New toy…err, business expense —
Archive for the ‘Technical’ Category
Gandhi —
Mahatma Gandhi said: “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
Today’s Fiction —
“Today’s fiction becomes tomorrow’s reality.” –Me
Don’t drink and Unix —
Take a look at someone who had a couple of drinks and woke up with 1,000 nerds.
It do be like that —
“….exposure to Windows causes brain damage and that its use in the corporate workplace should be considered an OSHA violation.”
Voting Machines —
“Michael I. Shamos, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who is a proponent of electronic voting and the examiner of electronic voting systems for Pennsylvania, stated “It’s the most severe security flaw ever discovered in a voting system.” Douglas W. Jones, a professor of computer science at the University of Iowa, stated […]
TheDarkener’s Screenshot Series (#4, Debian + Gnome 2, 2004/06/27) —
TheDarkener’s Screenshot Series (#3, Debian + Fluxbox, 2000/08/22) —
Yay, I’m helping! (Folding @ Home + COVID-19 = My computer working toward a cure) —
Ye Darkener’s Olde School Screenshot Series (#1, Debian + Fluxbox, circa 2003) —
Thought Process —
My thought process as I age is sort of like a never ending labyrinth of nested if statements.
Just received my sticker pack for donating to EFF =D —
On diversity with your Infra —
“Because ‘the cloud‘ is just someone else’s computer, and you never know where your data will end up or when they will alter or terminate their services.“
The FoxIt Linux Fiasco —
Last night when I was off-site furiously doing a major upgrade on a client’s server I checked my email. I quickly glanced at the RKHUNTER logs sent to me by a script I crafted up a long time ago. They were for my primary Linux system at home. My heart skipped a couple of beats […]
reCaptcha v3 —
I’m impressed with reCaptcha v3. I haven’t gotten any spam through my contact forms on various sites I manage since I installed it. The best part is that I don’t have to subject any innocent people to clicking on endless pictures of storefronts, cars and traffic signals. I fucking hate that shit. I hate it […]
Reddit Reposts —
It would be nice if Reddit kept track of posts you’ve seen and omitted them from your feed if someone else posted it.
Regarding UI/UX Design —
Reading comments on this Slashdot article and I found this very insightful comment by houghi regarding software user interfaces: “I liked it when each part of the software did its own thing and you could exchange it for something else, without any issues. Now we have a bootmanager that tries to do everything, starting a […]
Re-Captcha —
Ready —
Just discovered libre.fm and Jamendo music sites —
Just discovered libre.fm and Jamendo. All I can say is that I feel very satisfied to have found couple of decent, curated collections of Creative Commons licensed music. I’ve been listening to Jamendo’s Rock radio for a few hours now and it’s all really good. I think I’ve found a couple of new members of […]
My Predictions for Things to Invest in —
Desalinization technologies Renewable (solar/wind) energies Open and moral A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) systems Autonomous vehicles (cars, but moreso drones/quadcopters, including passenger and freight/non) and autonomous vehicle networks Freight/shipping services (FedEx/UPS/etc.) Open Source security-focused hardware and software Electronic voting machines with paper receipts
Facebook Privacy —
You know, I would hope that people in general would have understood that Facebook is free for a reason when they signed up. You need to keep your defenses up just because of the nature of their business. They sell ads, ok? With a network so large you need to expect that “big players” are […]
Conversation with my Dad —
I was talking on the phone with my dad the other night about business, money and character. I was telling him a story about how I had worked for a public school district for a couple of years as an I.T. contractor long ago. I was making good money and had there was much opportunity […]
Software Development Process —
Notice how the list starts at 0. You know a real dev came up with this =p
Rockstar Developer —
M$ —
Microsoft wants to control the way people do business. Control. They want control.
Virtualization —
Having been researching different open source types of clustering + virtualization + cloud platform technologies (IPVS/LVS, Proxmox, corosync+pacemaker, and at the moment openstack). I feel it is a probability that, based on peoples’ ability to advance this kind of thing at such a rapid rate, that we’re all living in a simulation (virtualized environment/reality). Think […]
Booze Design – Uncensored (C64 Demo) —
This entire sequence was done on a Commodore 64 computer in 2014. It’s absolutely amazing to see hackers push the limits of such old technology, and with this kind of style.
Livestreaming platforms —
Livestreaming platforms are all the same. Why do there have to be 5 different apps/platforms (Periscope, live.me, Stre.am, YouNow, UStream, I could name more) that all feature people doing nothing?
Dev Life —
Glad I’m not the only one who feels this way =p
Windows Cleaner —
Voicemail Greetings are so Obsolete… —
Does anyone really need instructions these days on leaving a voicemail? “Please leave a message after the tone. When you are done, hang up or dial # for more options. Press # to send a fax.” Seriously? Can I just have an option for a BEEP after the last ring finishes? Or, at the least, […]
The Future of Google Glass Style Devices —
I’d like to see Google Glass in a form factor that causes it to be nearly invisible. The big hit to Glass was that it was obvious what it was and what its capabilities were. Google didn’t impress me in the “obviously you’re being recorded, look at this thing on my head” department. All of […]