And then the company goes and uses Linux for their server.
IRONY. Kind of like picking a bug for a mascot....
IN case this ever gets erased, Microsoft is trying to launch a search engine that will rival google. With that said a few weeks ago, Balmer sent out this message saying "Linux is spendy, and Windows isn't as spendy." And then the company goes and uses Linux for their server.
IRONY. Kind of like picking a bug for a mascot....
Joe Straitiff: The Man!
joestraitiff: So I'm posting under my real name -- you
Basically EA is the devil. I would never ever work in an environment that showed such blatent disregard for the family [which is why a person works in the first bloddy place]. Anyone that chooses family over work gets an A in my book.
Basically EA is the devil. I would never ever work in an environment that showed such blatent disregard for the family [which is why a person works in the first bloddy place]. Anyone that chooses family over work gets an A in my book.
ea_spouse or "Hell no I'm not working for EA"
ea_spouse Read this persons blog entry here.... 5s overview: EA feels it's appropriate to bill 85 hrs/week to a person, yet none of that time over 40hrs is paid, nor is it available to be banked to take time off after serious projects. Just plain sick.
Tired
Well, I'm heading off to bed. On the bright side, I've been out of town and got some goodies. And some serious brewing equipment, like roasted barley, and mutton's Dark Malt Extract. And a smack pack of wyeast. Oh yeah, thank God for Jimmy Carter.
Yeasts at the Wyeast Labs
The One List
I've got one pack of Thames Yeast for a stout. It's a smack pack, boasting 100 Billion little yeast buggers. This should be most interesting. Granted it's not fruity yeast, but then again, stouts weren't meant to be fruity.
I've got one pack of Thames Yeast for a stout. It's a smack pack, boasting 100 Billion little yeast buggers. This should be most interesting. Granted it's not fruity yeast, but then again, stouts weren't meant to be fruity.
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Home - The home of Spybot-S&D!
Home - The home of Spybot-S&D!
Verbum Sapiente Sat est. I *think* this is the official site. But with 2.1 million links in google, one can't be too sure.
Mental note: get antivirus software pronto.
Verbum Sapiente Sat est. I *think* this is the official site. But with 2.1 million links in google, one can't be too sure.
Mental note: get antivirus software pronto.
Mozilla Firefox - Tabbed Browsing
Mozilla Firefox - Tabbed Browsing described for the ordinary Joe. Now, for those of you still using IE and it not having tabs, this is a *critical* feature. It is what keeps my sanity. Imagine a world where you don't have to keep 10 IE windows open of the various websites that you are looking at. No also imagine that the names on the tabs are informative and you don't have to search for the page you were looking at three pages back. Now that is sweet. Oh and there is (or will be soon) a undo close tab feature. I can't tell you how many times I've cursed the luck that I just closed the one coolest page and in firefox, I can get it back.
For those of you with good taste in Browsers
Mozilla Update :: Extensions - List - All Extensions - Page 1
Yes, Firefox 1.0 is out. While it doesn't have *all* the items that I was looking for [like duplicate tab] I know the code is in there and well, this is going to be *the* browser.
Yes, Firefox 1.0 is out. While it doesn't have *all* the items that I was looking for [like duplicate tab] I know the code is in there and well, this is going to be *the* browser.
Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info: FoxyTunes
Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info: FoxyTunes
Ok, I can now control my iTunes while I'm browsing? Hot damn!
Ok, I can now control my iTunes while I'm browsing? Hot damn!
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
RAA - podcatcher
RAA - podcatcher Podcasts? I'm not sure what they are. but I thought it was related to IPodding. Probably wrong.
Thousand Parsec:News
Thousand Parsec:News Saw this on the Stars newsgroup. Seems it's a open source work-alike. INteresting.
Stars! AutoHost KN-2050 Central Computer
Stars! AutoHost KN-2050 Central Computer
Aside from the demo of Stars, there was apparently a hint that led me to a site I think is selling stars. It's the company Empire Interactive. Granted their buzzline for the game doesn't sound like Stars! but the images look simular, and it's under strategy as well.
Hm. Here is the link to the store.
Aside from the demo of Stars, there was apparently a hint that led me to a site I think is selling stars. It's the company Empire Interactive. Granted their buzzline for the game doesn't sound like Stars! but the images look simular, and it's under strategy as well.
Hm. Here is the link to the store.
Google Search: rec.games.computer.stars
Google Search: rec.games.computer.stars
Hm, yeah, it's spam. But I think I'm interested. Of course I could be a sucker.
Hm, yeah, it's spam. But I think I'm interested. Of course I could be a sucker.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Awesome mini's
Daring Adventurers!
I have to say this is awesome. No where else have I heard being able to buy a mini of Sir Richard Francis Burton. That by itself is the best thing I've ever heard.
