March 2009
36 posts
Project Sipster: Sipster Indeed →
Top Gear America attempts to get 70MPG out of a used $7k car.
Ross Douthat looked at my boobs.
Well, not mine but:
(15:54:37) *redacted*: i saw ross douthat on the subway (16:09:37) *redacted*: how funny is that (16:09:44) *redacted*: he totally looked at my boobs too (16:09:47) *redacted*: and i was like listen (16:09:48) *redacted*: guy (16:09:53) *redacted*: you are ross douthat (16:09:57) *redacted*: and dont think i dont know that
Look who's killing Obama's agenda now. →
Jonathan Chait lays out a pretty compelling picture of how screwed up the senate (and democratic leadership of said body) is. No matter what, IMO, Reid has got to go. How someone so inefectual at communicating ever got so high up in the power structure is beyond me.
WatchNeat distopian sci-fi F1 intro.
If you were watching 60 minutes tonight... →
you might have seen Leslie Stahl’s segment about the conficker virus. The link above is the ultimate tech rundown of what Conficker is and how it propagates. How it’s eventually going to be used is anyone’s guess. Money Shot:
The exploit employs a specially crafted remote procedure call (RPC) over port 445/TCP, which can cause Windows 2000, XP, 2003 servers, and Vista to...
Iphone 3.0 javascript performance is impressive. →
The hackiest of the hacks - Ron Fournier. →
Netscreen ssh problems?
You: confused network engineer.
It: netscreen box that’s probably out of support (thanks juniper for being facists about software downloads!).
On your screen:
[omghi2u@toro][08:50:29][~]> ssh omghi2u@10.40.2.30 omghi2u@10.40.2.30’s password: Connection to 10.40.2.30 closed by remote host. Connection to 10.40.2.30 closed.
In your logs:
Mar 20 20:50:29 10.40.2.30...
“twittering is just randomly bragging about your unexceptional life”
– unknown, but inspired.
Another interesting parallel to the AudiWorld... →
More coverage on the AudiWorld disaster.
IEDEI: http://iedei.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/audiworld-is-dead-long-live-quattroworld/
LASnark: http://www.lasnark.com/2009/03/19/internet-brands-audiworld-quattroworld-archives/3191/
How to destroy a community with software.
I admit to being slightly more obsessed with cars than i probably should be for a latte-sipping Manhattanite. It certainly started out with my dad - he and his brothers were all gearheads growing up, all had multiple cars and bikes - everything from big block v8 American muscle cars to Honda v-twin motorcycles. The petrol fumes definitely had their influence on my brain, resulting in me...
This is kinda amazing - legend of zelda remixes. →
RTML: Scanwiches. →
(relevent to my lunch)
RTMI: Sexy People. →
Maybe the banks aren't so screwed?
Interesting analysis from a TPM reader - take with a grain of salt:
…it does suggest to me that further capital injections might be more in the range of $150 to $250 bn rather than the $200 bn to $400 bn I might have offered up a few days ago. Is that a big deal? I think it may be. For Citi, it could mean that there’s something material left over for current shareholders. For BofA it...
Blowing Up - How Nassim Taleb turned the... →
Amazingly relevent gladwell story from ‘02.
It's almost too easy.
Thank you, Jon.
Roubini on cnbc.
They still can’t ask him any intelligent questions. Point is he thinks we’re in month 15 of 36. Hang on.:
This is rich...
Dow 36,000 Guy Accuses Obama of Sabotaging Economy.
L O L.
I've been saying this for a while: 'Global... →
Good job adam.
Full-on nerdzone before the kid is even born:
http://twitter.com/tehbaby
http://wehasbaby.com/
http://www.digitalinsomniac.com/
:-)
It's true. Cats don't care. →
Bjork Bjork Bjork.
V and I loved our trip to iceland so we’ve watched the financial crisis hit there so brutally with a mix of sadness and bewilderment. The nation that seemed so strong and self confident just two years ago has ended up with a shattered economy and significant questions about its long term prospects. How did it all come crumbling down so fast? Michael Lewis tries to answer that question among...
Gentoo + Firefox/Opera + Flash + Sound + 24 hours...
OK HIVE MIND, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE.
I put you last on my list of things i’d do with this blog, but i’m reaching out to you first because i have a problem that is pissing me off *RIGHT NOW*. :-)
Synopsis: I run Firefox 3.0.6 &/or Opera 9.63 on gentoo linux on three desktop workstations (home, work, consulting gig), running 2.6.27-gentoo-r7, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3, and 2.6.25-gentoo-r8...
What I'm going to do on this blog.
1) Hurt the english language. It’s a given.
2) Share some tech knowledge (mostly datacenters, servers, unix/linux, routing, bgp, etc..).
3) dabble in politics.
4) dabble with music.
5) Appeal to the hive mind for help with my most vexing problems.
Welcome. (wish me luck!)