Batteries
For a laptop made in the mid-90’s, the batteries for my HP Omnibook 5000CTS are still pretty expensive. The lowest I’ve foudn is $89 from this place, and I’m considering it. Even though they’re the crappy NiMH batteries (the Li-ION ones were considerable more; the lowest I’ve seen tonight is 149.00). I figure I can get two of them, that’ll provide enough juice for 3-4 hours of use (if I’m not hammering the hard drive, and the SCSI card is disabled).
…Moved
weblog.devlogic.org is now www.devlogic.org … what was www.devlogic.org (the old site) is now cms.devlogic.org (for archival purposes).
That is all.
…Meh
You know, sometimes there’s just writer’s block. I should really figure out what I’m doing.
…Mailinator!
OK, it’s only been around since July 26 or so, but this is the coolest web site I’ve seen in a long time.
You know how when you sign up for something on the net, they need an email address? Well, if you don’t run your own mail server, it’s hard to create fake addresses a the drop of a hat (like " bullshit@logic.cx" ; don’t email that address, it goes to /dev/null at this point). And it takes at least 4 minutes to sign up for a yahoo email address.
…What OS are YOU???
Interestingly enough, I actually started Linux with Slackware. I use Debian now, but hey… it’s a bbspot quiz, so who cares what it actually means?
…laptop
It appears that my laptop is back up and running again, and in better form than before!
I went ahead & reinstalled everything, and after finally remembering that XFree86 4+ doesn’t work at all on this system, I’ve got XWindows up and running, and I’ve even got a browser that doesn’t kill my poor Pentium-90 system. Heck, I’m even writing this post from it right now! Mozilla Firebird. Check it out. It takes a little time to start up, but once it’s running it’s lightning-fast. And it uses the Mozilla rendering engine, so it’s got support for just about everything that’s out there on the net (except for MNG/JNG, but that’s a huge debate I don’t want to get into right now).
…Buh?
No real updates today; once I get home from work, I start 2 glorious days off of work, IN A ROW!
If I think of something cool, I might post, but don’t hold your breath until you turn blue or anything…
…Bored
On any normal Sunday, about this time, I’d be either thinking about (1) heading to bed, or (2) popping in another movie to watch. But I’m doing a favor for a friend, and I’m at work instead. And boy is it boring. I’ve read through two separate Fark flamewars, I’ve read the lyrics for Alice’s Restaurant, and I finished off that “Alice in Math Land” thesis too.
By the way, it’s pretty interesting reading, since it’s a fairly intense math thesis, written with an apparent target audience of children. I think more kids should learn combinatory mathematics before they’re out of grammar school.
…Toolkit update
Some more links, for when I get around to compiling my actual shopping list:
That should keep me occupied for at least a few hours. Now back to that “Alice in the Yellow Pig’s Mathland”.
…Toolkits
And I think I need to update my toolkit, since it’s kinda strewn about my home office right now. this page will help a bit, I think…
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