I'm using Twitter mostly to communicate thoughts -- set up a Twitter->LJ gateway so inc 140-char spam.

I've been watching this fellow's videos on YouTube, and yeah, music-crush.

He's like a vaudevillian pianist performing incredibly intelligent songs showcasing dark humor and morbidity.  I've found it rather enjoyable to play a YouTube Playlist of his music in the background while internetting or fucking around the house.  Some key songs that I enjoy ( Read more... )

I'm doing a brain vomit, and you're the lucky recipient of my geek bile!

1. Man pages exist and should be used.  Seriously, everything's there, from application docs to syscall docs to syntax and formatting of log files.

2. Don't reinvent the wheel.  99% of problems you're experiencing or ever will experience, somebody's already gone through it and ( Read more... )

I set up a Shoutcast server on my racker box so I can listen to my music from home when I'm at work, so I don't need to waste gibbies and gibbies on mp3s on my laptop.  An interesting exercise in RPM building (and rebuilding) and hacking makefiles.  You can enjoy the stream at Read more... )

For some reason, I always thought that `perror' was solely for MySQL errors, since it comes with MySQL.

I AM A FOOL.

From the man page:

DESCRIPTION
       For most system errors, MySQL displays, in addition to an internal text message, the system error code in one of the following styles:

message ... (errno: #)
          message ... (Errcode ( Read more... )

 I've decided to try to record my dreams.  I've found that I have a hard time being creative when I want to be -- ie, no "drawing time.. now!".  When I wake up, however, I tend to have fading memories of crazy dreams, and I reckon that my brain's a lot more creative when I'm not forcing it to be ( Read more... )

 I just did some work on some guy's servers who were named after Warcraft bosses.  That was pretty cool.  He also had a server named "uranus", which I made certain to use wherever I could ("I'm still investigating the issues with uranus." "I've just updated the packages on uranus.").  hahaha

 I deal with a lot of the compromises that we see on the linux side.  These are always simple web app exploits (Joomla, phpBB, random PHP script) that are easily tracked down and cleaned up, though of course, the problem isn't solved until the hole is fixed.  The security hole that was exploited is always the hardest part of the job, but I can ( Read more... )

 I bought "Space Invaders Extreme" on a whim for $10 for my PSP that I never play.  Ho-lee crap, that's an ADD-ridden arcade masher.  Talk about feverish gameplay.  Highly recommended for quick fun ( Read more... )

 I slow-cooked a pig butt in my crock pot; 12 hours later, it falls apart at the touch of a fork and is perfect for kailua pork.

While that was cooking (and making my house smell like pig), I poached a salmon fillet and steamed some asparagus.  Both of these actions can be done easily in the microwave without adversely affecting the flavor.   ( Read more... )