In Gentoo, “emerge” is the package manager (the tool used to install new applications and software on the system). You can type “emerge mozilla-firefox” to install the most recent Firefox release or “emerge ruby” to install the Ruby programming language. … Read More
Well, nearly 3 years ago, I started building a car computer using a Mini-ITX 1GHz motherboard, an 8″ touchscreen LCD, some custom power components, and a bunch of spare parts. $794 later I still am pretty much where I was … Read More
Yes, that’s right, this post IS categorized as “Actual Events”. 🙂
I just installed and was playing with Synergy. It’s a very cool program that allows me to take advantage of the fact that I sit with three screen at my desk (one is my MacBook, one is my “work”laptop running … Read More
Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing some wiring… There are multiple phases of this project. Install nicer shelving in under-the-stairs closet (wood instead of that horrible white wire mesh stuff). (25% complete) Get proper power/cable/network/audio wiring into the … Read More
I just upgraded to WordPress 2.3 which supports tagging natively. There’s a new spot under the Edit window where you can enter tags. I’m lazy though so I’d like it if it could present me with a list of my … Read More
Well in my drug-induced down time I’ve been fiddling with my Gentoo server some more… I added Wake-on-Lan support to the kernel so that I can power the system up from upstairs or across the country. It’s nice because I … Read More
I need to copy all of my FLAC files out of my directory tree but preserve the folder structure that they were in… Here’s my script. Unfortunately, it’s not a “perfect” solution as there are issues when handling special characters … Read More
1. Browse to a site like Amazon. 2. Enter the following into your browser address window javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin (R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(’A()’,5); void(0);javascript:R=0; … Read More
I stumbled across a website that was talking about the “magical number seven, plus or minus two“. The Wikipedia article that I link to has some great stuff. It’s really quite fascinating. I myself have found that I am able … Read More