Category Archives: Technology

Ubuntu server 8.04…

Posted on April 29, 2008 by zinger

Not so clean. tried to update cpan perl -MCPAN -e ‘install Bundle::CPAN’ catastrophic errors all over the place. I thought it was just the Scalar List Utils error from a while ago, but Perl is hoaked – feeds you back … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on April 27, 2008 by zinger

Ubuntu 8.04 was officially released as production code on Friday. I’d already been running beta versions of it on two laptops (or the wife was, I should say) so I felt that I pretty much was ready to take my … Continue reading →

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Asus 500g and DD-WRT

Posted on April 23, 2008 by zinger

I’ve been a big fan of the $9.99 special wireless routers for a while, but I’ve started having problems recently. I’m not sure if it’s because everybody in the neighborhood is buying fios and all the lame actiontek routers are … Continue reading →

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Intel’s Nehalem CPU

Posted on April 9, 2008 by zinger

“Atom” is the brand name for Intel’s newly-launched ultramobile processor line, but it could just as well be the name for Intel’s next-generation 45nm microarchitecture. This new core microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, forms the basic building block from which Intel will … Continue reading →

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Alpha Geek – Prime Directive vs US Troops abroad

Posted on March 28, 2008 by zinger

This is the type of chart only a true geek could make.

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Newsweek fails at internet prognostication.

Posted on March 23, 2008 by zinger

Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works. The … Continue reading →

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I am currently reading…

Posted on February 28, 2008 by zinger

A Byte of Python which is nicely available free.

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KeePass

Posted on February 15, 2008 by zinger

So, some password expirations along with the revelation that one of the more sizeable forums had been hacked and all their usernames and passwords stolen made me finally get do what I’d meant to for a while and start using … Continue reading →

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Fighting Fire with Fire (Redcross –)

Posted on February 11, 2008 by zinger

So, the redcross has been wardialing us for the last two week. Here’s a screenshot from my vonage log:

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LED Sign kit

Posted on February 10, 2008 by zinger

So, I snagged one of the cool LED pegboard sign kits from Evil Mad Scientist. The kit’s extremely cleanly and clearly designed and documented, it went together in about a half hour – minus the LEDs, which took me another … Continue reading →

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