It has spun around so strongly that it is right back where it started!
Time to go with catchup blogging…
Nothing overheard this week — I’ve been busy, so let’s start with geeky things:
- Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » FAQ on WordPress 2.5
- cronolog(1) – Linux man page
- photo stitch in ubuntu [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums
- Hugin tutorial — Stitching flat scanned images
- Blog Header Generator: Spiff up your blog with a custom header
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Political links:
- Kos: Dem Fighting a Good Thing | Newsweek.com
- Andrew Sullivan: Bush Administration Officials Will Be ‘Indicted For War Crimes’ – Politics on The Huffington Post
- Hundreds picket Westboro Baptist Church – Yahoo! News
- David Horsey: 25 Best Bush Cartoons | Photos from seattlepi.com
- Daily Kos: The GOPs 800 Pound Gorilla
- Daily Kos: Obama Didn’t Want My Money
- 10 impossibilities conquered by science – tech – 03 April 2008 – New Scientist Tech
Entertainment/celebrity:
- The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time – Nerve.com
- FEATURE: The 27 Greatest Horror Comedies Ever Made – OMG Horror.com – The Blog of the Living Dead: Horror Movie News, Features, Reviews, Games, Free Horror Films, Splatter, Gore, Puppies
- YouTube – Purdue SPE takes first place at 2008 Rube Goldberg
And just a few personal items:
If science was our national passtime…
then this would lead to a congressional investigation.
An amazing first
I came home tonight, and when I walked in the door, Grace came running over.
Come look at the table!
Lo and behold, she set the table and made dinner (ham sandwiches). We each had a glass of water, and a napkin with our name on it.
We all sat down together and had a nice family dinner. Now that she has gone to sleep, I’m going to fix something more, but that’s a secret!
And I was in on every one of them…
Not so much privacy now, eh?
Time to take his guns, right?
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead at 84.
Thanks to Cy for the bad joke.
Catchup blogging is easier!
I do like the new server…
First, things overheard:
Apparently wordpress works with gravatars:
And to make wifi work properly on ubuntu:
Well, now that I can post more quickly…
The primary result is that I bookmark more things!
Just to go back to my regular method; here are things overheard that I liked:
- Overheard in New York | Finally, Someone Understands That the Terms Are Mutually Exclusive.
- Overheard in New York | He Wasn’t, Incidentally
- Overheard in New York | When the Pretenders Ride the Train
- Overheard in New York | We Have Special Clubs for That
Not to get too fanboy-like, but jwz has had a fantastic week of blogging:
Other funny things:
- Star Wars comes to Holyhead as Darth Vader strikes back in Jedi’s back garden – Telegraph
- Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue Outside of Tennessee Courthouse | Laughing Squid
And since I’m not quite done with the new server, some more geeky things:
- Gentoo Forums :: View topic – Mini-Howto webapp-config install of awstats
- amavisd-new documentation bits and pieces
- Blocking spammers with Postfix HELO controls
- Shared automatic whitelists of MTAs
- MailZu – amavisd mysql admin
- Amavisd Quarantine with amavisnewsql squirrelmail plugin | Uno-Code
- Beating Spam and Viruses with amavisd-new and Maia Mailguard
- Photo Exhibit (photoXhibit): a WordPress Photo Manager and Gallery Plugin | The Book and the Cover
Oh, and happy April fools day. Grace was the big prankster this year. Acorn, tree. Not far.
Catch blogging, expect more frequent updates now that the server is faster!
In honor of the new server, we’ll start out with geeky links first:
- Top 10 WordPress CMS Plugins | Blueprint Design Studio
- WP Super Cache 0.6 – Holy Shmoly!
- The WordPress Expert
- WordPress MU › Home
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo LVM2 installation
- The Unix Geek: Why I switched back to Ubuntu
- the { buckblogs :here }: Mongrel, SSL, and Apache 1.3
- Ext2fsd – http://ext2.yeah.net
- Dynamically configured mass virtual hosting – Apache HTTP Server
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo mailfiltering gateway guide
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo mailfiltering gateway guide
- Mass Install/Upgrade WordPress with Gentoo + webapp_config | SYP
- CodeChimp.net » Turning on Dynamic VHosts in Apache 2 on Gentoo Linux
- MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 5.1.3 System Variables
- Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area | MakeUseOf.com
- Trusted Root – Root Sign Certificate for Microsoft Certificate Services CA / Inhouse CA
- http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca/drac/courier-exec.txt
- 101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site – Inside CRM
- Srizbi now leads the spam pack :: Marshal
- Second mass hack exposed – Security – iTnews Australia
- I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Antisocial | PBS
Geeky or funny — you make the call:
Now, just funny stuff:
- DOT Creates New Lane For Reckless Drivers | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures – I Can Has Cheezburger?
- America’s Drunkest Cities: Men’s Health.com
- No returns
- Being John Malkovich script by Charlie Kaufman
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Golf stuff (I want, but not that badly)
- Full Swing Golf Swing Simulators Let You Play Onine | BallerHouse.com
- Full Swing Golf – Golf Simulators, Indoor Golf Simulator, Club Fitting, Golf Instruction
Interesting:
Catchup blogging is the latest rage
Few overhead things this time:
Some other funny things:
- Shroud Of Turin Accidentally Washed With Red Shirt | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die – Wasn’t this the point of Roseanna’s Grave (1997)?
Speaking of movies:
Geeky things:
- Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation – Wired How-To Wiki
- Bad Astronomy Blog » Earth and Moon, from Mars
- Forget Facebook. The Web’s platform is Firefox | Tech news blog – CNET News.com
- ‘Spam King’ pleads guilty to wire fraud – Security- msnbc.com
- *THE* classic Unix horror story | WSU Linux Users Group
- Creating a shortcut to a VPN connection – Network
- “Switch User” shortcut or command? – Neowin Forums
- the { buckblogs :here }: Mongrel, SSL, and Apache 1.3
- BBC NEWS | Magazine | What on earth is 42?
- PC World – Linux Communications Suite Enters Beta
- Google Sky
- Build A Digital Music Server – Wired How-To Wiki
- 10 Killer Firefox Extensions That You Probably Don’t Know About
- 3 Ways to access ‘Must Sign Up to View’ Sites | MakeUseOf.com
- Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop | The Iconoclast – politics, law, and technology – CNET News.com
- Has Science Found a Way to End All Wars? | Human Evolution | DISCOVER Magazine
- Breast cancer ‘master gene’ breakthrough – Telegraph
- Neatorama » Blog Archive » 10 Most Beautiful Bridges in the World
Since golf is big in my life again:
- River Place Country Club
- Northgate Country Club, Houston, Texas
- Longest Golf Holes | ForbesTraveler.com
Since we took Grace to Longhorn Cavern State Park during spring break and bought two fossils:
Political and secular things:
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- Reason
- ABC News: What You Don’t Know About Living in Space
- Citizen’s Arrest Attempted on Karl Rove…Twice « WriteChic Press
- Think Progress » Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’
- Stumper : The Real Problem with Power’s “Monster” Remark
- Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney | Reuters
- The Bush Memorial
No matter what happens I am going to keep believing what the tv says
No matter what happens I am going to keep believing what the tv says
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2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center - Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
- Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center
- Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
I am going to hell?
I want to open up a christian bookstore.
Not just any christian bookstore, the wal-mart of christian bookstores.
And what do I want to call it?
Jesus Christ SuperStore!
