Stick Figures in Peril pool > Flickr "kidnapped hostages may not be exchanged for briefcases full of cash here" Great pool of photos of stick figures, with captioning… Adventuring Party Politics If the presidential candidates played Forgotten Realms together. OMFG, funny. "KUCINICH: IM A BARD" LOL.
Biker jailed for YouTube stunt video – CNN.com Dear fellow Internet users, if you post videos where you are doing illegal things people will find you and put you in jail, or cite you for breaking a law. End of story.
ICANHASFORCE? This made me laugh. The Saw VI Ackbar's head poster put me over the top. Days of Autumn – The Big Picture – Boston.com I love the Big Picture blog. This entry has a couple of photos from Munich and the Koenigsee, where I was six weeks ago. The shot of the cattle on the barge is interesting… (also, that barge is one of the only non-electric boats on the lake).
FM 100 Hue Test The blog "Tech at Play" had this on it, it's interesting to see what hues are troublesome for my eyes, especially since I work with color. I scored a 7.
U.S. Voter Info Map This is super cool. Mad props to Google for setting this up. Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS, Ballmer says "The operating system, which will likely have a different name…" Maybe it's just me, but I have a few ideas for what they could call this thing. Microsoft Windows Smog, Fog, Gas… Standalone Sysadmin: Introduction to LVM in Linux Good intro. I'm going to go so far as to say that if you aren't using LVM under Linux you're way behind and should get your act together. 15 Tips to Properly Setup Your Own Hosting Racks | The Matchbox Good information here, even if some of it seems pretty obvious. Do it right and keep …
Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-09-24 | By Paul Krill Frankly it's getting hard to find a workload that Linux can't handle. ChangeThis :: Presenting to Small Audiences: Turn Off the Projector! "There is ample research evidence that projecting lots of text and speaking at the same time is so distracting to your audience that it is less effective than projecting your slides and asking your audience to read them while you remain silent, or speaking with no slides at all!" How Much Does Lying On MySpace Cost? $320,000 Hmm, turns out the OK Tax Commission knows how to use the Internet. DOH. Service Untitled » Offering to follow up with (additional) answers. – …
High Performance Enabled SSH/SCP [PSC] "SCP and the underlying SSH2 protocol implementation in OpenSSH is network performance limited by statically defined internal flow control buffers. These buffers often end up acting as a bottleneck for network throughput of SCP, especially on long and high bandwith network links."
DailyTech – Hackers Run Off With Data on 8 Million Best Western Customers "In what some are calling the biggest information heist in recent history, identity thieves managed to acquire a treasure chest of personal information on more than 8 million of hotel chain Best Western’s customers." Wonderful, this includes me. Hank Paulson's bailout 419 letter – Boing Boing "I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you." LOL.
Stevey's Blog Rants: Programming's Dirtiest Little Secret "What's the profile? The profile is this: non-touch-typists have to make sacrifices in order to sustain their productivity." Computer folks who cannot type well drive me nuts. Good essay. Freddie, Fannie, Get Off of My Cloud "Don't bother looking up a quote for the S&P 498. The index always calls up fresh rookies from the minors to take the place of its retirees. The new additions will be industrial and construction supplies specialist Fastenal (Nasdaq: FAST) and enterprise software darling salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM)." Fastenal is out of Winona, MN, where I have a bunch of relatives. Cool! Biologists hope to discover 'Darwin particle' with Giant Animal Smasher | Science Blog "Scientists from the …
Google in Pirate Google now has 'Pirate' as a language. Nice. Water Night for String Orchestra (With Recording!) « SoaringLeap.com A friend once sung Water Night at a concert and I loved it instantly. This is an interesting orchestral transcription of it, straight from the composer himself. Cool. Data Center Strategies: Microsoft's Mistake at VMWorld "I was shocked to hear that Microsoft passing out cards before Tuesday's VMworld keynote that stated 'Looking for your best bet? You won't find it with VMware.'" Me, too. While I didn't mind the $1 chip I thought it was pretty childish. It also makes me want to try Hyper-V now so I can blog about its faults.
