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New Rules for Cool Fools
2007-10-10 20:36:00 Every now and then, I check the news feeds and see several sites out there that desperately need a dose of me. This is one of those mornings. Hail and hear well, oh denizens of the Internet, as I mete out a king’s measure of wisdom to your sorry selves…. New Rule: Accept that stupidity is ... More About: Photoshop , Misc , Cool , Rules , Halo 3
7 Reasons Why Gimp vs Photoshop is the Stupidest Flamewar in History
2007-10-09 21:46:00 1. It’s gone on long enough. A Google search for “Gimp vs Photoshop ” in quotes currently shows 23,400 hits. I’ve been seeing it since the turn of the century. Much more often than I’ve seen the canonical geek flamewars of Emacs-vs-vi, Gnome-vs-KDE, and all. 2. The Gimp development team says that Gimp has nothing to do ... More About: Linux , Microsoft , History
Making bad websites behave with Firefox
2007-10-08 22:25:00 Some websites out there just can’t get the message: we don’t want them to do things with our computer without our permission. The best policy is usually to avoid them, but unfortunately we still get embroiled in a debate on Slashdot or have to research something and the only way to complete the task is to go to that ... More About: Firefox , Websites , Fire , Makin
Social Engineering with Pretexting
2007-10-07 21:29:00 In an early scene in the movie “Sneakers“, a security guard is aroused by an alarm and rushes to the phone. The voice on the phone reassures the guard that this is a false alarm, and that it should stop in a minute. It does. The guard is visibly relieved and thanks the officer. Then ... More About: Social , Internet , Engineering , Erin , Social Engineering
The Software Guru Looks up From His Meditation?
2007-10-06 22:42:00 …as a pack of programming students hoist up over the cliff’s edge at the top of the mountain to seek counsel from the wise one. Entering his cave in a pack, the first one says: “I’m having a hard time learning to program. It seems that I’m a visual learner - I need videos to explain ... More About: Software , Programming , Meditation , Cobol , Guru
Dont Panic ! - Ok, Panic !
2007-10-05 23:11:00 It seems we had a problem with the .htaccess file, For some reason he was overwritten with empty file, sadly this resulted in false navigation, a lot of pages were directed to empty white pages. Everything SHOULD be ok now, if you happen to find anything wrong let me know. I would like to thank all those who took ... More About: Panic
Social Engineering - How Hacking is Really Done
2007-10-05 18:15:00 The movies and even TV media have misled us countless times; somebody is trying to hack into a system. They have a screen of scrolling, indecipherable code going by. The hacker types in some mystical incantation and a big, dumb box pops up on the screen: “access grated”. The crafty hacker cackles at his own ... More About: Social , Engineering , Ally , Done , Erin
The Son of Stupid Answers to Smart Questions
2007-10-04 20:22:00 Of course, after civilization collapses and I’ve been frozen in carbonite for 1000 years and thawed out and asked what the blazes happened, and after the scientists get done with me, the reporters will want a lot of interviews. They’ll want to know more about the IT industry. I’ll have to be sure to be ... More About: Programming , Internet , Question , Questions , Computer
Stupid Answers to Smart Questions
2007-10-03 19:59:00 I have a new project I’d like to tell you all about. I’m going to volunteer to be cryogenically frozen and suspended in a time capsule, set to be thawed 1000 years from now so I can explain the IT industry to the scientists who will thaw me out, then. Also, I will have to ... More About: Questions , Beta , Smart , Stupid , Answers
Happy Birthday ProBlogger
2007-10-03 16:16:00 Number one Blog is having a CRAZY week, Darren (the owner of ProBlogger) managed to put his hands on more than $54,000 worth of Sponsored gifts just to hand them all to his Readers. Yesterday he offered SEO book ($79 US) worth, Premium Directory listing (Worth $50 US) and a weird scar treatment cream ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Seven More of the Coolest Online Generators
2007-10-02 22:03:00 So, you liked “Seven of the Coolest Online Generators ” ? then here’s part two: You would think I could leave them alone after that last post. But no. I just can’t resist snagging a free image or generated joke. Herein, the best ones I’ve found culled from my endless bookmark collection. Blingy necklace - Bada-boom, bada-bing! Yo, ...
Don?t Panic! - New Design.
2007-10-02 16:37:00 I told you I’m testing out a new design; don?t blame me if you’re too lazy to click the huge RSS button on the right side. testing out the design might take a day or two and I’ll be more than happy if you could assist me with finding bugs in it, so far I’ve proof-checked it ... More About: Design , Panic
Must? Post? New? Rules?
2007-10-01 23:01:00 Ugh! The Internet seems to have taken a few lung-popping drags off the silly pipe this week. I see we’ll have to set some new rules. New Rule : - Web 2.0 news reporting has to slow down. The story broke about the first test of a GPL license in a United States court. Hours later, Slashdot ... More About: Misc , Post , Rules
Sunday?s Spam - September 30, 2007
2007-09-30 16:33:00 Wow, what a busy week? This week, I’ve celebrated yet another milestone, not only have I decided to redesign my blog - don’t worry, the hideous green stays - but I’ve finally passed the 10,000 spam comments mark! Yes indeed, it’s time to thank all those ED’s medicines for doing me the honor and spamming my ... More About: Spam , Sunday , Viagra , Monty Python , September
The Top 10 GENUINE Geek Movies - Second 5
2007-09-29 22:33:00 Continued from part 1… This is the second half of the movies which I (and most will concur) think best capture geek culture. Let me remind you again: these are movies which either are about geeks, computers, technology, or hacking, or which will evoke the “geek spirit”, and not just movies which geeks temporarily like. ... More About: Movies , Movie , Games , Macgyver , Misc
Write for us!
