My childhood was spent in a time and place where normal screws were a scarce commodity, and good-quality ones simply didn’t exist. Getting them out was a real ordeal — the vast majority had a slotted head that a screwdriver would chew up in no time. …
monitoring
April 23, 2010I want to set up some software at home (thinking about Nagios/MRTG) to collect statistics about internet availability. I suspect that during working hours, while I’m not home, there are constant lags with the internet connection. So I want to gather …
need a tool
April 15, 2010I need a good software notebook. It has to work on several computers at the same time (and ideally across different operating systems, though Linux alone is enough for now). I want synchronization over the internet and a convenient interface. Don’t …
gastronomic
April 11, 2010One question is bugging me: how much butter should you put in blini with red caviar, and what’s the right way to do it? I tried them at a café and loved them, but I can’t find a recipe online — everything I see recommends melted butter… …
2010-04-09 10:59:55
April 9, 2010after all, the UNIX developers know better, don’t they?) http://vk.com/topic-12335760_22183370?offset=5
You’re citing your own words as proof of your own words? That’s ridiculous and absurd.
TCP/IP is a …
MS-DOS and the USSR
April 5, 201020 years ago, on April 5th, Bill Gates presented the Russian version of MS-DOS 4.01. And a year and 10 months later, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
Red-eye mode.02
April 5, 2010Mint and Ubuntu do make people lazy after all. Installed Arch — and the fonts are off, Flash is missing, sound doesn’t work out of the box, and Wi-Fi is a pain… Looks like I’m an oscillator.
Going red-eyed
April 5, 2010I’m going to install Arch. If I’m gone for a long time, consider me… whatever you like.
a post about microsoft
February 16, 2010A news article popped up in my feed reader saying that “Microsoft Ukraine” is launching a site about licensing. To quote it directly:
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a portal about licensing, where visitors can learn what licensing is and what it means from a legal …
the relevance of the classics
February 8, 2010Each has their own fate And their own wide road: One builds, another destroys, Another with insatiable eye Peers beyond the edge of the world — Seeking some land To seize and carry with him Into the grave. One picks aces At his in-law’s table, While …