Random Stuff

So I got sucked in to watching Canada’s Next Top Model tonight. I doubt anyone in the states will have heard of this, even if they do watch the US version. Basically I heard that it was hosted by the very hot Tricia Helfer (who of course plays Number 6 on Battlestar Galactica) and also […]

Wow, now I remember why I archive things forever! I ended up re-discovering the “txt” directory on my computer. This has been there for as long as I remember… in fact, it started out as “D:\txt” back in the days when I had a whole 100 megabytes of storage and I split it into 2x50mb

Here’s something neat for all my friends who run and have mp3 players. DJ Steveboy – Mixes is a podcast of songs for running to. Each one has a BPM rating and is basically a mix of electric beats that while I haven’t personally run to them yet, sound pretty funky-cool. It’s definately a neat

Here’s some random cuteness for you…. the Ear blanket, quite possibly heart attack inducingly cute. For more cuteness you can also be sucked into Cute Overload.

An interesting read on How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off. I really need this, my routine while unemployed has gotten really bad. I’m sleeping the same amount I think, just my sleep cycle has shifted from 10pm-7am to 12am or 1am to 9am or 10am. That said, I’m posting this

Ooooohhhhh…. how to make How-To: Rackmount your gear for cheap. I’m adding this to my TODO list 🙂

Some cool instructions on How to pull an all-nighter. And last but not least, don’t be a wimp. You have to be hardcore. You want that all-nighter. You need that all-nighter. You will get that all-nighter, and then you will tear a phonebook apart with your teeth. Man, I could have used some of this

One of the things I was petrefied of with the old UFies server was rebooting. The long delay as the scsi started up, various BIOS screens popped up and asked for attention, what if the updates I’d done over the last 2 years since the last time the box was rebooted had some unintended effect

Some friends came in from out of town and a small meet up was arranged. It was cool to get together and geek out a bit. Topics discussed included: Comic books Movies Bad movies Horrible movies Partitioning schemes Politics etc… Best quote of the night had to be: There is no good way to spin

Saturday FireflyMom came by and we were going to do some work on the steps and other various niggly bits around the house. After determining it was really cold outside and we’d be much better served to do things inside, we left the steps (and the outdoor cutting it would require) and moved to dealing