2007-09-29 03:42:00 Are you over-clocking your 44 MHz 286 machine to 4Ghrz with the help of 2 lemons and one potato? Are you clustering more than 100 Apple 2 computers together with Linux installed just to run XMame to play Dig-Dug? Does you latest computer case mod startle the neighbors? Are you fond of anything technology-related? If so, ... More About: Write
Write for us!
2007-09-29 03:42:00 Are you over-clocking your 44 MHz 286 machine to 4Ghrz with the help of 2 lemons and one potato? Are you clustering more than 100 Apple 2 computers together with Linux installed just to run XMame to play Dig-Dug? Does you latest computer case mod startle the neighbors? Are you fond of anything technology-related? If so, ... More About: Write
The Top 10 GENUINE Geek Movies - First 5
2007-09-28 19:55:00 A while ago, I posted “The 10 Geek Movies That Should Never Have Been” part 1 and part 2. Which sets us up nicely for the counter-point: What movies exist which really are geeky goodness? Sadly, very few. When Hollywood tries to market to geeks, they have a hard time seeing out of their little ... More About: Misc , Genuine
The Top 10 GENUINE Geek Movies - First 5
2007-09-28 19:55:00 A while ago, I posted “The 10 Geek Movie s That Should Never Have Been” part 1 and part 2. Which sets us up nicely for the counter-point: What movies exist which really are geeky goodness? Sadly, very few. When Hollywood tries to market to geeks, they have a hard time seeing out of their little ... More About: Misc , Hacker
We Need a Mythbusters For Computers
2007-09-27 18:52:00 The Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters” show is great, and very popular with geeks and all, but we could use one for computing. The show deals mainly with physics and nature myths, especially when they give Jamie and Adam an opportunity to blow stuff up. We’ll never forget that cement truck. So we could use some computer Mythbusters. ... More About: Linux , Virus , Computers , Computer , Turbo
We Need a Mythbusters For Computers
2007-09-27 18:52:00 The Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters ” show is great, and very popular with geeks and all, but we could use one for computing. The show deals mainly with physics and nature myths, especially when they give Jamie and Adam an opportunity to blow stuff up. We’ll never forget that cement truck. So we could use some computer Mythbusters. ... More About: Computers
Windows XP tip of the day
2007-09-26 19:13:00 Save 500MB to One Gig of Disk Space On Your Windows XP With Just One Move. Ready for this? All you have to do is delete C:hiberfil.sys. If you don’t have it, don’t worry about it. If you have it and you’re looking at it, you don’t need it. If you got rid of it before ... More About: Hibernate , Windows Xp , The D
Windows XP tip of the day
2007-09-26 19:13:00 Save 500MB to One Gig of Disk Space On Your Windows XP With Just One Move. Ready for this? All you have to do is delete C:hiberfil.sys. If you don’t have it, don’t worry about it. If you have it and you’re looking at it, you don’t need it. If you got rid of it before ... More About: Windows Xp
So, Are There Differences in the Brains of Windows, Mac, and Linux Users?
2007-09-26 01:13:00 Slashdot recently ran the story of how researchers have pegged some differences in brain function between the supporters of their two political parties. While the story itself is a yawner unless you care about American politics, some commenters grasped the idea and wondered what differences in brain function other groups might show. It figures that there ... More About: Windows , Linux , Differences , Users , Brains
So, Are There Differences in the Brains of Windows, Mac, and Linux Users?
2007-09-26 01:13:00 Slashdot recently ran the story of how researchers have pegged some differences in brain function between the supporters of their two political parties. While the story itself is a yawner unless you care about American politics, some commenters grasped the idea and wondered what differences in brain function other groups might show. It figures that there ... More About: Windows , Linux , Differences , Users , Brains
Social News Solution Form
2007-09-24 23:12:00 A little-known snow-clone on sites like Slashdot involves the follow-up post to any post proposing a brilliant (well, to the poster) solution to the email spam problem, in the form of a reply checklist. Here is one original copy. The idea is to point out that it’s all been done and said before. Well, Web 2.0 ... More About: News , Social , Social Networks , Form , Solution
Social News Solution Form
2007-09-24 23:12:00 A little-known snow-clone on sites like Slashdot involves the follow-up post to any post proposing a brilliant (well, to the poster) solution to the email spam problem, in the form of a reply checklist. Here is one original copy. The idea is to point out that it’s all been done and said before. Well, Web 2.0 ... More About: News , Social , Form , Solution
Sunday?s Spam
2007-09-23 16:27:00 It’s been a busy week, lots of holidays and lots of food? there’s nothing like family quality time to understand how much you hate the holiday season. This week was very special for me: five new sites has decided to buy a new link on my site. I’m not sure how they found my site, ... More About: Spam , Sunday
Sunday?s Spam
2007-09-23 16:27:00 It’s been a busy week, lots of holidays and lots of food? there’s nothing like family quality time to understand how much you hate the holiday season. This week was very special for me: five new sites has decided to buy a new link on my site. I’m not sure how they found my site, ... More About: Poker , Spam , Mac , Magazine , Sunday
Why Does Linux Need Marketing?
More articles from this author:2007-09-22 20:50:00 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, in a fit of umbrage (well, the closest to a fit of umbrage that SJVN gets, anyway) responds to a recent criticism of Linux with the right title: “Why the Linux Desktop will succeed despite itself“, and the wrong post under it. His answer is marketing, marketing, marketing. What is going on in ... More About: Marketing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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