I tried to use my mother’s laptop but it was so damn slow. I tried making it faster but I don’t know much about Windows, especially Vista so I decided to dump it and install Linux.
Other than some custom compilation for a wireless module, the installation went smoothly. The machine was snappy and responsive.
She liked [...]

Geeks, especially computer ones have a common trait. We all seem to be extremely helpful while not actually being altruistic and are often dicks when providing a solution to a problem.
If you unleash a problem to a group of geeks be it by Twitter, IRC, or a mailing list, the show of support is generally [...]

I started a new site called Morning Linux. My idea was to have a site with daily tips and articles to read with your morning coffee (or tea for you hippies). I threw some things from my notes up on it just to get something on the page but it’d be cool to [...]

OK, so why am I pissed at Cisco? While they do make some really great and cool devices, their documentation sucks dick. It seems as though they think offering tons of documentation is better than offering good documentation. You can download a thousand page manual that could be summed up in a [...]

Wow, the cheap laptop designed for kids in developing worlds is finally here. Aren’t you excited? Just imagine all the children in countries with extreme poverty, lack of clean water, jobs, and stability will now have access to a computer! Think of the possibilities. They could umm start a blog [...]

Two of the largest Linux vendors are being sued for infringing on the following patent
U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 for a “User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects” issued Dec. 10, 1991
OK, so this company owns the rights to all desktops with multiple workspaces? What about Apples’s new Leopard. Is Apple [...]

I picked up an Apple TV tonight and I have to say that I’m pretty happy so far. The biggest issue I have with the thing is that it’s a pain in the cock to hack it without having another Mac. Actually it proves to be impossible.
The file system is hfsplus which the [...]

I started a tech blog at http://tech.sethsblog.com/. I figured I could put all my tech related ramblings there and keep this free of that bullshit.

I’m installing snort for a new server that I’m installing and heard about a tool called acid that works with snort so when I googled this I entered ’snort acid’. Surprisingly the first result was exactly the page I wanted. I suppose most people don’t actually snort acid but it was kinda funny. [...]

I’ve had some pretty bad insomnia for a while and have just been ‘cured’ of it. I started a new job about 2 weeks ago and have been sleeping better and getting more things done as a result. The job really isn’t new since it’s with a company I was at before but [...]

At my last Linux User Group meeting we had a cool discussion on passwords and what makes them strong. It was sort of divided in that some thought that complexity was more important than length or vice versa. I did a little research on my own and I basically came up with the [...]

I finally got my sites on my own server. Now everything is being served up from this box in my closet. I’m also working on getting a Cisco PIX for an additional firewall. If you’re intersted, this box is running Gentoo Linux with Apache as the web server. It’s also handling [...]

Here is something cool, Linux Today has an ad on their site for Microsoft that puts down Linux. I don’t think you would ever see the day when Chevy places and anti-Chevy, pro-Ford ad on their site. I made the image small to fit on the blog but clicking on the image will [...]