So far, it works really well.

I imported the feeds for my two blogs: http://zenandjuice.com and http://zenandjuicephotos.com

into one single rss feed.

been there. done that.

Why?  The house is too big to have a decent wireless signal while I’m sitting in the front living room, or on the patio.

Our wireless router is in the back part of the house, and the signal gets mighty weak when we’re in the other half.

So, using the instructions and third-party firmware available from DD-WRT, I successfully setup a second router to re-broadcast the wireless signal from our primary router.

Now to work on reducing the noise, and maybe build some better antennas.

By Brendon Chase | 2006-12-11 17:11:22

Early adopters of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system may notice that it will not connect to Samba share folders out of the box. This will be a bit of a pain for many enterprise customers. The technical reason is because Microsoft Vista’s default security policy is to only use NTLMv2 authentication. According to a Google search Samba doesn’t support this yet.

it came down to a combination of issues with spamassassin and apache.

Instead of having spamassassin called via procmail whenever emails came in, i turned on the spamd daemon so that will improve performance. I also have automatic virus scanning done via clamav and clamassassin. So now, every account on my webserver has spam and virus protection enabled.

after that, i started battling apache. it was kicking up way too many processes, and running the load average up to around 30. I finally figured out the proper combination of prefork, worker, and child settings to get everything to function smoothly, efficiently, and not overload the system.

now things seem to work.

Name: Ray Digerati
Age: 34
Occupation: IT Gigolo

So, how long have you been a tech-support manwhore?
A few months. A friend was having trouble connecting to the Internet, this really attractive girl, and the idea just popped into my head: “Wow, it would be really nice if I could get sex for this.” I placed an ad on Craigslist that read, “WILL FIX COMPUTERS FOR SEXUAL FAVORS,” and I’ve had an overwhelming number of responses.

So, this scam actually works?
Yeah. Most of the calls I get are for spyware removal and viruses. One girl didn’t even wait for me to finish the virus scan—she just grabbed me and gave me a blow job.

Do you have a set, um, pay scale?
No, I leave it up to their discretion. One girl didn’t want to have intercourse, so she offered me a massage and then finished me off with a hand job. It’s basically all about the time I spend: If I’m working for one or two hours, I’d like a blow job. An orgasm for every two hours of service is pretty fair. If it’s something simple that I can fix in 15 minutes, I’d like to get a foot massage.

Do you ask to see photos before you make your house call? What if you walk in and the customer’s just horrendous? I’m pretty open-minded. I’m a stickler for hygiene, but I don’t discriminate.

This is sort of awkward, but my hard drive keeps crashing and…
No guys! I mean, I’ll help you out, but for money. If you know any ladies who need their computers fixed, though, I’m ready, willing and able.

Pick your favorite geek: Napoleon Dynamite or Bill Gates?

Seeking to capitalize on the popularity of the 2004 cult movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday screened a video spoof for software developers in which the film’s celebrated anti-hero reports to work as a programer for the world’s largest software maker.

In a face-off between the two nerd icons, Jon Heder, the actor who plays Napoleon Dynamite, beats Gates in a slapping match to become the head of the software giant.

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Gates is shown recruiting Heder’s fictional character, after which they are seen together in ill-fitting brown suits on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington.

In the last scene of the video spoof, Gates is seen scurrying into the office of his boss, Napoleon Dynamite.

Microsoft often uses major events to poke fun at its competitive business culture and and its hands-on chairman, Gates, the company’s largest individual shareholder and the world’s richest man with an estimated net worth of more than $48 billion.

Microsoft showed developers preliminary versions of its upgrades of its flagship Windows and Office programs to software developers at this weeks’ conference in Los Angeles.

from: http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20050913/112667472600.html

L33T is the slang of a new computer-savvy generation. Breathe some life back into your word games and test your L33T knowledge with this frickin’ sweet set of tiles. Use the L33T dictionary (provided below) to expand the available plays, use L33T letter replacements in normal words, and score extra points for creating words entirely out of L33T letters!

Each set of L33T tiles is laser-engraved in high-quality alder wood and packed snugly into a satin bag with the L33T Tiles logo emblazoned on it. Our letter distribution has been extensively tested to provide the most challenging gameplay experience.

http://www.leettiles.com/

another great powertoy from microsoft ! I use this one to view the RAW images that I take with my Canon G6.

RAW image capture is preferred by many serious-minded photographers to preserve all the subtle color and detail possible from digital cameras. However, until now it has been impossible to view thumbnails and previews for RAW images in Windows without use of special software.

The Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer enhances the Windows XP photos experience by providing thumbnails, previews, printing, and metadata display for RAW images from most Canon and Nikon digital cameras. This tool enables advanced digital photographers to organize and work with RAW files directly in Windows Explorer in much the same way as with JPEG images. No more “guessing” which image is which!

This release of the RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer supports most models of Canon and Nikon cameras capable of RAW capture, including the latest professional models such as the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II and Nikon D2x. A complete list of supported cameras is provided in the readme file.

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SyncToy v1 Beta for Windows XP

Overview

Increasingly, computer users are using different folders, drives, and even different computers (such as a laptop and a desktop) to store and retrieve files. There are new sources of files coming from every direction: digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Yet managing hundreds or thousands of files is still largely a manual operation. In some cases it is necessary to move files from one place to another; in other cases there is a need to keep two storage locations exactly in sync. Some users manage files manually, dragging and dropping from one place to another and keeping a mental card catalog in their heads. Others use one or more applications of one sort or another to provide this functionality for them.

Now there is an easier way. SyncToy is a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP that provides an easy to use, highly customizable program that helps users to do the heavy lifting involved with the copying, moving, and synchronization of different directories. Most common operations can be performed with just a few clicks of the mouse, and additional customization is available without adding complexity. SyncToy can manage multiple sets of directories at the same time; it can combine files from two folders in one case, and mimic renames and deletes in another. Unlike other applications, SyncToy keeps track of renames to files and will make sure those changes get carried over to the synchronized folder.

download it from microsoft