21 August 2008 @ 05:36 am
Setting Up A FreeRadius Based AAA Server With MySQL & Management With Daloradius  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 09:47 pm
CRAP  
My laptop hard drive just bit it.

Most of that stuff was backed up, but some of it wasn't... most notably, the photos from the clothing line shoot I did on Sunday. I normally put them on our server, which is backed up out the wazoo, but the server's hard drive was too full when I went to offload them Sunday evening. I needed to work on them right away, so I put them on my lappy, intending to move them after we got a bigger hard drive for the server.

And, of course, at the time that the drive died, I was in the process of exporting the photos from that shoot, so I could back them up on our new server drive. Because the universe loves irony.

Fortunately, I cranked out and uploaded the designer's final picks earlier today, so I'm only somewhat boned. :p But I'm still VERY cranky about this.
 
 
Current Mood: aggravated
 
 
21 August 2008 @ 03:54 am
Advanced TFTP Server Setup in Ubuntu Linux  
 
 
21 August 2008 @ 03:11 am
ATI Radeon CrossFire On Linux  
 
 
21 August 2008 @ 01:28 am
More EW Love - Kevin Excels In Dual Roles…  
  • Entertainment Weekly once again honors Kevin in a new article and photo gallery, this time citing his talent as an actor-director:


      KEVIN SMITH

      Clerks (1994)

      At first, all Smith had was his voice. Didn’t have any money, didn’t have any idea where to put the camera (still doesn’t, many critics would say), but he had that witty, profane, pop culture-soaked voice that made spending all day at a convenience store with slackers Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) into a fun way to pass the time. Smith also gave himself the not-too-taxing role of Silent Bob, which became his signature character.

      Chasing Amy (1997)

      The unlikely romance that made stars of Ben Affleck and sidekick Jason Lee, and that gave Smith his biggest acting challenge to date: the monologue that gives the film its title.

      Clerks 2 (2006)

      Even slackers have to grow up sometime. That’s the lesson facing Dante and Randal (still in service-industry purgatory 12 years later) and Smith himself, as he closes what looks to be only the first chapter in a long career.

 
 
21 August 2008 @ 01:24 am
“Batman: Cacophony” - November 12th!  
  • Newsarama posted the cover and some details on Kevin’s highly-anticipated return to the comics world, and revealed the title of the Batman book will be “Batman: Cacophony”. They’re also speculating a NOVEMBER arrival for the book, and even reveal the book’s cover, designed by Adam Kubert. This will also mark the first time Kevin and longtime pal Walt Flanagan will work on a book together. Here’s the deets:


      Written by Kevin Smith
      Art by Walt J. Flanagan & Sandra Hope
      Cover by Adam Kubert
      Variant cover by Andy Kubert
      Sketch cover by Andy Kubert
      Best-selling comic book writer/director Kevin Smith (GREEN ARROW, Daredevil, Clerks) steps into Gotham City to write this 3-part miniseries event! Practically from out of nowhere, the mysterious masked killer known as
      Onomatopoeia returns and sets his sights – and sounds – against The Caped Crusader!

      Retailers please note: This issue will ship with three covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Adam Kubert), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). For every 50 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Adam Kubert), retailers may order one copy of the Sketch Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.


      On sale November 12 • 1 of 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

    We really dig Kev’s villain and can’t wait to see him face off against Bats. The saddest news of the whole thing is probably the confirmation that it’s just 3 short issues, though we’re betting the story will be packed. The variant cover details are also interesting to see, at the rate they’re being issued, it certainly seems they’ll be rare (so if any kind comic shop owners out there can get us a hookup on the rare books, let us know, lest our View Askew comics collections be incomplete). We’ll of course keep on top of this story, a great Fall followup to “Zack & Miri” will be the new Batman book, just two weeks after we see the film!

 
 
21 August 2008 @ 01:17 am
View Askew NewsBites™  
  • SciFi Wire, the official news site of the SciFi Channel, votes “Clerks” as the best “Star Wars” spoof in history. Yep, even beating out “Spaceballs” (No. 2):


      1. Clerks, film, available on DVD. Perhaps the most eloquent Star Wars geek on record, director Kevin Smith crafted dialogue about the issue of contract labor on the second Death Star in Star Wars: Episode VI–Return of the Jedi. Collateral damage or deserving collaborators? The debate rages on.

