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Miscellany

$200 Web and File Server

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 @ 2:55 PM - miscellany

Honeycomb, an obscure symbol for File and Web Serving

I needed a cheap, fast and reliable 24/7 web and file server in my office. The server was to be used for central file storage and backups between the office computers, FTP remote access to files and as a fully functional web host for lower traffic websites.

Every price mentioned includes shipping and taxes to Minnesota. None of the products purchased involved a rebate – they were just straight up good deals. Unless listed otherwise, all components were brand-new and not refurbished. The purchases were made over the course of a week in the beginning of November; prices may have dropped even lower since then.

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Google, Mp3 Search Engine

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005 @ 2:57 AM - miscellany

Google MP3

An interesting side-effect of powerful search engine spiders is an undesired indexing of hosted media files. Millions of servers that are live to the internet and Google's web-crawling - also have an abundance of "files to share".

Not to be confused with "file sharing" - however if you are fixin' to download, Google has made it extremely easy to locate whatever your heart desires.

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Overcoming

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005 @ 1:09 PM - miscellany

Overcoming Poster

Coming soon to Danish theater near you, The tale of Bjarne Riis and his CSC team.

The extended 6 minute trailer features Jens Voigt frothing at the mouth as he tears legs in an early season training camp, Riis looking like he could snap at any moment and Carlos Sastre crying about his family. The music reminds me of "Rap Superstar" by Cypress Hill - and as such, the "Training Day" trailer.

Great Googly Gaggioli Moogly

Saturday, June 18th, 2005 @ 1:35 PM - miscellany

Lynn Gaggioli

While browsing the "Daily Distraction" section over at PezCycling News, I came across a photograph that deserved extra exposure.

Presenting 29 year-old professional cyclist, Lynn Gaggioli as photographed by Phil Marques.

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Fuck OLN, Watch the Giro Online

Monday, May 9th, 2005 @ 3:46 PM - miscellany

The Outdoor Life Network is no longer offering daily coverage of the Giro dItalia. Instead they have opted for two hours on Saturday and Sunday of worthless, ABC-style wrap-up.

But don't worry, you can get the real shit straight from the source, Italian Sports TV. I have no idea when the Giro is shown on this TV feed (as I type, football is on) - but trust me, it is there.

My prediction for the race:

Cunego, Garzelli, Salvodelli and Danielson need to break out the lube and butt-plugs cause they are in for a serious ass-fucking from Simoni.

What the hell is Wiki?

Friday, April 22nd, 2005 @ 1:54 PM - miscellany

While searching on-line for an answer to a programming question, I stumbled upon Wiki.

"Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing."

Wikipedia, (which operates on the aforementioned "Wiki" concept) is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers. Anyone that has a connection to the internet can quickly edit or add-to any part of this on-line information bank.

A massive, evolving database of worldwide mortal awareness - that already has 550,000 entries.

So screw you encyclopedia Britannica and your unabridged shelf-space. In fact, fuck the whole non-fiction section of the library. Make sure you have your hat strapped down and bootlaces tied tight before you click on the link (above) to learn more.

Welcome the Whitehouse

Thursday, April 14th, 2005 @ 2:27 AM - miscellany

Choose Life

Maybe I am losing my edge, but it took me about 5 minutes to realize...well see for yourself.

http://www.whitehouse.org

Some notable areas to visit on your trip to the virtual residence of the President are; "For Kid's Only," "Department of Faith," and "Sex is for Fags."

On another note, there is now a functioning webcam in my room. However, it only works while my laptop is on. Unfortunately, the cooling fans in my notebook sound like a Harrier jet preparing for vertical liftoff and is not conducive to sleeping. So you won't be able to watch me while I slumber.

Now listening to...

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 @ 5:29 AM - miscellany

I found an interesting little hack for iTunes that FTPs an XML feed of what I am currently listening to. I am then able to parse the feed with PHP and draw album covers from Amazon

The Now Playing Plugin can be found here