Regarding modular serial adapters. You know, those nifty little hunks of plastic and metal that plug onto a DB-9 or DB-25 port and let you attach a RJ-12, RJ-45, or RJ-48 cable to the back. They're great when used correctly. They can really simplify and organize what would otherwise be a cabling nightmare. But remember that there's no 'standard ( Read more... )

To anyone who came beyond Glass, Webster, Khyle, and myself, you have my sincerest apologies for the general cluster-f**k the planned ICE gathering was. When we got there at 1, the place was a complete mad-house and they were completely sold out through 4pm (despite the website showing the 1:00 block freeing up the night before). So...with four ( Read more... )

For those interested, Myself and some others will be going to see ICE at the Gaylord Texan this Saturday (12/19) @ 1PM. Come join us if you're able! Admission per adult is $23 + tax ($24.90) if you buy tickets online, or $26 + tax ($28.15) at the door ( Read more... )

I need help finding a tool that can create a set of calendar pages like the ones the Ubunto Developer Summit -L has. They're apparently writing their own (see https://launchpad.net/summit) but I'm guessing it's not ready for release or download yet. Anyone know of anything similar?

Hey everyone who used to be a kid! Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are is one of my favorite childhood books. Now some folks have made a movie of it. See the movie's website and trailer for details. (Better quality trailer if you have QuickTime ( Read more... )

Here's some mini-thoughts I probably should have made separate posts out of ( Read more... )

I need help finding a piece of software that performs a very niche task. I need a windows program that will monitor a directory/folder and print whatever PDF files show up there to a specific printer with default settings, then delete them as it finishes printing them. I found a freeware program that does this last year sometime and, silly me, I ( Read more... )

Does anyone besides me find it mildly disturbing that PuTTY is one of the most universal SSH clients for Windows systems, and yet it's only ever reached v0.60, is still technically in Beta, and hasn't been updated in over 2 years? Please note that I'm not complaining about it it any way. In spite of it's rather clunky user interface by Windows ( Read more... )

To everyone who has something negative to say about MFM, please don't talk to me about it. MFM was my first furry convention way back in 1999. I'll gladly admit that it's had it's fair share of problems, large and small. But it has a special, sacred place in my heart. I love MFM as an event and hold all it's staff over the years in very high ( Read more... )

Lightning storms, that is. When I took my 'lunch' break around 2:15am, there was a rather stunning lightning show going on outside. So I sat in my car for a while with all windows down, reading a book while the wind and lightning had a field day. Beautiful ( Read more... )