i didn’t want to, but i signed up for a twitter account, allegedly so i could “keep in contact” with the previous host provider… no, this isn’t going to be another gripe about my host provider, although it starts out seeming that way, bear with me… of course, it didn’t work, and i don’t have [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, pictures, rantsi am writing this from portland. to be specific, i am writing this from the back yard of my mother-in-law’s house. when i booted up my battery-powered laptop, it automatically found a network, and logged me in. it also found 3 other networks, for which i don’t have the password stored in my computer. my [...]
Tagged big brother, corruption, geek stuff, i am a terrorist, malfunctioning computers, rants, the very big stupidHumans will be extinct in 100 years – a wonderful way to start out the post, but i’d tend to treat anything said by the guy who helped wipe out smallpox with a great deal of respect. you can argue about it all you like, but this is a guy who knows what it’s like [...]
Tagged articles, bizarre, cannabis, corruption, i am a terrorist, malfunctioning computers, the very big stupidMicrosoft hides mystery Firefox extension in toolbar update also Cyber War: Microsoft a weak link in national security – this is why i don’t use windoesn’t: I should be the one to decide whether or not to install software on MY computer, regardless of how “important” or “necessary for correct functioning” it is. the fact [...]
Tagged bizarre, geek stuff, gulf oil spill, i am a terrorist, links, rants, windoesn'tseriously, i wonder how conscious even the computer geeks are with this one: we are moving towards a “cloud” computing environment, where “computers” are basically fancified “dumb terminals” and all of your data, all of your information, all of your applications and even your operating system live online, on computers over which other people have [...]
Tagged i am a terrorist, intellectual property, malfunctioning computers, rantsi booted up my computer this morning and firefox told me it had an update for one of the addons, so i let it install, instead of starting firefox, it looks like it’s going to start, flashes a white screen for a moment and then crashes with no explanation. tried it a number of times [...]
Tagged geek stuff, malfunctioning computers, musici got a spam comment from Anonymous – Operation Titstorm this morning. while i agree with anonymous’ motivation for such action, i am not part of the australian government and not in a position where i can do much of anything except agree with their motivation for their actions. go anonymous, but please go do [...]
Tagged articles, big brother, blasphemy, intellectual property, jeezis, links, rants, the very big stupid, windoesn'talong with all of the other SNAFUs i’ve been forced to deal with over the past few days (an itemised list would prove too exasperating to compile at this point), and despite any actual evidence that it is true, i have become relatively convinced that i may have H1N1, otherwise known as “HEINEY”. i felt [...]
Tagged health, links, malfunctioning computers, web designi figured that, since i got paid(!) for the panto, and i got paid(!!) for first night, i would arbitrarily do something for both my wife and myself, keeping in mind that we have both fought valiantly in the battle of several computers recently, and we have both bought (or are buying) new computers recently, [...]
Tagged geek stuff, the battle of the computerso on 10 january, i filed a support ticket with my new host provider, cpanel-host.us, that email wasn’t working the way it was supposed to. two days later, i learned that my clients’ email, and the BSSB mailing list wasn’t working at all, and i filed a support ticket about that, as well. on the [...]
Tagged fun with the post office, host services, malfunctioning computers, tina choppi’m having a tough time, and i can’t even blog about it! i’ve selected a new host provider and begun the process of switching, but because of the fact that new host provider doesn’t feel comfortable allowing me ssh access, i’m forced to do everything the slow way, one file at a time, and “ask” [...]
Tagged depression, intellectual property, malfunctioning computers, malfunctioning peoplethat’s A4R3G3H3 for those of you who are keeping score… you may or may not have noticed that my web sites have been down for the past 24 hours. this was because at 4:00 friday afternoon, i got an email from my “new” host provider that he was going down for “4 to 5 hours [...]
Tagged host services, malfunctioning computers, malfunctioning people, rantsStrickland, Jonathan. “How to Remove a Computer Virus.” 06 April 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-remove-computer-virus.htm> 11 May 2009. it doesn’t specifically say that you are less likely to get viri if you run mac or linux, but at the same time, all of the instructions for removing computer viri from your system are specifically directed at windows [...]
Tagged geek links, malfunctioning computers, windoesn'tthe battle of the computer is over! the linux guru (whose name is francis) and i got my computer working, after three days of mucking about in the inner (read “command-line interface”) workings of the underpinning of kubuntu. when you dig down that deep, you’re not running k/x/ed/ubuntu any longer, it’s actually debian, which is, [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, the battle of the computeri’ve discovered what the problem is with my linux box: i tried to upgrade directly from hardy to jaunty without going through intrepid first. it really wasn’t my fault, i just did what the upgrade application told me to, but that doesn’t make my box any less broken. fortunately, i appear to have found a [...]
Tagged bssb, depression, hybrid elephant, malfunctioning computers, the battle of the computerso my linux box had a bunch of package updates that it had to install, so i finally got around to installing them today, and when they were done, it told me that i had a version upgrade (jaunty jackalope) that i could install, and so i decided to install it as well. strangely enough, [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, the battle of the computeri met ukulele dick at the moisture festival the other day. his “real name”, acording to his schtick, is Banjo Penis. i traded him a copy of serpentine for a copy of his ukulele dick cd and a copy of his “Dick Dujour” cd, Music to Scare Children by. i’ve been listening to them on [...]
Tagged as, brain injury, depression, hybrid elephant, malfunctioning computers, moisture festival, music, philharmonic, snake suspenderz, the battle of the computer, web designlinux computer is back up and working! i backed up my calendar and now i have it on both my main computers – with them cross-connected so that any changes i make on one will automatically show up on the other (which, it’s my understanding, that you can’t do on windoesn’t without a significant amount [...]
linux computer is dead, which isn’t really surprising considering that is built out of spare bits and pieces of several other computers. i’ve ruled out the power supply, for two reasons: one is that i replaced it about six months ago, and the other is that i actually took my computer to RePC (where a [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, the battle of the computerlinux box is down. fortunately, i can switch to mac fairly easily, and the /home directory is on a separate disk from the main operating system, but i really don’t want to fight the battle of the computer again so soon after the last time. i’m a fair amount more prepared for it than the [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, moisture festival, snake suspenderzmy new spam protection, installed wednesday has already stopped 5 birdbrained spambots. sweet! i’m really pleased! i’m not ready to start posting links for sneak previews yet, but the commerce web site is coming along just fine. i finally figured out how to completely eliminate the right hand navigation column, so now the site only [...]
i just found out, if you type grep -i mclain /etc/services into a terminal window on mac os x, you’ll get my very old and dear friend fred mclain’s name… apparently his name is on one of the port services that you have if you’re running mac os x, or suse. it doesn’t work if [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, st. frednational kazoo day gig last night. it was a real pleasure to play music, but apparently there was some drama towards the end, after all the music had been played and we were packing up and getting out, but apparently not quickly enough to suit the owners of the cafe/theater. i was only partially aware [...]
Tagged malfunctioning computers, portland, snake suspenderz, web designi upgraded to WordPress 2.7 last night, and it’s still pretty shiny and new, but i’ll see what i can do about mucking things up soon enough. at the moment, i wonder about the header graphic, which used to have a pretty purplish gradient in it, but now, from what i can see, is a [...]
somebody sent me 15,000 17,000 20,000 spam messages this morning between 2:30 am and 8:30 10:30 12:00 pm. i am NOT happy! not happy at all! >8/
