Monthly Archives: September 2005

How to become a hacker

Nat Friedman has an interesting article on his blog, entitled “How to become a hacker” – and by hacker, he means computer programmer. He lists the secret as this: Download the source code to the program you want to change Untar it on your hard drive Get it to build and run Open the source [...]

Zenworks 7 Imaging

From evilzenscientist’s blog: “evilzenscientist :: thoughts � ZENworks 7 imaging: “ZENworks OS imaging has always been based on the Linux kernel – it’s fast, efficient, has a great networking stack and is also extensible. None of the problems of DOS and getting NDIS drivers etc. Earlier versions of ZENworks – (ZfD 3.x, ZfD 4.0, ZENworks [...]

Is your name Pete?

Is your name Pete? If it is, you should check out this link! Tweet

POOM!

Bouncing a ball should not be this hard…. Tweet

The Cubes

Finally, the drudgery of corporate life has been captured in a play set for adults! The Cubes spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at tiny desks in tiny cubicles. Tweet

If I dig a very deep hole, where do I come out?

I’ve assumed if I dug a hole straight down in my back yard, that I’d end up in China…. but I was wrong. With the help of Google Maps, you can can figure out If I dig a very deep hole, where do I come out? Tweet

Sinosplice’s China Junk Food Review

Sinosplice’s China Junk Food Review highlights foods I’ve never heard of before and probably will never see. Check out the second edition for more when you’ve finished chewing on #1. Tweet

Political Compass

Think you are leftie or a rightie? Libertarian or Authoritarian? Take the Political Compass test and find out for sure! Tweet

Corsaire White Paper: Securing Mac OS X

I just ran across the Corsaire White Paper: Securing Mac OS X via Slashdot. It’s a good read, and mentions quite a few things that should be in place for a mac with critical data, software, or network access. Tweet

GasBuddy

Search for gas prices by US Zip Code What can I say? GasBuddy seems to make a lot more sense now than when I last heard of it a couple of years ago. The camparison charts are also an interesting newer feature. Who would have thought that gas is more expensive in Cleveland than in [...]