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Entries for October, 2006

I am not alone

HowManyOfMe.com There are:3people with my namein the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Saw Jackass 2 yesterday

We went out and saw the boys from Jackass yesterday and I was impressed. Way better than the original movie. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it, but I definitely recommend it. The link above is for the first release as the second isn’t available yet… Technorati Tags: Funny, Humor, […]

Google Code Search reveals too much

Google released a new code search engine the other day. This got me thinking of things it may index. Since I have recently started using drupal I crafted a URL to test if I could find out usernames and passwords to the main database. Guess what I can! Oh, looks like WordPress is no better […]

Older? Pickier? Oh Yeah!

I’ve noticed that once you get older you get pickier, which seems unlikely because you think you would be more easy going but that is not the case. I have some friends in their thirties that are single, and in my opinion probably will be for awhile. Why? Because they are so picky. One of […]

WriteToMyBlog – web based blogging client

Mark, from WriteToMyBlog commented over here a few posts ago on his new service. I was a little leery at first, not knowing if it was spam or not, but Lifehacker has picked up the lead so I guess it may be legit. Anyway it looks pretty neat and would do in a pinch on […]

Correct syntax for using SSH and SFTP on Ubuntu on irregular ports

I’m posting the following more for my own benefit and reference than anything else… Correct syntax for SSH and SFTP on Ubuntu on irregular ports: (replace items in < > with your stuff, without the < >) SSH: ssh -p <port number> <username>@<server name> SSH to accept socks 5 proxy on port you specify:ssh -p […]

Happy Birthday Jason!

Through much detective work I found out it is Jason’s birthday. Happy birthday Jason! Hope all is well in Nap-Town! Technorati : birthday, jason

Identity Theft Victim

Well not me directly, but my fiance just noticed some erroneous charges on her credit card account from yesterday. Good thing she checks it pretty religiously. It prompted me to call my bank this morning to see if debit cards are given the same benefits as credit cards such as zero liability and such. They […]

Top Ten Windows Applications that are Hard to Live Without

Now that I have been using Ubuntu Linux for about 6 months pretty much full time, here is my list of software I cannot seem to replace: iTunes: This is one application that I have not even tried to replace on the Linux side. I refuse to do it. I think iTunes is that good. […]

When will the Bush administration end?

<start rant> How much stuff can George W. Bush and his house of cronies mess up during his tenure? Add to the list another case in point. When will the madness stop? How many lives and freedoms have to die? </end rant> Technorati : Bush, George W. Bush, administration, politics, president