Written on Wednesday, the 12th of January, 2005 at 5:42 pm and was filed under:
Uncategorized,
Nerdity
The window control buttons (close, minimize, maximize) are in the wrong place. Maximize doesn’t do exactly what I want. Windows affixes them in the upper right hand corner, which is good, but doesn’t offer the option of moving them. Winner: linux, with the ability to put them anywhere in the top bar and make them look like anything.
I don’t like the combination of items in the dock. I don’t like process combination in XP, either. Bleah. Of course, I don’t use XP, and if I did, I could turn it off. Winners: Windows and linux - especially kde with the multiple task bar option thingy.
Line endings are like ‘\n\r’ or something ridiculous like that. Windows is not any better with ‘\r\n’. Winner: linux, with ‘\n’
<crschmidt> no, os x is just \r
Mac keyboards and mice are generally crap. I brought a logitech usb keyboard and mouse, and life is reasonably good, except that I don’t have permissions to install the drivers, so the Apple and Alt/Option keys are swapped. Goofy. Many of the keys do nothing - which is sometimes okay because I don’t use a lot of them. Mostly I use the ‘b’ and ‘m’ keys. The Logitech mouse doesn’t work right under linux, and not all the keys are supported. Winner: Windows, unless the drivers can’t be installed, in which case everyone loses.
Viruses: I had one or two viruses on Windows. I had one virus on my Amiga. I have had a few successful and unsuccessful hacking attempts on my various linux boxes, and even an attack on my OpenBSD box. My Mac at work seems to be safe. Winner: t33kid! No, wait, he’s a loser. Winner: Mac! (for now)
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Written on Tuesday, the 11th of January, 2005 at 2:09 pm and was filed under:
Diversions
Just as I was getting some work done, my coworkers stroll up behind me to flash my lights.
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Written on Monday, the 10th of January, 2005 at 3:20 am and was filed under:
Nerdity
Stolen from another site and made more css-correct
‘American Typewriter’, ‘Courier New’, Courier, Monaco, mono
‘Arial Rounded MT Bold’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
Baskerville, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
‘Book Antiqua’, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
‘Bookman Old Style’, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
‘Brush Script MT’, ‘Comic Sans’, sans-serif
Chalkboard, ‘Comic Sans’, sans-serif
Didot, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
Futura, Impact, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
‘Gill Sans’, ‘Lucida Grande’, ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
‘Hoefler Text’, Garamond, Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
‘Lucida Grande’, ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’, Lucida, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
‘Marker Felt’, ‘Comic Sans’ sans-serif
Myriad, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
Optima, ‘Lucida Grande’, ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
Palatino, ‘Book Antiqua’, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
Cochin, Georgia, Garamond, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif
‘Goudy Old Style’, garamond, ‘book antiqua’, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif sequence
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Written on Saturday, the 8th of January, 2005 at 1:01 am and was filed under:
Diversions,
Food
CBBC Newsround | WORLD | ‘I’ve got the world’s longest tongue’
“My friends always said I had an incredibly long tongue - I could make lots of money with it one day,” said Annika.
The twelve-year-old from Tangstedt, near Hamburg, can lick the ice cream from the bottom of a cornet - while her friends have to use their fingers.
Okay, so this is an old story. Wait a minute? She could make a lot of money some day? That’s just not right.
Jeez.
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Written on Thursday, the 6th of January, 2005 at 1:39 am and was filed under:
Music
dallas orbiter Media
My friend and former coworker Gerg is the drummer and seeming manager for the band known as “dallas orbiter.” Sometimes he sends me emails or chats me up on AIM - usually when a new album is coming out or they need to corral people into a bar for a show. Both of those things are occurring soon, relative to the time I am posting. By the time you straggle in to read this, it may already be too late, and you will have missed the hoopla.
However, you will probably still be able to listen to their new album in its entirety over the internet via a streaming mp3 server. Will the wonders never cease? Imagine being into an indie band in the before time, when there was no internet. If you wanted to hear a random band from the other side of the world you would have to send them a letter via mail and have them mail you back a cassette tape or chunk of vinyl. An actual physical copy!
No, I don’t have a copy of this album yet. Will I continue my string of purchases? Hard to say - I would feel guilty for not buying the last EP or whatever. Then again, I don’t think that I got advance mp3s this time, so I didn’t feel all cool ‘n’ shit. It’s like drugs - the first taste has gotta be free!
Oh yeah, if you haven’t heard dallas orbiter, it’s space warble rock jam coolness. I recommend taking a listen - it might not be your cup of tea, but that’s not because they are doing anything wrong, it’s just a stylistic thing.
Or something.
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Written on Thursday, the 6th of January, 2005 at 1:31 am and was filed under:
Nerdity
Joel on Software - Advice for Computer Science College Students
I like Joel on Software. He’s fun. If you believe his article, then I am schlepping in the right direction - except that I should probably be working on Gallery instead of blogging this. Or not - writing is part of being well-rounded.
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Written on Thursday, the 6th of January, 2005 at 1:27 am and was filed under:
Diversions
My lab partner from Computer Science like to quote this:
Bene Gesserit Littany against Fear
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
I think that he still owes me pizza.
Mentat Creed
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
Both of these quotes are from Dune, which I read at a very young age - meaning that I really don’t remember much of what went on in the series. I only made it through two or three books, and then it was just too much effort to find the next one in the series in small town Iowa.
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Written on Sunday, the 2nd of January, 2005 at 3:19 am and was filed under:
Diversions
It’s a good movie. Here’s some kanji for fun: 用心棒
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Written on Tuesday, the 21st of December, 2004 at 3:30 am and was filed under:
Diversions
This has nothing to do with anything, but I enjoy the television show “Venture Brothers”. Anyway, I sent an email to their email place, and instead of the usual black hole I actually received an email from their self-styled “web monkey,” who went by “Dean Venture”.
Here is our exchange, minus all the cool stuff like email addresses:
Jesse Mullan wrote:
Thank you for tapping the sweet syrup of my hidden self. I demand more Venture Brothers.
Go Team Venture!
Dean Venture wrote:
Then be sure to watch. And tell your friends to watch. And if they tell 10 friends, and then they tell 10 friends… Well, you never know…
Jesse Mullan wrote:
Of course, none of my friends or extended friends matter unless they have Nielsen boxes.
Or Tivo! Ah ha! I CAN make a difference!
Dean Venture wrote:
Always remember - it’s the thought that counts.
Mostly.
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