My Fellow Tropicans!

From IRC: 12:10 omg I can’t stop playing Tropico 4 12:10 lol 12:10 it’s just so awesome 12:10 last game, the fucking volcano erupted and burned down a hotel and all the beach bungalows 12:11 killing my tourist industry 12:11 < BloaterPaste> lool 12:11 < BloaterPaste> nice 12:11 leaving tropicans jobless 12:11 < BloaterPaste> I [...]

Middle-click on a Thinkpad

I think I’m the only person on the planet who actually likes and uses the trackpoint thingy consistently. I’ve never liked it on other laptops, but I’ve always been a huge fan of the way the Thinkpad trackpoint mice worked. I was getting cygwin X working on my Windows 7 W510 today, and tried jumping [...]

Shaq and Kobe together again, or command-line output hilarity

See what I did there? An enticing title. Of course, it’s possibly going to draw people who don’t really give a shit about NetApp cluster naming hilarity. Oh well. MrPinstripe recently set up some new gear for the Cosmic Colo, including a NetApp cluster. He named the heads Shaq and Kobe, which imo is bloody [...]

Fwd of the day: What Causes Arthritis?

I know this joke, but it still makes me laugh when I see it every 5 years or so. Thanks to random conservative guy who won’t take me off his e-mail distribution list for putting a smile on my face this morning. I needed it after that first concall! WHAT CAUSES ARTHRITIS? A drunk man [...]

PIT ~= AAPL and my self-loathing betting strategies

I’m going for the Steelers +3 today. I’m not betting with my heart, because I really am not a fan of Ben Rothleisraper. I’m betting on them because the last 3 times I’ve bet against Big Ben, I’ve gotten pwnt. He’s big, he’s fast, he’s accurate, and he’s got mettle in the crunch. I’m also [...]