Category Archives: News
New Congress, Save the Internet ramps up again!
As I’m sure my American readers know, there’s a new Congress on the way in, and they’re going to need to be trained like the baby animals they are. Please help spread the word on Net Neutrality by watching and … Continue reading
WordPress opinions
Well, I’ve been using WordPress for, like, 6 hours now and I think I have a pretty good idea about it. I like it. Last night I helped set my friend Jason up with WordPress and liked it so much, … Continue reading
Change of pace?
I’m seriously considering converting my whole blog over to wordpress and I’ve set up a sandbox in the mean time. Unfortunately there exists no import wizard, so I’ll have to do all the transfers of posts by hand. I don’t … Continue reading
Politics
I got a bit hammered last night at the bar when the election results started rolling in, and when I learned that Thelma Drake, Republican, had won the House race here in my district of Virginia, I crafted a rather … Continue reading
Road rage
I write this while sitting in traffic. Bad traffic. I can only assume someone is dead and the corpse is in the road and noone gives a shit enough to drag it to the gutter where it belongs, so everyone … Continue reading
The state of compiz
Since my Ubuntu Tips post, Compiz has really come a long way. If you’re reading this because you checked out my ubuntu tips tutorial, you’re going to want to go here: http://wiki.compiz.net/index.php/Ubuntu#Installation for the most up-to-date methods of getting compiz … Continue reading
R.I.P. Nanci Raygun
Tonight was the last show ever at the Nanci Raygun. The Gaskets played to make everyone feel loved, but unfortunately I had to leave before then due to some excruciating foot pain. On a high note though… this happened:
Spam Exasperation
I’ve finally gotten enough spam to get fed up with it. I’ll be disabling comments on each post that spammers hit, as they hit them. I think this gives a nice compromize between giving people a chance to weigh in … Continue reading
OpenDNS part 2
I e-mailed the OpenDNS people (see last post) and got a really fast reply. They provided some interesting (and vastly useful) info which I felt I should share: > Hey guys, I love the service… I’m going to switch my … Continue reading
OpenDNS
Wow, just found out about OpenDNS and decided to try switching my home network over. They resolve simple typos to TLD’s (like .cm and .co now resolve to .com), they’re faster than my ISP’s DNS servers (no shock there, I … Continue reading