And suprise suprise it appears that the wife's 'i' key has died. :(
I have to say this is awesome. No where else have I heard being able to buy a mini of Sir Richard Francis Burton. That by itself is the best thing I've ever heard.
And suprise suprise it appears that the wife's 'i' key has died. :(
Konfabulator - Downloads
Konfabulator - Downloads
Already blogged this once, but now I have a link for the windows and the mac clients. Might have to see if they have a weather widget for home....
Already blogged this once, but now I have a link for the windows and the mac clients. Might have to see if they have a weather widget for home....
Index [Wills' Projects]
Franki/EarlGreyLinux. It's odd and one floppy only, but then again, that's a good thing in a lot of ways. And fwiw, a person, I think, can write a floppy to an iso and have the ElTorito use it as too boot up...
Frozen Tuxy
Software Suspend for Linux will allow me to suspend a session to disk. Which, as I might point out now, is the *only* thing that Windows does better than linux in the long term. I really like being able to stop what I am doing, power down, go home, and power up and see the session as it was. And that just hasn't happened for me yet on linux.
GNOME War Pad Site
GNOME War Pad Site
Ah VGA planets. How I remember ye. I'd on many occasion rig up a set of robot opponents and then proceed to try and conquer the galaxy. 'The Borg'-like group was my favourite, but then again I played with anything and anyone. Turns back then were painful to turn in, requiring someone who had a BBS and the appropriate BBS door. Nowadays I suspect turning turns in is a lot easier. And shoot, with the robot opponents I just played solo. And I registered as well :)
Course I also registered and played Stars! but I don't know if that is still even around.
Ah VGA planets. How I remember ye. I'd on many occasion rig up a set of robot opponents and then proceed to try and conquer the galaxy. 'The Borg'-like group was my favourite, but then again I played with anything and anyone. Turns back then were painful to turn in, requiring someone who had a BBS and the appropriate BBS door. Nowadays I suspect turning turns in is a lot easier. And shoot, with the robot opponents I just played solo. And I registered as well :)
Course I also registered and played Stars! but I don't know if that is still even around.
ONLamp.com: OpenBSD 3.6 Live
ONLamp.com: OpenBSD 3.6 Live
Ok, so the major thing of note is ssh multiplexing sessions. That's sweet as buttermilk.
Ok, so the major thing of note is ssh multiplexing sessions. That's sweet as buttermilk.
Schneier.com
Crypto-gram by Bruce Schneier. I really wish my work could get him to come and talk about something sciency, if nothing else than to thank him for his book, which helped immensely in my graduate studies and kept things in perspective, at least from a theoretical standpoint.
OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community
OpenBSD Journal: A resource for the OpenBSD community That's all I've got to say about that.
Monday, November 08, 2004
[ale] and today's paranoid Linux hack is....
[ale] and today's paranoid Linux hack is....
Oh yeah. This is the neatest hack ever. An encrypted swap space with a random password. That is serious neatness. It is cheese, but then again, it also means that people aren't going to get your swap info. And trust me, it's scary.
Oh yeah. This is the neatest hack ever. An encrypted swap space with a random password. That is serious neatness. It is cheese, but then again, it also means that people aren't going to get your swap info. And trust me, it's scary.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Disturbing Discussion on FreeBSD and NetBSD
Here is one disturbing discussion about FreeBSD 5.3 and NetBSD 2.0. From what I'm reading it isn't the case anymore [at least to this one guy] that FreeBSD is faster on x86 than NetBSD. That would really really really suck.
The hope is that this isn't the case. I've seen some interesting ideas come out of the FreeBSD camp and I'd *really* hate to see that they painted themselves into a coner and need a drink of water. I guess the only way to see if it is the case is to run some tests of my own. He did say that it was most noticeable on an older machine [which I have] and doubly so on a Uni-processor machine [also have that]. Times like this it's nice to work in a Unix shop.
Oh why am I concerned over this? I have an old machine at home running redhat 7.3. It's a nice machine, but there are times that I think that it needs a boost in coolness. It runs ok and all, but there are no more patches being released for it really, and some day in the near future I can see people starting to stop putting out rpms for it. WHen that day comes it is going to be a real bitch to install the latest and greatest packages that I tend to really use. Or if the ssh I have is a security threat, I'd really like to just do something like apt-get update or emerge ssh or cd /usr/ports/security/openssh ;cvs update ; make && make install.
The hope is that this isn't the case. I've seen some interesting ideas come out of the FreeBSD camp and I'd *really* hate to see that they painted themselves into a coner and need a drink of water. I guess the only way to see if it is the case is to run some tests of my own. He did say that it was most noticeable on an older machine [which I have] and doubly so on a Uni-processor machine [also have that]. Times like this it's nice to work in a Unix shop.
