Well, it seems that the upgrade of Apache on my box did not go as planned. Pretty much everything, and all dependencies had to be rebuilt from scratch. So, it was a bit of a process.

Well… We’re back up and running now, so what’s been up….

Work was insane for the last couple of months, but it’s quieted down in recent weeks. I’m actually ( Read more... )

Meh…. Ibex wouldn’t recognize the new raid controller config, so the update went very wrong. Between scouring newsgroups and reading up on kernel patches it took me until 2 am to get my system back to where I wanted it, only to discover that my carefully crafted bluetooth hacks to get my fancy ass keyboard and mouse working all went to hell. I ( Read more... )

found full spectrum ‘sunlight’ LEDs online. Very cool, and only 1.38 each. Problem is that the minimum order is 100. Hmmmm….

You see, I had this crazy idea for a blue umbrealla that shone sunlight down on the person using it. I figure that if I can’t find sunny skies during the rainy season here, well by the gods, I’ll make ‘em myself.

A ( Read more... )

Interestng Tale

Sent to me by Jeffk.

There¹s a story going around the Internet these days that goes something like this: Back in the summer of 2000, a man gave his two sons $10,000 each. One son ­ the responsible one ­ took his money and bought 80 shares of Nortel as an investment in the future. His brother ­ the ³live-for-today² son ­ took his $10 ( Read more... )

Yesterday I finally got my other Pioneer CDJ100S DJ cd player! I bought the other member of the pair last month. I was originally going to pick up both units at the same time, but finances have been a little weird lately. Since Michelle has been living with me, the little daily expenses have been a little larger. Picking up dinner for two ( Read more... )