http://www.waymost.net Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:34:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First off, odin is still quite broken. I ended up buying a new motherboard (MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum), a new processor (AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+), and a new graphics card (PowerColor X800XL 256MB). Over 700$ later, I received all my parts and got to disassembling and reassembling my computer. ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/04/an-amalgam-of-thoughts/ Sigh. Last week, Sharon was using my computer and called me saying that it had hard-locked, made some weird popping noises (through the speakers) and then magically restarted itself. I figured it to not be a big deal, but, ever since, odin has been increasingly unstable to the point now ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/04/first-atlas-now-odin-plus-will-we-be-surfing-the-googlenet/ The weekend in New Jersey was pretty fun. Marc’s Bar Mitzvah went off with approximately the standard number of glitches for such things, which amounts to a success. I had the honor of lugging the Torah around after all the portions were read (it was a mere thirty pounds; not ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/03/the-week-or-so-in-review/ Some interesting things have been going on recently. Instead of writing a large diatribe that would probably just turn into one big amalgam of incoherent words and thoughts (can words be incoherent in the context of other words?), I thought I’d just put together a (relatively) brief list. I’ve had my ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/03/one-short-of-a-six-shooter/ Originally, there was one — AT&T, f.k.a American Telephone and Telegraph. Then, in 1984 (somewhat ironically), the split of Ma Bell into its regional components completed. AT&T gave birth to seven regional Bell companies. 22 years after the break up of telephony’s “natural monopoly” and ten years after the passage ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/03/and-then-there-were-three/ After reinstalling Slackware, recompiling a 2.6.x kernel, playing with settings, installing drivers, and praying the graphics card wouldn’t die, I’ve got atlas back in its spot underneath my desk. It appears that the graphics card’s fan isn’t working, causing the card to gradually overheat over time. That explains why leaving ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/03/atlas-up-and-running/ The movie and music industries have figured out how to maintain growth without having to change how their business works. Instead of getting more high-quality content made and released, they just want you to buy the same stuff two or three or four times. How do they do this? Different ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/03/separating-media-and-format/ Apparently, your body isn’t the only thing being benefited by a moderate exercise regimen. It appears that exercise makes you smarter. While most of these studies were done on rats and mice, they suggest that working out generates neurochemicals that help damaged brain cells and help grow and nuture healthy ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/02/buff-and-brainy/ Not much of interest has been going on recently. I’ve been up to my same old tricks, working on projects at home and still seeking employment. My Firefox extension has been on hold in recent weeks and will continue to be until atlas is up and running again, which should ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/02/what-do-code-and-legs-have-in-common/ I decided I was going to use swaret to upgrade atlas (which ran Slackware 10.0). However, the upgrade was less than successful. At first, I only thought that, for some strange and unknown reason, that most of the upgrades failed. Well, a couple days later, Sharon couldn’t log into atlas ... http://www.waymost.net/2006/02/atlas-is-down-but-hopefully-not-out/