Oh why am I concerned over this? I have an old machine at home running redhat 7.3. It's a nice machine, but there are times that I think that it needs a boost in coolness. It runs ok and all, but there are no more patches being released for it really, and some day in the near future I can see people starting to stop putting out rpms for it. WHen that day comes it is going to be a real bitch to install the latest and greatest packages that I tend to really use. Or if the ssh I have is a security threat, I'd really like to just do something like apt-get update or emerge ssh or cd /usr/ports/security/openssh ;cvs update ; make && make install.
FreeBSD/i386 5.3-RELEASE Release Notes
Quantian
This has to be the perfect distrobution for one of the guys I work with. He always has this suite of utilities that he wants to install and they always include Scientific Python and Numeric Python. Which, while not hard to install, are always something I forget to install. So I get a user call from him at an odd interval asking for it 'whenever I can'. Now that he has the root password at work though, this is less of a concern, I guess. Still a good scientific distro, especially since it can do mpi to multiple nodes as well as doing mosix clustering. Hm maybe I'll use this as a base to replace my current beowulf "solution".
SQLite home page
SQLite home page Shamelessly blogged so that I can go to work and remember the site. Oh and the neat thing about this app is a) no dependencies required b) small footprint c)fast in it's use d) has a Ruby interface out there. The Ruby interface is reason alone for me to look at it, since I'm trying to use that more than my other languages. Oh and it would be neat to drop this into a home directory and then use it in rhtml webpages with impunity.
Doomsday Algorithm -or "How to know what day Christmas is on"
Doomsday Algorithm was invented by Damian Conway. It's a neat algorithm that allows me to say that the 13th of September was on a Tuesday this year. Or that a) 27th of September is on a Monday and b) Christmas Day is on a Saturday.
The mental math isn't that hard to master, but it's quite rewarding to be able to look at your wife and say "Honey our anniversary is on a Tuesday this year, what would you like to do?" anytime you want without having to memorize the exact day.
The mental math isn't that hard to master, but it's quite rewarding to be able to look at your wife and say "Honey our anniversary is on a Tuesday this year, what would you like to do?" anytime you want without having to memorize the exact day.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Soft Updates and Snapshots
Soft Updates and Snapshots are cool. And supposedly will be available completely in FreeBSD 5.0. Man that will rock for a server. The only problem now is deciding which BSD to run at home or work. FreeBSD seems to have the best TCP/IP stack and has soft updates/background fsck. But OpenBSD has CARP which allows for server farms and has distributed firewalling. And NetBSD? Well is has a weird logo. Oh and it'll run on anything from a toaster to an O2 SGI machine.
The Official DVD Decrypter Website
No, I'm not saying anyone should go out there and use this for DVD ripping! However is supposedly does have an ability to burn iso's better than nero, which is something that I *do* need.
The Official DVD Decrypter Website
The Official DVD Decrypter Website
Knoppix Linux Documentation - Faq Using
Knoppix Linux Documentation - Faq Using Section on using a memory stick is here. Long and short of it:
Boot with stick inserted
Go to Knoppic Menu->Configuration->Save Configuration (when asked select your usb drive generally /dev/sda1).
Then when booting: knoppix myconf=scan home=scan
Boot with stick inserted
Go to Knoppic Menu->Configuration->Save Configuration (when asked select your usb drive generally /dev/sda1).
Then when booting: knoppix myconf=scan home=scan
The PartImage Handbook: Usage
The PartImage Handbook: Usage Handy in case you don't know how to GHOST something :)
SystemRescueCd homepage
SystemRescueCd homepage Has Partimage a ghosting utility for linux that should allow a person to ghost pretty much any fs system. Esp linux systems, although there is experimental support for NTFS. What does that mean? Well it means that I can back up my windows machines at work in some fashion and then when the machine dies, I can just recall the image. Now I just have to figure out where to store the image at.
FreeSBIE - Free System Burned In Economy
FreeSBIE is a liveCD of freeBSD. Some of the screenshots are quite cool and make it appear as if it is as feature rich as knoppix. I guess we'll just have to check it out and see. It would be nice to have something like this at home just in case the hard drive goes south I can still surf and/or work from home.
Friday, November 05, 2004
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Computer Laboratory - Xen virtual machine monitor
Computer Laboratory - Xen virtual machine monitor
Long and short, it needs a hack on the linux kernel and then some other evil. But in the end it can run a couple of OS's in parallel on the same machine. Granted I'm not sure how bad the performance hit is...
Long and short, it needs a hack on the linux kernel and then some other evil. But in the end it can run a couple of OS's in parallel on the same machine. Granted I'm not sure how bad the performance hit is...