  • Don’t forget, folks, Crazy 4 Cult 2, this Friday at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. This site runs a few more images from the hundreds they’ll have on hand this Friday, expect a big crowd but some fantastic art up for grabs. Man would it be cool to hang some of these works of art on the walls.
  • We’re only running this as a newsbite as rumor control — According to the often error-prone IMDB, the actor Johann Benét has been attached to “Red State” for a 2010 release. Considering the last news we heard from Kevin was that they were still in the final stages of getting all the funding they needed, we don’t think anyone’s being cast just yet. Plus, we also believe if things work out, we’d see the flick late in 2009, not 2010. Consider this rumor crushed unless we let ya know otherwise.
  • And finally today, okay, so this is SORT OF the flying car - Looks like you can own it for $150k next year. And it won’t even cost you any body parts or being violated by deviant scientists. Nice. See ya next time.
 
 
21 August 2008 @ 01:08 am
PyTube - Download,Edit,Convert Videos From Video Sharing Websites  
 
 
21 August 2008 @ 12:29 am
Developing Software on an Open Source Stack  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 11:42 pm
Seriously dude, wtf?  

Eyeoftrout

I mean seriously... I haven't had a random in years! What a strange conversation. Anyone know this fellah?

Read and post comments | Send to a friend

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 11:51 pm
Networking 101: Understanding the Data Link Layer  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 11:11 pm
How To Manage Your Disk By UUID On Linux  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 10:27 pm
The Downside of Mobility: Injury  
 
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 04:14 pm
Newlyweds tasered and arrested twice in 48 hours  
These newlyweds know how to party. They were tasered and arrested at their raucous wedding reception, and two days later they were tasered and arrested again.
200808201407.jpg (Photo by Kacper Skowron/For the Sun-Times)
"The short version of the story is they didn't want to quit their partying," said Mike Sepic, Berrien County, Mich., chief assistant prosecutor. "If you put this in the class of wedding receptions gone bad, I guess this would take the cake."

And the story didn't end after the reception. Two nights later, the bride and groom were again arrested in Michigan -- and again shocked by a stun gun -- after struggling with police investigating a noise complaint, Sepic said. The groom was charged with pushing his new wife down during that incident, but the charge was later dropped as part of a plea bargain, Sepic said.

Newlyweds are Tasered, arrested at reception melee, and again two days later (suntimes.com) (via For Your Entertainment)

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 05:48 pm
Game Auctions!!  
Hello there!  I have recently put a few video games up for auction on eBay and I was just wondering if anyone here would be interested in taking a look at them.  They are in excellent condition and practically new too.
Only a Few Hours Left, so hurry!

Here are the links to my auction (and a pic):






Please let me know if you would like any further information. Thank you!!


Sorry, x-posted a bit..
 
 
Current Mood: cold
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 09:42 pm
Foresight Linux: Two Out of Three's Not Bad  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 09:42 pm
Open Virtual Machine Tools with Ubuntu Hardy  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 04:22 pm
A survivor, a spin-off, and a sequel walk into a bar...  
There are three future DS games that I have some interest in. These games are or will be released on other gaming systems as well. The following info comes from Wikipedia research.

Next week (August 26th) comes the release of N+, the console version of the popular Flash game N, for the DS and PSP. The gameplay will be the same: you control a ninja collecting gold, avoiding enemies, and activating switches to reach the exit. Both handheld versions will have multiplayer features. PSP will have sharper graphics, while the DS version will use an overall map on the top screen and a zoom-in on the bottom. Only $20! Read more here. Official site here.

Next month (September) we will see the release of the Maxis multi-genre "massive single-player online game" Spore for the PC/Mac. A few spin-offs of the game will be released for other platforms in the same month, including Spore Creatures for the DS. The game will focus on creating a 2D creature and have it survive on a strange island. Maxis will also be releasing SimCity DS 2 and SimCity Creator for the DS later in the same month. Read more here. Official site here.

By next year (2009), we'll see the first Ghostbusters video game since 1992. At least, it's expected to be! The focus of this game is to act as the third movie of the franchise. Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd will be providing the storyline of this movie-game, as well as provide their voices and likenesses alongside Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. The game will be released on multiple platforms: the XBox 360, PC, and PS3 versions will feature realistic graphics and be more single-player-oriented, while the Wii, PS2, and DS will feature cartoonish graphics and be more multi-player-oriented. Read more here. Official site here.

