Category: Geek Stuff

It’s good that I decided to rush the software upgrade to prevent more anonymous comments full of spam links. It didn’t take long for the shields to be put to the test. I got hit by another assault tonight; in about 30 minutes, a bunch of machines tried to add about 45 comments to various… Continue reading Shields Operational

If you notice any minor strangeness about this site, it’s probably due to a very hasty upgrade to a new version of the Geeklog software, without taking the time to track down and redo all the little tweaks I’d made to the old installation. The reason for the haste is that I was hit by… Continue reading Arrgh! I was link-spammed!!

The horseplay topic has probably dried up for a while (although Arthur got his shoes reset today, so I should get some saddle time this weekend, but it probably won’t be anything worth writing about); I’ve probably exhausted my quota for political ranting this week (although the reports about the slaughter in Fallujah continue to… Continue reading Google’s Still the One

A Computerworld article reports that IBM hopes to move 40,000 of their desktop users to Linux by years’ end. Although that’s just a fraction of their 300,000 employees, it’s an encouraging trend. I’m not a big Linux fan; there are better alternatives. But it’s good to see the Windows stranglehold loosened a little. As an… Continue reading IBM and Linux

A few days ago, I mentioned checking out Glenn Reynolds’ InstaPundit.Com, after seeing it hyped in a Wired article. One thing I didn’t mention was my surprise at seeing an ad on InstaPundit for Ben Chandler’s campaign for the Kentucky 6th District Congressional seat. I really didn’t see why blog readers around the net would… Continue reading Interesting Coincidence

In a Wired article, Paul Boutin writes that Glenn Reynolds’ InstaPundit.Com is the most visited blog in the world, because it “focus(es) on important facts and phrases that don’t make the headlines.” I’m not trying to compete for most visited blog in the world, in fact I’m still not even sure what I’m trying to… Continue reading THIS is Number One?

Microsoft finally took pity on all the Mac users who were feeling left out by all the viruses that were not affecting their machines. According to a Computerworld article, one of the latest 3 Microsoft bugs announced affects Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac, so that Mac users schizophrenic enough to try to make their Mac… Continue reading Now Mac users don’t need to feel left out

Sometimes I feel the need to proclaim that to some visitors to this site, based on the searches that bring them here. This is definitely not what they’re looking for. I know I’ve mentioned this before, probably too many times, but just couldn’t resist talking about it again after a scan of my access log… Continue reading Move Along – There’s nothing to see here

Considering all the other symptoms that our society is becoming increasingly moronic, I’m not sure why I’m still amazed at all the hype and attention given to Linux. I guess I still expect a few segments of society to have a little more intelligence. Sure, Linux is better than Windows, but that’s like saying Wesley… Continue reading Linux Sucks

Everybody knows Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will”. Right? Well, maybe not exactly. Who was Murphy, anyway? Did he really exist? Did he really say that? According to an article I stumbled onto, he really did exist (there’s even a picture of him), but exactly what he said, and what the law… Continue reading Murphy’s Law