BitTorrent Linux Mirror
BitTorrent Linux Mirror
Yay. Slashdot mentioned this, and now I find that there is a real reason to use bittorrent. Aside from downloading Knoppix iso's and gutenberg texts.
Yay. Slashdot mentioned this, and now I find that there is a real reason to use bittorrent. Aside from downloading Knoppix iso's and gutenberg texts.
Google Search: filetype:torrent debian
Google Search: filetype:torrent debian
Wow I can google for torrents?! What is this world coming to?
Wow I can google for torrents?! What is this world coming to?
For the true geek in all of us
www.rpgmp3.com Yes, you too can listen in on a Dungeons and Dragons session. At least that is what they are advertising and they are saying that they are running through the world's largest dungeon. That ought to be interesting.
I told ya, I told ya
World's Largest Dungeon: AEG Shop
Oh and it's an interesting thing that AEG has their own store. Sure this isn't tech. Sue me.
Oh and it's an interesting thing that AEG has their own store. Sure this isn't tech. Sue me.
Alderac Entertainment Group -- World's Largest Dungeon
Alderac Entertainment Group -- World's Largest Dungeon
Yeah it's a brute of a dungeon. 100 maps and it's just big. Sadly, it costs 100$. :(
Yeah it's a brute of a dungeon. 100 maps and it's just big. Sadly, it costs 100$. :(
Thursday, November 04, 2004
DooBar - Disk Usage Browser
It's only for the Mac, but it is still a nice idea in general.DooBar - Disk Usage Browser
Browse directories and find out where exactly the big chunks are. I know this would be handy for me, since I tend to need to find space in a hurry.
Browse directories and find out where exactly the big chunks are. I know this would be handy for me, since I tend to need to find space in a hurry.
Thunderbird : Message Grouping
Thunderbird : FAQs : Message Grouping - MozillaZine Knowledge Base: "Message Grouping (Group by Sort) feature lets you organize messages in the message list into self-contained groups according to attributes such as date, sender or priority. For instance, if you set your Inbox to group messages by date, the messages will be organized into folder-like groups labelled Today, Yesterday, Last Week, and so on. You can expand or collapse each group by clicking on the small /- mark next to the group label"
Thunderbird : Saved Search
Taken from the Thunderbird : FAQs : Saved Search - MozillaZine Knowledge Base. In short, thunderbird allows a person to make a folder that have messages from people or subjects or even dates in 100 different folders. IE I can have a Joe folder, a James folder and a Mom folder, and still have a 'Family Search Folder' that combines all of them. That way I could read just Joe's email or if I wanted to see something the entire family is talking about I could switch to the 'Family Search Folder'. Neat.
Citadel BBS Software
Granted they are not trying to pimp themselves as a groupware solution for the modern era. Which is kind of funny in it's own way .It's an industry buzzword and yet it is completely accurate.
Citadel
Citadel
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
JSF :: JabberStats
JSF :: JabberStats for those of us that use the jabber.org server for our main talking server, this is a handy site to see if the downtime is us or them.
Chatopus - Palm OS Instant Messaging Client For XMPP / Jabber
Keep in mind that even if you don't have a jabber client you can still use the bots to get interesting information.
Chatopus - Palm OS Instant Messaging Client For XMPP / Jabber
Chatopus - Palm OS Instant Messaging Client For XMPP / Jabber
Slashdot | Live CD for PPC?
Interesting discussion. Blogged so I can read it more when I'm not at work.
Slashdot | Live CD for PPC?
Slashdot | Live CD for PPC?
Vendetta Online
Yet another MMORG. This one is more of a run and gun game though. It's for LInux/Mac/Windows and seems to have some really nice graphics. On the other hand, it is a freshman effort by this company so it may not do as well as it could.
Vendetta Online - Vendetta Online
Vendetta Online - Vendetta Online
Voter Turnout
Notice that in the past few years half of all montanan's don't vote. Sure it makes my vote 2x as important, but how can anyone call it a democracy if everyone doesn't take time to say what they want? It's frikkin ridiculous.
Voter Turnout
Voter Turnout
Gallery :: your photos on your website
Gallery :: your photos on your website
Granted it's only in php and requires either mysql or postgresql. And some tricky permissions on occasion.
Granted it's only in php and requires either mysql or postgresql. And some tricky permissions on occasion.
Boing Boing: Apple to iPod owners: ...
Warning: Adult Language ahead
Boing Boing: Apple to iPod owners: ....
Needless to say, I'm starting to agree with this guy. And that bothers me.
Boing Boing: Apple to iPod owners: ....
Needless to say, I'm starting to agree with this guy. And that bothers me.
HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod - Engadget - www.engadget.com
HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Yay for slashdot. Makes Mac nerds happy.
Yay for slashdot. Makes Mac nerds happy.
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