Any comments or hype on these upcoming releases? :)
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 03:00 pm
Beijing update: New detentions, 6 US protesters missing, Tibetan protesters in Tibet reportedly shot  
A quick update on previous BB posts (one, two, three) about American tech-artists and activists detained for pro-Tibet protests in Beijing. A Students for a Free Tibet spokesperson tells Boing Boing:
Everyone listed here is still missing.

- James Powderly
- Brian Conley
- Jeffrey Rae
- Jeff Goldin
- Michael Liss
- Tom Grant

They were all working in Beijing in different ways, as citizen journalists and activists. My opinion at this point is they are being held longer than other detained activists because they all had much more gear - macbooks, eee pc's, HD video cameras, digital SLR cams... standard stuff in most places, but I can imagine it raises a lot of eyebrows to the authorities in China, especially when related to protests and Tibet.

We are in active touch with the US Embassy in Bejing the the US State Department... the big deadline we are just hitting 48 hours right now, so 24 hours left until the 3 day mark.

The activists who deployed the LED banner have all already been sent home, arriving in JFK right about now.

And below, word of additional, new detentions of a Tibetan-German activist and two others from the United States. Snip from SFT announcement:
Beijing – After intense surveillance by up to 50 plainclothes police, a Tibetan-German man and two pro-Tibet activists protested tonight near the Bird’s Nest stadium. The three raised their fists in the air, unfurled a Tibetan flag, and called out “Free Tibet” at approximately 12:05 am Beijing time. A fourth Tibet activist who observed the protest was detained by police at the scene. The four were taken away in a police vehicle and their whereabouts are unknown.

The four are Tibetan-German Florien Norbu Gyanatshang, 30, American Jeremy Wells, 38, American John Watterberg, 30, and Briton Mandie McKeown, 41.

“Against all odds, a Tibetan has once again raised our outlawed national flag in Beijing tonight,” said Lhadon Tethong, the Tibetan-Canadian Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet. “This action symbolises the determination and steadfast commitment of the Tibetan people and our supporters from around the world to achieve freedom and justice for six million Tibetans living under the brutal rule of the Chinese government.”

Tibetans and Tibet supporters have defied the best efforts of the Chinese authorities to silence all voices of dissent during the Olympic Games, staging eight protests in Beijing over the past two weeks. The protests have ranged from technically-challenging banner hangs to a dramatic “die-in” at Tiananmen Square. Surveillance efforts by Chinese authorities increased dramatically over the past few days.

“The Chinese government is petrified of these peaceful acts of defiance simply because they represent the true feelings of Tibetans inside Tibet,” said Tenzin Dorjee, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet. “Our protests are a reminder to the world of the tragic reality of the Chinese government’s illegitimate occupation of Tibet and the urgent need for the Chinese leadership to seek a resolution with the Tibetan people.”

Lhadon Tethong, director of Students for a Free Tibet, quoted in this New York Times article:
[Tethong] said she was more concerned with the plight of protesters in Tibet. In recent days, she said, at least three people have reportedly been killed in the city of Ganzi after protesting on the street. She said one woman, Dolma Yungzom, was shot five or six times point blank after she unfurled a banner, though Ms. Tethong provided no evidence.
Watch video updates on FT08tv.

Previously on Boing Boing blog
:
* Beijing: "Alive in Baghdad" videoblogger among US citizens detained in pro-Tibet protests
* Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up "Free Tibet" LED Throwies banner near Olympics site
* GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest

Related episodes of Boing Boing tv:
* BBtv WORLD (Tibet): Inside Lhasa
* Vlog (Xeni): Tibet report - monks forced to participate in staged videos.
* Vlog (Xeni): Tibet's uprising and the internet


 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:57 pm
wtf  
When I came into work today most of the sites that I go to and read/fuck around on were blocked... This including nwtekno.org, facebook.com, deadjournal.com, 1051thebuzz.com, gmail.com and quite a few others. In fact, so many were blocked that I was surprised to see that livejournal.com and qwantz.com were not blocked.

Weird choices, but okay. Oddly enough, I only log into my deadjournal about twice a week, if that... and yet livejournal prevails?

Meh... I'm not really all that bent on most of them being blocked, but gmail? Seriously?

Good thing I still have whiskeymilitia.com, steepandcheap.com, and LJ.
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 08:55 pm
More Solutions for Auto-Switching Linux Wallpaper  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:52 pm
Waugh.  
Dude, who hired the LOLCats as freelancers? Wuz Liukin robbed?

