For those that are fans of Joss Whedon, he has started releasing his mini/limited-time/videopod/series, “Dr. Horrible’s sing-along blog“. Read More
You can use Disk Utility to create ISO images in Mac OS X:
.cdr file to .isoI found this handy hint on the internets as well. To convert a .dmg file, you can use hdiutil to convert it!
For those who don’t remember BBSes: You would use a modem to dial up a computer system that had one or more modems and you could send messages (like email) and download files (lke ftp) and play online games.
Why was this amazing? There was no real internet, no email, and no web. This was the way you talked to people and transfered files, etc.
The single most important fact that web site owners forget is that the web belongs to the the viewer. It doesn’t belong to the web site owner; they don’t control how the viewer will use the site.
This video is a perfect example of this (3 minutes, 30 seconds):
These are instructions on how to make sparring knives in the style of Aegis Consulting. They are designed to break before bones and not poke too hard.
Warning: These are not toys. They are for practicing with. While they are safer than a real knife, they are not going to prevent injury if you do something dumb! These minimize injury, not prevent it. They will leave bruises!
Generally, most people with websites want to have their sites indexed so that people can find them.
However, if the bot is really really stupid, then maybe it isn’t in your best interest.
My experiences with msnbot have been pretty much negative.
If someone hears voices that tell them to do something, we call them crazy.
If someone reads a book of fiction and tries to act as if it is talking to them and telling them what to do, we call that crazy.
How is this not insanity? How is this called anything but completely fucking bugnuts?
I have been married to Robin, my wonderful wife, for 12 years. I am very lucky and married my bestest friend and boy have we had fun.
I love you Robin!
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
— H.L. Mencken
So, I went to the my property tax appeal yesterday.
No, this isn’t the start of a lame joke and no, I didn’t appeal my property taxes.
The City of Pittsburgh appealed my taxes to the County of Allegheny (yes, these ones). Apparently they, like most municipalities and school districts in the area, do this automatically when a house is sold. They have a formula that helps them figure out whether to appeal or not, but basically, at the core, the heart of the matter is… they want more money.
My job was to fight the appeal.
As you may know, I have had a Mac Book Pro (15″ - glossy) for a few months now. I am starting to feel pretty comfortable in it and have started to learn more of the advanced features that I don’t need to get things done, but because I like learning how stuff works.
In this case, I discovered how to create dialogs from the command line or a shell script. In Linux, I’d use gdialog or something similar.
I like LEGO and have since I was a little kid. As an adult, I’ve gone through phases of enjoying LEGO and just keeping it safe in storage. However, now that I own a house, I think I’ll make space for my LEGO collection so I can play with it.
My server has been down for about a 6 days. The short story of why my site has been down is because Verizon sucks. The long story however…
I discovered on Thursday (Feb 7th) that my server, gerf.org was down. I went home to check it out and discovered the dreaded blinking DSL light.
I called up Verizon’s Business DSL Support and to put in a trouble ticket. I have to do my usual song and dance to get around the fact that the Verizon phone system think I’m a non-business customer and wants to redirect me to the residential support the moment it knows who I am. I have been told this is because the phone number I was given for my DSL (which is a dry loop; it has no phone service, just DSL) used to belong to a residential customer and the system is confused. I was told they would fix this when I signed up in November.
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