Started a small pet project on GitHub, the main driver being learning collaboration. And also a chance to brush up on some Java.

Dear readers, and also those who follow my other blog — the one that isn’t about life but is supposed to be somewhat technical. I moved it from the Tumblr platform to Blogger, and discovered that the RSS links on these two platforms are different. …

LiveJournal has pulled this trick on me more than once: I’m browsing subscriptions in Google Reader, and the posts I like and want to read in more detail I open with a middle-click in a new tab. And often instead of the page I get a prompt to log in …

Today, following a recipe I saw from ibigdan, I put together a passive air humidifier. Let’s watch the results — too bad I don’t have a hygrometer. The humidifier design is very simple, like this:

Source.

In the process of preparing to launch a home server, I ran into Buridan’s ass problem.

You wandered too long in the dark And you thought that the night was the day You saw hundreds of desecrated bodies But were too lazy to lay them to rest You’re not a traitor, you’re simply a fool And there are millions like you all around Poor …

Do you know, dear subscribers, what happens to you when you move the SIM card of the carrier “MechanoTractorStation” into a different phone? I am currently living through the consequences of exactly that, and I would like to share them with …

The Americans have freedom, The Germans — beer and bacon, The French have haute couture, The English — the finest stadium.

But your average Ukrainian Excels at something else instead. He has a long and elastic Patience, like none you’ve seen.

Say …

Written on 2011-11-11 11:11:11. Spotted at a very respected BSD guy’s. (Thanks to him, and also — to the Earth’s rotation for the time zone difference) Such a parade of ones won’t repeat for another hundred years, though next time there …

My long-held, if somewhat forgotten, dream of setting up a home NAS was rekindled by a post from Tivasyk.