EDIT: Bah, it looks like they've fixed the "wuz" since I last looked at the article. It used to read like this, I kid you not:

It seemed she wuz robbed, China's He Kexin getting the gold, Liukin left with silver. China's Yang Yilin got the bronze, the bars results adding to the host nation's sensational gymnastics performance at these Games -- the great haul of China.

Wuz Liukin robbed?


I mean, yeah, I get that it's Teh Internets and people write like morons all the time here, but this is still supposed to be coming from an official news outlet. You're supposed to have journalistic standards, people! Style guide plz, kthx.

I have so much work to do this week, and all I want to do is sleep. At least I have my bed in the proper place, though! That helps. Still, I can't wait until this month is over. I should schedule a 3-day nap in September. Haha. ;p
 
 
Current Mood: busy
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 03:34 pm
Session issues  
Hi,

I use this script on two websites for authentication. It works fine.

Script on site A:
http://www.maske.org/authhead.old.php.txt

Script on site B:
http://www.maske.org/authhead.new.php.txt

I use this for logout on site A:
http://www.maske.org/logout.php.txt

The logout works fine on site A but won't logout the user on site B. Any ideas on this are appreciated.

Thanks!
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 07:38 pm
More Preliminary 2009 Set Pictures (Indy and Clone Wars) [News]  

lokosuperfluoLEGOman has updated the folder with more pictures of 2009 LEGO sets, including Star Wars: Clone Wars and Indiana Jones.  Please keep in mind that these are all preliminary pictures and are almost certainly subject to change, therefore the use of old pieces in new figures (such as Patrick the starfish’s torso used for the brute in the Flying Wing set and the Imperial Guard torso used for Willie) will probably change.  Also note that the Flying Wing preliminary set art includes a Swastika, something The LEGO Company will certainly not use in the final box art.  Note that the pictures seen here are from corran11’s photostream on Flickr, because some images are cropped and rotated for easier viewing.

 

 

 

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:10 pm
Work Work Work  
I got some chores done around the house this morning. But the house looks like a disaster. I need to it done by Friday when 1yr old Ava comes for a visit. We went to Margaret's house for some crafts and I completed the bags for Gabe's party this weekend. Gabe had a bit of a melt down so we came home. I popped dinner in the slowcooker, and set up for lunch. Scott joined us for lunch too. In the middle of lunch Gabe spilled his soup all over the freshly mopped floor and himself. Then Scott went to clean him up and tracked soup all over the kitchen. So I mopped again, and took the glass piece off the table to wash under it where some soup had settled. Now it seems I have lots more to do. Put away the clean dishes, clean the glass piece, clean out the fridge and do those dishes. Then off to the living room to clean up all the junk on the floor. After that I have to clear out the crib for Ava's visit. I am hoping to get Gabe into a nap, he needs it! I do have a card making class tonight, so I am looking forward to that!
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 08:04 pm
Find the DVD Containing Those Files With VVV  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 02:15 pm
The day after the rainfall  
We got about two inches here last night, although Larry doubts it. It is a pleasure to see the lawn and garden looking so refreshed and lush.

I had my piano lesson at 12:30 and did well, so Carol and I were both pleased. I snuggled and scratched Abby for a bit. She was much more subdued than usual and I think she didn't sleep well last night (Abby I mean) because of the rain storm. Neither Mia nor Abby were comfortable when there was lightening or thunder.

I got a get well card off to my ailing cousin Emily in Florida, where, I hope, they are not being threatened by Hurricane Fay. What Steve will do if they have to evacuate, I have no idea.

Meanwhile, quite by accident, I discovered that Emily VN and her husband had a second daughter in July. No one said a word about it, not even Aunt Marjory, who is the Great Grandmother of the child. I find that odd. Anyway, I entered her on the family genealogy but do not know if I am supposed to know about it. I am certain my sister doesn't know, either. Also, I discovered, again totally by accident, that Dan and Beth's new little son had an MRI and has to have surgery on his skull in September. I am not sure that I am supposed to know THAT either and I wonder if my sister knows. It's a slippery slope. The baby's grandmother is Em, in Florida, who is ailing after knee surgery. The secrecy of the whole thing is just odd somehow.
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 07:12 pm
The Dell Ubuntu-powered Mini-Notebook is on its way  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 07:12 pm
Testing OpenGEU 8.04 Beta- Enlightenment's Eye Candy  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 07:12 pm
VMware Rated Amongst Top Five Vendors  
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:32 pm
How to watch videos while driving  

This gentleman likes to watch videos while he drives at night. He places his iPhone on his car's dashboard and watches the reflection on the windshield.

