Most of you are aware that I run firebot, and that he’s been around, a relatively long time now, where long is since around the Firefox 0.9 launch (June 6th? maybe, can’t really remember, and the launch was the 14th.) in 2004. Starting as a bug-reporting bot, I eventually changed him to running mozbot, the […]
So, generally, you wouldn’t think that one would finally get around to blogging about being a college student until just after one’s 3rd exam, but, here we are. Its an odd thing, having things to do again, with dates, and requirements, and stresses, and concerns, et all. Tonight’s exam was in Astronomy, one of 4 […]
It doesn’t hurt me. Do you want to feel how it feels? Do you want to know, know that it doesn’t hurt me? Do you want to hear about the deal that I’m making? You, It’s you and me. And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, And I’d get him to […]
This is probably going to be a bit of a rant. After having spent the last few hours playing with trying to get TVersity 1.0 RC1 to properly read and transcode video I captured using a Plextor ConvertX/Intervideo WinDVD Creator 2.. its pretty straightforward video, it captures at 720×480 and compresses using Divx 6 (6.8 […]
One of the things that has bugged me over time is how annoying Apache’s usual file-based passwd files are to manage and deal with. I don’t change the configuration very much as a result. adding a new user is tedious, as I never remember the syntax to pass to the utility to create the file, […]
This Wednesday, the server that hosts firebot will be down for several hours (during the afternoon/evening EDT) for planned maintenance. This, of course, means that firebot will be offline and not available for your bug watching, tree burning, and factoid requesting pleasure. Thanks.
Simple list… (1) When cleaning up and moving, dust or wear a mask… (2) Don’t stay up for 45 hours straight, including at least 2 hours in-transit (3) All meals are mandatory, even if you can’t see straight, eat. Failure to follow these simple steps… results in.. sickness.. ugh.
Congratulations to the Mozilla Team for releasing Firefox 3! What ‘s a minor server farm overload between friends?
