linux

2009.08.12

2009-08-14

videos,paranoia Here and here - videos from Prof. James Duane and Officer George Bruch about why talking to the police is almost never a good idea. software omploader - A place to upload files. It can also be done with a firefox extension or in a script. Paperback, from the OllyDbg guy. This lets you store data on paper (about 500 KB for A4 at 600 DPI).…more

2009.06.14

2009-06-15

technobabble,links http://www.cbkihong.com/index.pl?op=perltut - A tutorial on Perl from Bernard Chan that I found helpful apps,linux http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/116353 - Article on Siag Office for those who don’t feel like using any remotely mainstream office applications editor,cheatsheet http://www.viemu.com/vi-vim-cheat-sheet.gif - A Vim cheat sheet that is essential to me. programming,scheme Is Scheme Faster than C? - An oldish article about some interesting performance benefits found in Scheme hack,wii http://www.…more

2008.09.26 - 2008.11.09, really overdue stuff

2008-11-09

Linux http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/powersaving.html - “Saving Energy in Linux” from Spencer Stirling PowerTOP - tool to assist with such energy-saving (on Intel boxes at least) by telling how well hardware power-saving is utilized and which software is causing problems Improving Boot Time on a General Linux Distro from Frederic Crozat Handy One-Liners for sed from Eric Pement… I used the venerable sed extensively at work to un-screw-up CSV files…more

Semi-organized scrap notes, 2008.05.26-2008.06.01

2008-05-26

Political/otherwise controversial Seen on a bumper sticker on a semi truck: http://www.headsneedtoroll.org/ . . . looks to have a pretty good stated mission Vote Apathy Party 08 because at least I’m honest. Just discovered Utah Phillips upon hearing an interview with him after his death on May 23 “Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine On Trial” by Simon Singh (Amazon) Technical blah…more

20 pages of scrap notes, 2008.05.19-05.23

2008-05-19

I astound myself by how many pages of scrap notes I accumulate over 5 days, just during my down time at work. 2008.05.19 “Exposing the Modern Racist Paradigm,” extremely long page here Someone’s opinions on why the Amiga is awesome, here . . . meaningful to me because I haven’t used an Amiga Simputer - “self-contained, open hardware handheld computer, designed for use in environments where computing devices such as personal computers are deemed inappropriate.…more

Overdue scrap notes, 2008.05.01-05.16

2008-05-01

2008.04.30 Reaktor diary: might be helpful as I learn to use Reaktor Despite that this program is not open source but proprietary, it offers more comprehensible insight into its workings than any of the open source synth software I have tried so far. Given, I’ve only used a couple premade instruments, but their internal structure is out-in-the-open in the form of modules, not as blocks of code that I would have a hard time finding and a harder time comprehending.…more