(Note: This post has nothing specifically to with Ubuntu or Linux. It's more about what naming conventions actually work best for me versus everyone else ( Read more... )

( Click here only if you know and/or care anything about Ubuntu and Pidgin )

So, I finally bought the makings of a new computer to replace 'metal,' the venerable machine that eventually was haunted by the Ghost of Jack Daniel. (The rest of the details I'll have to tell another time.)

(Edit: Here's part of the story. Even after solving the power-switch problem, the machine never behaved quite right. After my chipset fan ( Read more... )

I need a name for my new VPN machine. This new machine is a Mini-ITX box. All it'll do is dial into my employer over VPN and let me work from home. A soulless, empty task to be sure. But, in spite of it all, it needs a name.

The last machine to carry this torch was a venerable old AT&T Globalyst 580. Those of you with Internet-fu 1 can ( Read more... )

I needed to print some labels last night.

( So how did *that* go? )

I was talking with buzz_chick and the subject of computer names came up. (Hence her recent poll.) That led me to think about all the computers I've had (and still have!). Here's a list of the computers I've bothered to name:

• asylum: My first Linux box. Started life as a 386SX25 running DOS and Win 3.0. Ended life as a 5x86-133 running Linux, with many ( Read more... )

As I've posted, sporadically, the last month or so has been hectic as can be. Things are starting to calm down at work, which is great. My reorganization looks like it could be a boon for me career-wise, if things work out. There will be some challenges, but in my new role, I'll be able to grow my skill set in very useful ways. I could become ( Read more... )

Given:mne·mon·ic /nɪˈmɒnɪk/
-adjective
1. assisting or intended to assist the memory.
2. pertaining to mnemonics or to memory.
-noun
3. something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
4. Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for “store.”
I fall under #4 above. I'm dealing with an entire instruction set, ( Read more... )

I decided I wanted to experiment for the typography associated with Space Patrol. I ended up downloading over 6500 fonts from a website. Somewhere around 370MB worth. This was probably not a good idea. (I say "over 6500," but the directory showed 6705. I later have discovered some dupes. So ( Read more... )

Mark at SysInternals finds a root-kit on his system, and traces it back to Get Right with the Man by Van Zant.

Well, it's not exactly a root-kit, but rather a DRM scheme. The DRM installs itself in a root-kit like manner, though, cloaking its existance by patching Windows system calls.