Archive for the 'Technology' Category

The Planet’s Most Moronic Hacker

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

I try not to just re-post slashdot, but this one was impossible to read at the time because the link got slash-dotted (what happens to a tinny server when all the slashdot readers go and hit it). So figured it’d be handy if I put a copy here and explained what’s up. In order to… Continue Reading The Planet’s Most Moronic Hacker

My Tiger

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

The best thing about being a Mac user and somone who works for a post-secondary institution is the prices Apple is willing to offer you. Obviously, I’ll let everyone know how Apple’s next operating system, Tiger, is when it arrives. Once they send me the info on the seminar I’ll share whatever is in that… Continue Reading My Tiger

Site updates are done

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

I have finally finished my week long tweaking of this site. For the record, IE 5 and 6 are sooo bad at rendering web pages based on standards! There were a few bugs in the CSS, which prevented the site from rendering properly on Safari, but I’ve found and corrected those. From here on it… Continue Reading Site updates are done

Area 51

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

I challanged the slashdoters to find Area 51 via Google Maps – someone (ShadowFlyP) found it! Check it out. This is certainly not the best image of Area 51, but it’s cool that you can get a map to it from your house. You might want to try to input Mars as your starting location.… Continue Reading Area 51

FC 3 and the NRC

Monday, April 4th, 2005

This post is only for people using Fedora Core 3 Linux and your computer is in the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network – ORION, or one that is connected to the National Research Council of Canada – NRC, over a high speed connection (most Universities in Canada). Here’s a note in speeding up yum.… Continue Reading FC 3 and the NRC