How did I never make the connection to “Scientific Progress Goes BOINC”
Asides
I miss small electronics stores.
I miss small electronics stores.
Yes, I get it, it’s raining tacos 😱
Yes, I get it, it’s raining tacos 😱
Boosted!
Boosted!
The Oatmeal on why it’s so hard to accept a compliment
The Oatmeal on why it’s so hard to accept a compliment
(possibly nsfw depending on your workplace, it’s the Oatmeal, after all)
Re: There never was an ‘open web’
responding to a link to a post about how the web never really was distributed because it required domain names and centralized hosting
I remember Opera (the original browser company) trying to address that with their Opera Unite feature…but it never gained enough traction even among Opera users, and that was small enough a group to begin with, and they dropped it even before they switched to WebKit and sold the company.
I was talking about late-90s campus network safety and how I got in trouble for “running a server”
Still working on my full post about using the Internet in the #1990s, but I found an old blog entry from 2004 where I was talking about late-90s campus network safety and how I got in trouble for “running a server” because I used Linux to avoid all the pranks and hacking going around with everyone’s Windows 95 computers.
Original blog post:
K2R: Internet Security Perspective
Imported to my Gemlog:
Gemlog: Internet Security Perspective
Funny how in 2004, seeing 3 wireless networks in the building seemed like a lot!
Writing up my experience of the internet in the 1990s. Kid’s having problems with headphones …
Writing up my experience of the internet in the 1990s. Kid’s having problems with headphones not working. We trace it to the audio extension cable…which is the same one I used in my dorm room in the 1990s.
covid vaccine (+)
Scheduled booster shots for me and my wife. Between the first and second pass through the scheduler, they dropped the eligibility question.
They must have had the change ready to go as soon as the official open-it-up-to-anyone word came down.
Of course I still had to enter all the same insurance information both times
Pretty sure that aluminum can isn’t compostable
Pretty sure that aluminum can isn’t compostable
I love how Debian has “stable”, “oldstable” and “oldoldstable” releases
I love how Debian has “stable”, “oldstable” and “oldoldstable” releases
Does anyone remember what dedicated #gopher clients were around in the early 1990s? I remember …
Does anyone remember what dedicated #gopher clients were around in the early 1990s? I remember using Netscape & Mosaic, but I could swear I used *something* gopher-specific at the school computer labs, or maybe there was an application in the collection of internet software that the school offered to students.
Heh…kid has decided the plural of dingus is dingi
Heh…kid has decided the plural of dingus is dingi
It’s a lot easier than I thought to fry an LED 😬
It’s a lot easier than I thought to fry an LED 😬
plumbing snafu (improving)
So the floor is patched, the carpet cleaned, and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of mold or additional damage beyond what they found initially. Looks like we can start moving stuff back into the dining room today!
Kid (while alternating between Two-Set Violin and Electroboom videos): What note is 60Hz…?Me: Um……
Kid (while alternating between Two-Set Violin and Electroboom videos): What note is 60Hz…?
Me: Um…low?
Plumbing snafu
Looks like we have a leak in the pipes under the dining room floor. Our apartment has a concrete slab foundation. And the pipes are embedded in it.
Yay 1970s (60s?) construction.
Fortunately (no really) the leak seems to be continuous, because that means it’s probably a supply line – which they can bypass. If it’s the drain line they’ll have to jackhammer out the dining room floor 😬
Also that means the carpet’s soaking in *clean* water.
Plumber’s coming tomorrow morning.
Yes, phone keyboard, I totally need “pita byte crackers” on my shopping list
Yes, phone keyboard, I totally need “pita byte crackers” on my shopping list
Is there a more monotonous song for backup singers than “Sympathy for the Devil?” Woo wooo! Wooo wooo!
Is there a more monotonous song for backup singers than “Sympathy for the Devil?”
Woo wooo! Wooo wooo!
Neighbors are listening to a Rolling Stones collection and this is the only part of the song that carries. It’s like there’s an insistent owl next door.
It doesn’t help that my wake up alarm is currently set to an owl-hoot sound, so in the back of my head I keep thinking I need to dismiss an alarm
Pokemon Go friend requests
I’m looking for more #PokemonGo in-game friends. I send raid invites (and occasionally pick them up when I catch them in time!), and I send and open gifts. If you’re interested, my trainer code is 2658 1380 0806 and I play as Magikarpaccino. Thanks!