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Laptops Roasting It's an Open Fire
on Aug 17, 2006 in Laugh, It's Funny LIttle bit of geek humor for you today: Laptops roasting it's an open fire Acrid fumes assail your nose Melting chips smell like burning tires and Techs dressed in asbestos clothes Everybody knows short circuits in a battery Help to...
Crop Circle
on Aug 14, 2006 in Linux Photography .flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Crop Circle, originally uploaded by JasonTromm. Do aliens prefer Firefox? This crop c...
Learning to do the Samba
on May 24, 2006 in Books Linux Using Samba, 2nd Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 Author: David Collier-Brown, Robert Eckstein, Jay Ts Year: 2003 Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates ISBN: 0-596-00256-4 I just got finished setting up a Linux server in my living room. It's running...
The Borg are invading grocery stores!
on Mar 12, 2006 in Hardware I work in the grocery business, so I get excited when I see new technologies like this become available. The scanners we use now are out-moded, bulky and just plain don't work sometimes. This looks like the next big...
Tux Computer
on Mar 9, 2006 in Hardware Linux I gotta get me one of these! Tux-shaped computer runs Linux Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro "Tux..
Today's Blogmarks
on Feb 14, 2006 in QuickLinks Grabbed from my blogmarks. Security Gets the RFID Treatment Color me conflicted at yesterday's news that Cincinnati security firm CityWatcher.Com had two of its security guards implanted with radio frequency identification devices, otherwise known as...