Sleeping Outside the Box

I am so in love with Ubuntu linux. I’m a big Linux fan in general and I’ve installed and configured a dozen distributions on half a dozen machines. Ubuntu is fast, slick and it supports almost everything right out of the box.

I hosed my Windows XP on my Dell Inspiron 9300. Windows hasn’t figured out Journaling Filesystems yet and my drive was fragmented beyond repair. Anyhow, I reinstalled windows XP (without my Dell restore disc–I just used a plain xp disc) and I couldn’t even use the machine. XP didn’t recognize the nvidia geforce graphics card. It didn’t know what to do with the Dell function keys or the volume controls. It didn’t even setup my intel pro wireless. I couldn’t get online! It was pointless. So, while waiting for the Dell restore disc in the mail, I thought, “what the hell, I originally planned on running windows inside VMware on Linux anyway.”

Ubuntu recognized everything perfectly. My wireless works, the dell function keys work, the volume control. I’m sitting here writing this on a beutiful 1920×1200 resolution linux box. Sweet! And when I plug in my iPod, I get a little iPod icon on my desktop that lets me mount it. \m/

Now I’m going to see how VMware handles WindowsXP on this puppy… :)

I haven’t tried any of this yet, but it seems interesting. It might help with polyphasic sleeping…

http://www.bwgen.com/inx_sleep_dat.htm

Unfortunately (or maybe for those who fear our government, fortunately) it’s most likely just a placebo effect.

“Remember, remember, the fifth of
November, the gunpowder treason and
plot. I know of no reason why the
gunpowder treason should ever be
forgot.”

“This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is its vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”

-V for Vendetta

Freaking awesome film.

Bush is destroying the world. Watch the parallels.

Everyone’s got these 12 step programs. I’ve got a simple 3 step method that works every time:

1. Step Back. Sometimes, way back.

2. Look at yourself.

3. Laugh.

Lena and I are getting married but we don’t want to take eachother’s names. So, I just made a very simple and dirty page for name ideas:

http://www.shadowpuppet.net/wedding

Submit some names. If we like it, we’ll use it.

Also, submit some good E names, I want to keep my initials Æ

You know you’ve been dugg when you see your web server logs are void of IE, suddenly everyone is using Firefox or Safari and you just served 150GB in 3 hours.

tight \m/

Hmmm, since I’ve been working my ass off, I have to play around a little. The other day I put ipodLinux on my 60GB Video iPod.

Being a webmaster, you get special spam. Here’s one I just got:

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wow.