I’ve resolved to write at least once a day about my summer of code project. It’s the least I could do, considering all they’ve done for me. I have a presentation coming up on August 10. I need to talk to bcm about it. I don’t have anything to show yet :( I really need…Continue Reading…
The “Contact Us” form in vBulletin is highly susceptible to spamming. I’ve received 100% spam from it– no legitimate emails. 32 spam emails so far.. the forum is inactive anyway, so I’m shutting it down. Update (8/20/2007): Did a Google search for vBulletin Spam and this post came up 4th. Unfortunately, I still get lots…Continue Reading…
It’s great when things go according to plan. A few months back, I messed up my computer when playing with the partitions with PartitionMagic (never use it!) Now I have a different open source package that works much better. Anyway, my computer was messed up, so I reinstalled Windows on a second hard drive. From…Continue Reading…
Ah, Slashdot. I’ve seen it. It’s rubbish! by megaditto (#15797025) The problem with young people today is they utterly lack imagination. Having x11 support 2 mouse pointers at once, one per each hand, would seem such a basic thing. I like having multiple windows, multiple desktops, multiple tasks going on, why do I bloody have…Continue Reading…
I used iTunes to copy songs off the VBS CD, which encoded them in AAC format (M4A container). My video editor doesn’t accept that format, so I needed to convert them to mp3. After trying lots of programs that Google offered me, many of which claimed to be “free” but were really just “free trials”,…Continue Reading…
It’s about time I posted to the “Big Room” category, dedicated to the outdoors. I’ve found that when I’m cold and sleepy, I can usually wake up by walking (or, for faster results, running) around. So, I made up a goal that perhaps could add a sense of achievement to these morning walks: take a…Continue Reading…