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Got my iPhone…

…so what enterprising soul is going to give me an ssh client?

Posted 04 August 2008 § Geek § Rants ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

iPhone FTL

Andi and I tried to get iPhones this morning…an exercise in futility.

For some reason, AT&T/Apple decided that 20 phones per AT&T store should be plenty. Jackasses.

Posted 11 July 2008 § Geek ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Testing TextMate for Blogging

Supposedly I can use TextMate, which I use for most of my coding, for blogging. Let’s see how this goes.

Posted 07 May 2008 § Geek ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Snowboarding

Andi got a job at Shawnee Mountain. This means I get to snowboard for free at a mountain that is actually on my way home from work, which rules. So, I went snowboarding today for the first time in several years. I kept meaning to go every year, but something always came [...]

Posted 22 December 2007 § Family § Misc ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Stupid Mac Tricks

Today’s silly-ass trick? This page, that shows you what my laptop sees each time it wakes from sleep.

Posted 01 February 2007 § Geek ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

ZFS in OSX

According to World of Apple, the next release of OSX (Leopard) contains Sun’s ZFS. If you haven’t heard of ZFS, you should really check it out. Sun is calling it “The last word in file systems”, and they may be right. Maximum filesystem sizes in the zettabyte range, maximum file sizes in [...]

Posted 18 December 2006 § Geek ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

I quit smoking

The title really says it all. I’m on day 13 without a cigarette and I’m actually starting to feel better. I took the patch route, which really seems to have taken a lot of the edge off. The downside to the patch is that it gives you really vivid dreams, so I [...]

Posted 30 November 2006 § Family § Misc ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Mac+VMware update

Well, apparently VMware has heard the cries of OSX users…sort of. VMware for OSX is in “Friends and Family” beta right now, and hopefully will see public consumption soon. The new product is called VMware Fusion and is apparently a cross between Player and Workstation. This does NOT make me happy. [...]

Posted 14 November 2006 § Geek § Rants § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

My 15 minutes of fame

This was pretty entertaining. I just ran down to the inconvenience store to pick up a sandwich and it was mobbed with about 15 German tourists. They walk right up to me as soon as I get out of the car and start saying things like, “Ooh, Audi. That is a very [...]

Posted 13 August 2006 § Misc ‡ Comments (0) °

Mac spoof adds

Holy crap funny! Just funny. Go see ‘em now! I especially like the networking one.

Posted 31 July 2006 § Funny ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,