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Same 'Ol Same 'Ol

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:42:34 -0600

Me: Should I get back the key that I lent to Julie, or is she going to keep it?
HR: No. -Thanks

I really like Abit Andygator. It’s got to be in my top three (3). Among the other things in...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:23:00 -0600

I really like Abit Andygator. It’s got to be in my top three (3). Among the other things in life that I really like, playing guitar with my uncle is definitely at the top of the list. There is a lot to learn from someone who has played guitar for most of his life. Mostly that I won’t be as good of a player, but I love to dream that if I played every day for four (4) hours I could someday be as good a musician. Professor Longhair has been on my playlist lately along with some other great New Orleans musicians. My Uncle put into words what it is that I really like about the music, “The beat breathes.”

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Too...

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:21:00 -0600

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

Too true. Today someone called because nothing worked. It was a little more than turning it off and on again, but a second after fixing it the person calls back up frantically saying “Nothing’s working. I can’t put my number in to log on!”

“Did you try turning the Number Lock on?”

I got an email from someone this morning about a printer being...

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:33:47 -0600

I got an email from someone this morning about a printer being really noisy. They suggested to maybe spray some WD-40 inside and see if that helps. I take all recommendations from end users very seriously, so I looked up on the official list of 2000+ uses for the fucking awesome product. Yeah. It’s in there. Safe on printers.

I’ve made it through another surgery. This time it was...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:45:01 -0600

I’ve made it through another surgery. This time it was for an inguinal hernia. To celebrate I’m downloading “Downfall” so I can do a Hitler downfall spoof on northerners not knowing about king cake. …tbc…

Watching cotton candy dissolving back into primordial goo...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:09:34 -0600

Watching cotton candy dissolving back into primordial goo fascinates me. The smallest drop of water or saliva will eat it’s way through cotton candy like the green acid blood from Aliens could eat through multiple decks of a mother ship.

Merry Xmas NOLA!

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:26:00 -0600

Merry Xmas NOLA!

Old computer … A hard drive fails Breath’s sound

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:47:00 -0600

Old computer …

A hard drive fails

Breath’s sound

The US decides to eliminate encryption on the video feeds being...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:24:00 -0600

The US decides to eliminate encryption on the video feeds being sent by Predator Drones in order to boost performance. The result, they get h4x0red.

This reminded me of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, encryption is optional for these tiny wireless devices in order to prolong battery life. I’m sure it’s fine though.

Article about the Drones being pwned here.

DepthX, a mushroom-shaped machine, an underwater hydrobot that...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:59:00 -0500

DepthX, a mushroom-shaped machine, an underwater hydrobot that ‘thinks’ for itself, is being developed to search for life on one of Jupiter’s moons. DepthX is currently undergoing tests in one of the world’s deepest flooded cave systems -the El Zacaton cave complex in Mexico- to simulate penetrating the ice-covered sea that surrounds Jupiter’s moons Europa. The next version of the machine will be tested in Lake Vostok, a deep ice-covered lake in the Antarctic.

Scientists believe Europa’s ocean, which is warmed by gravitational forces, could be one of the best places in the Solar System to look for life. A craft sent to Europa would use nuclear power to melt through the 10km of ice that cover the moon’s ocean.

The mission, not likely to take place until 2019, will be one of the most complex ever attempted by the American space agency NASA.

el-oh-el! I need an expert linguistic to help me decipher just...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:03:34 -0500

el-oh-el!

I need an expert linguistic to help me decipher just what flavor of nut crunching dorritos these are in the picture.

My favorite candy bar of the week, or FCOW. Although it has no...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:04:07 -0500

My favorite candy bar of the week, or FCOW. Although it has no nutritional value - Butterfingers are good because they’re low in sodium and very low in cholesterol.

From Telegraph.co.uk - Keiichi Iwasaki bikes over 46,000 km...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:12:25 -0500

From Telegraph.co.uk - Keiichi Iwasaki bikes over 46,000 km through 37 countries.

Photo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:18:50 -0500

http://cybexin.blogspot.com/2009/09/gerix-wifi-cracker.html Geri...

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:14:17 -0500

http://cybexin.blogspot.com/2009/09/gerix-wifi-cracker.html

Gerix Wifi Cracker NG is pre-installed on the BackTrack 4 Final version and is available on all the different Debian Based distributions, like Ubuntu etc…This software requires Aircrack-ng, xterm, zenity and obviously python-qt3. It has a nice GUI interface with the help of which there is very little or no manual work left.

For only $99.99 you can own this stylish and VERY functional...

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:03:10 -0500

For only $99.99 you can own this stylish and VERY functional pair of Digital Performance Eyewear!

So, I’m on Newegg at work looking for a USB to Serial adapter when I noticed the category for Digital Performance Eyewear. Hoping that it was a really cool toy like the Sony Eye or XBOX’s Natal, I clicked with intrigue.

I can’t believe that these things exist. The marketing on them is insane. Lot’s of bullets of bullshit features that you can only get with a pair of Digital Performance Eyewear.

fRACTYL lens geometry … The wrapped lenses also reduce air flow around the eye, creating a microclimate with increased moisture levels.

Plus, they protect against all of the really cool new terms they invented - like:

Digital Eye Fatigue (DEF)

and

full-blown Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)

mills: My friend S. just alerted me to the Kickstarter-funded...

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:21:01 -0500

mills:

My friend S. just alerted me to the Kickstarter-funded album Kind of Bloop, billed as “An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue.” More on the genesis of the album, which features the classic tracks rendered in NES-style bleeps and bloops, can be found at Waxy.org.

Another interesting take on this album is Eddie Jefferson’s vocalese arrangement of “So What.” The first time I heard it I thought I was hallucinating. Jefferson would compose lyrics to set with instrumental melodies, and so sang verses with Davis’ trumpet solos. It’s quite amusing.

Above is the 8-bit take on the album’s iconic cover. (Update: Kind of Blue is fifty-years old today; it was the second jazz album my dad shared with me).

8-bit art and music is cool. I’m glad it still has a place in the world of HDMI and MegaPixels.

Shenanigans in the Office

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:18:17 -0500

Co-Worker: (comes into office) I have shingles.
Me: Isn't that contagious?
Co-Worker: No. They're drying up right now, so it's not contagious.
Me: Ohhh. Okay.
Co-Worker: Do you want to see them?
Me: Umm. Not so much.
Co-Worker: Okay. I just thought I would ask.

Don’t even TRY to tell me that this is digitally manipulated or...

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:04:15 -0500

Don’t even TRY to tell me that this is digitally manipulated or somehow fake. I don’t want to live in a world where bears don’t play hockey.

"RT @ihackstuff: PayPal shuts down Hackers For Charity: http://bit.ly/1ao6rt (WTF? Paypal, you have..."

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:08:00 -0500

“RT @ihackstuff: PayPal shuts down Hackers For Charity: http://bit.ly/1ao6rt (WTF? Paypal, you have some ‘splaining to do!)”

- bettersafetynet