The power went out twice in two days. For 10 minutes each time. Apparently people have gotten air conditioners and the transformers can’t handle the load. I should get one too — the heat is unbearable.

1. Just for today I will try to live this day positively and will not try to solve all problems in advance.

2. Just for today I will be polite toward other people, will not raise my voice at them, will not judge or criticize anyone.

3. Just for today I will be happy simply because a new day has come, and this day was created for happiness from the very start.

If the LiveJournal service and this blog in particular survive until the time I become a pensioner, I would like to think that the future me will find it interesting to re-read what I, young and youthful, was doing in general, and in particular what I considered worth putting in this blog.

So. Listen carefully, old fart and dear readers and friends. I am currently trying to read. Or rather, I am consuming information through audiobooks. The last thing I listened to was “The Peter Principle” — a decent little book about the science of “hierarchiology” invented by the author, and the principle according to which all workplaces will eventually be occupied by incompetent people. The book is interesting, has a sense of humor, but stirs up irritation at the incompetence around you that you hadn’t noticed before reading it.

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.

At the same time, for some reason I was incredibly drawn to all these little screws, bolts, nuts, nails, screwdrivers, and pliers. I can’t say I’m some kind of all-around handyman — no. But alongside toy cars and Transformers, my favourite toy was my dad’s electric drill, which at the time was the only one on the whole street.

I 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 some stats and then talk to my ISP if the suspicion is confirmed. I just need to find the time and pick a tool — something as lightweight and easy to configure and use as possible.

I 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 suggest Google Docs.

What do advanced folks use as a repository for information that is needed right now, was needed at some point in the past, or will be needed later? With grouping by contexts (or projects, or tags) and dates?

One 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… bleh…

after 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 protocol/document/agreement/standard/blueprint. > you understand? everyone has their own implementation.

Exactly. And, as I wrote “TCP/IP stack” (I’ll repeat for those who read slowly — “TCP/IP STACK”) — that is the implementation of the protocol. Everyone has their own, and Microsoft’s was copied from Berkeley.

20 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.

http://video.mail.ru/list/petrochenkov/1385/1386.html

Mint 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.