September 2009
22 posts
Honda's Answer To the Segway →
lcreech writes with an excerpt from the Daily Mail’s description of a new Segway-style one-person vehicle being shown off by Honda: “The vehicle looks like a very modern unicycle and to ride it you…
Corey Edwards: Drug Policy →
Lately I’ve put a bit of thought into the state of drug policy in our nation. It’s really not in dispute that illegal drugs are a major problem which doesn’t seem to be on the road to solution. It’s…
“We should petition God to open source the universe.” via @harleypig
Safely and socially share a wireless network →
This is not really Mac-specific, but still a good idea. I like two things: sharing and encryption. But you can’t have both with wi-fi. Either you share it or you encrypt the OTA transmissions with…
Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister... →
99luftballon writes “The British government has officially apologized for the treatment of Alan Turing in the post war era. An online petition got more than enough signatures to force an official…
Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD →
David Gerard writes “Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who’d annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft reintroduces this popular feature in…
Suspicion →
Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud... →
At Backblaze, we provide unlimited storage to our customers for only $5 per month, so we had to figure out how to store hundreds of petabytes of customer data. After looking at several overpriced…
Hey, I was just notified that my proposal to speak... →
Hey, I was just notified that my proposal to speak on Apache Lucene at the Utah Open Source Conference was accepted. The conference is October 8 - 10. I will also give a short discussion on Hibernate…
Apple Store Theft: Steal 23 MacBook Pros 14... →
Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick, and a visit to the Apple Store in…
Apple Store Theft: Steal 23 MacBook Pros 14... →
Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick, and a visit to the Apple Store in…
AT&T rolling out MMS to iPhone on September 25 →
AT&T has just announced that MMS — a much-ballyhooed feature of iPhone OS 3.0 — will finally be hitting AT&T on September 25.
Metadata Performance of Four Linux File Systems →
Using the principles of good benchmarking, we explore the metadata performance of four Linux file systems using a simple benchmark, fdtree.
#AT&T, I need a refund on my plan for all the months I was paying for #MMS and wasn’t getting the service.
Interesting chart of historical effective tax rates http://bit.ly/16wXmQ
Tax rates are much lower than they were in the ’80s
10.6: Easily switch sound inputs and/or outputs →
Upgrading to Snow Leopard made me disappointed to see that Sound Source no longer works as a menu extra. However, this left me disappointed for only a few seconds, as I figured out that by…
EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide →
The Register is reporting that EMC co-founder Richard Egan has committed suicide. The article has an interesting look back at some of his accomplishments. “Egan had an amazing life, encompassing…
The rock of redundancy: Ars reviews Guitar Hero 5 →
The first Guitar Hero title was released in November of 2005—that’s almost four years of Guitar Hero. We’re on the fifth sequel, if you count World Tour as the fourth title, which…
SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure 2.0 →
As some of you may have seen NetApp, yesterday, announced, an enhanced version of SnapManager for VI (SMVI 2.0) which among other things provides support for Single File Restores from within a…
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica... →
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: 150+ new features
In June of 2004, during the WWDC keynote address, Steve Jobs revealed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to developers and the public for the…
eek, annoying, pretentious flash intro warning #CAT09 ! http://catalystconference.com
August 2009
8 posts
http://bash.org/?896077 #awkward
Skins →
Microsoft sucks at Photoshop →
The images speak for themselves.
rt @libel_vox: Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the World - see point #2, “rationing”: http://is.gd/2A3Y5
crt @whyisjake: Man, who keeps voting for Buttars… http://bit.ly/19fn7p
Buying a new Honda Fit with my $4500 from uncle Sam.
STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands. http://bit.ly/11vVkV
RT @rianf: Medical problems caused 62% of all personal bankruptcies in 2007-78% had medical insurance http://tr.im/vWdb
July 2009
12 posts
Avoidance →
Replaced the blower moter in my truck. Perhaps there is still a chance I can be manly? Heh, oh well.
OMG I did it. Best time of my life.
Waiting for initial skydive training. http://skydiveutah.com
Preparing myself mentally for my first skydive today.
Yay! I scheduled my first skydive for next week.
Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself →
Extreme economic problems require extreme solutions, and Wells Fargo Bank has come up with a good one. They have decided to sue themselves. Wells Fargo holds the first and second mortgages on a…
Watch and Stream Cable TV with your Mac via... →
Have you ever wanted to connect that seemingly “dead” FireWire port to your Mac and watch TV with it? Well here’s how! You can also use this to stream your cable to anywhere in the world (no need for…
The 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads Of All Time →
What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They have all been used to sell stuff in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!These are real, untouched advertisements from the…
Celebrate 10 years of Moonfruit and win a MacBook Pro http://bit.ly/96bxC #moonfruit
I love coming in to work in the morning to find a great big Dell box. Yay, new server!
A Time To Laugh, But Mostly A Time To Cry →
(A woman and her three year old daughter leave the changing room and approach my counter. She looks to be flustered and in a hurry.)
Me: “Hi there, can I help you?”
Customer: “Just this,…
June 2009
8 posts
Eh, don’t bother using Outlook. It sucks anyway. See http://fixoutlook.org
Ryan Byrd: Load Balancing for Fun and Profit →
If you’re like me, and goodness who isn’t?!?, you probably run a few high bandwidth sites. You probably worry a lot about reliability and scalability and fault tolerance. You’ve maybe looked…
Digg Dialogg with Bruno →
Digg announces next Digg Dialogg with Bruno. Start submitting and voting on questions now!
whew, iPhone 3.0 finally activated. Pretty nice so far
Eeek, after iPhone 3.0 upgrade, it won’t activate. Unknown error from iTunes store. /cry
Leo Laporte Blows up at Mike Arrington →
Leo Laporte calls out Mike Arrington of TechCrunch after Leo got mad that at him for implying that his opinion of the Pre was effected by the fact he had a free review unit.
TV's Gay Friend Obsession →
In this terrible economy, there is one recession-proof accessory for any woman on television: a gay best friend! Bryan Safi explores the topic on ‘That’s Gay!’
Beautiful day. Love summer http://tinyurl.com/qebfax