Odd, apparently the guys at Penny Arcade know about my home town.  Now guess which one it is... remember I am not from Oregon, that is Miranda-Panda.

For those of you wondering, we are fine and well away from the flooding here in IC. They have shut down campus and the chem. building may see a foot or more of water on the ground floor.  So... I am kind of under a forced vacation from lab right now.  Hope everyone else in the other flood states are OK as well.

For those Dr. Who fans among us.

So this is a quote from an online customer review of a D-Link gigabit ethernet switch.

Pros: Fast connections. Internets at full speed.

Cons: I placed this switch on top of some dry leaves and it caught on fire. The fire department had to be called in. I nearly lost my apartment.

I also like the use of the "word" internets to indicate the ( Read more... )

So who actually uses firewire well... anything?  I certainly don't, and probably never will.  The only person that I know uses it for an external HD but with the increasing availability of e-SATA why would you use firewire (unless you have a Mac I guess)?  No other devices other than a few cameras and external HDs use it so why is it included at ( Read more... )

So who wants to play EvE Online with me?  I gots me a free trial and have 12 days left... Its free and has clients for Windows, Mac and Linux!  I can tell you the Linux client works great on my three year old pc so hardware and OS are no excuse (time is though).

Your encryption sucks just as much as mine.

For those of you in Super Tuesday states remember to vote.  I don't care who you vote for (OK I do but...) just remember to vote.

So for some reason this article really interested me.  It made me think a lot about the fine line between genius and insanity, or more specifically depression.   It is within reason that in todays society, where everyone is so interconnected, that the few who are of genius caliber are entirely alone. These few fortunate unfortunates succumb to the ( Read more... )

Don't know why I find this funny but...

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This is based off a web-comic called Looking for Group.