He wears a headset while he watches, but usually with just one ear bud inserted "so that I can hear the traffic and whatnot."

'It's great — I can watch my stuff while I'm driving' (Book of Joe)


 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:14 pm
Truck as flower bed  
 Upload 2008 08 A Truck Grows In Sacramen Planttruck081808
MAKE: founder Dale Dougherty went to the California State Fair where he snapped the photo above. Dale writes:
Here is one of my favorite sights, a "green" truck in the Farm area. It's an old truck covered in grass with vegetables and flowers growing in the flat bed. Talk about a raised bed! Think how the yards of rural America could be transformed once rusty wrecks become warm and fuzzy, like something out of a Pixar movie.
Grass-covered truck (Makezine.com)

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 01:01 pm
How con-men make their faces look trustworthy  
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Drake Bennett of the Boston Globe wrote an article on the various ways con men gain their marks' trust, including body language, verbal language, and facial expressions.

When deciding who to trust, the research suggests, people use shortcuts. For example, they look at faces. According to recent work by Nikolaas Oosterhof and Alexander Todorov of Princeton's psychology department, we form our first opinions of someone's trustworthiness through a quick physiognomic snapshot. By studying people's reactions to a range of artificially-generated faces, Oosterhof and Todorov were able to identify a set of features that seemed to engender trust. Working from those findings, they were able to create a continuum: faces with high inner eyebrows and pronounced cheekbones struck people as trustworthy, faces with low inner eyebrows and shallow cheekbones untrustworthy.

In a paper published in June, they suggested that our unconscious bias is a byproduct of more adaptive instincts: the features that make a face strike us as trustworthy, if exaggerated, make a face look happy - with arching inner eyebrows and upturned mouths - and an exaggerated "untrustworthy" face looks angry - with a furrowed brow and frown. In this argument, people with "trustworthy" faces simply have, by the luck of the genetic draw, faces that look a little more cheerful to us.

Just as in other cognitive shorthands, we make these judgments quickly and unconsciously - and as a result, Oosterhof and Todorov point out, we can severely and immediately misjudge people. In reality, of course, cheekbone shape and eyebrow arc have no relationship with honesty.

Judging trustworthiness in the face (via Mind Hacks)

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 12:49 pm
LSD as therapeutic tool  
Andrew Feldmár (the Canadian psychotherapist who was denied entrance to the United State last year when a US border guard Googled his name and found a research paper in which Feldmár described two acid trips he took 1967) has an essay in the Guardian about psychedelics as a useful took in psychotherapy.
After three LSD sessions, a patient emerged from what was labelled chronic psychotic depression (she had attempted suicide three times, had been hospitalised, and given several courses of ECT, major antipsychotics and antidepressants), and was able to hold a job, derive pleasure from her days, and look forward to cultivating a varied garden of delights. She moved from cursing me for not letting her die to blessing me for the surprising freedom that opened up for her as a result of her LSD experiences. Psychotherapy, without LSD, would not have been enough, I'm afraid.

I can only hope that if new research with psychedelics proceeds in a responsible, careful and creative manner, the powers that be can begin to support and foster further research into this fascinating realm. I was 27 when I first tasted this incredible substance called LSD. Now I am 68 and for the last two years have been persona non grata in the US, because a border guard Googled my name, and found an article I wrote many years ago on entheogen-assisted psychotherapy. I hope I will be invited into the US before I die to teach professionals how to use psychedelics for the benefit of all.

Psychedelic drugs could heal thousands

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 02:50 pm
We're all guaranteed $25,000!  
I caught this on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" the other day. Satisfying and poignant!



(Click to embiggen.)
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 06:30 pm
Presenting... MichaelCrawford's Ideal K5 Diary  
Announcing: WakeRiteTM Alarm Clock by MichaelCrawford in MichaelCrawford's Diary Sun 08, 2008 at 07:16 PM EST Tags: MichaelCrawford, WakeRiteTM, Sleep, Alarm Clocks, Geometric Visions, Ogg Frog, GoingWare, Schizoaffective Disorder (all tags) Good news everybody! In my ongoing quest to manage my sleeping patterns, I have discovered a utility called an 'Alarm Clock', browsing a free software site. This application, and applications like it, work by emitting a loud sound when the clock's internal timer coincides with a time value of my own choosing. This timely emission of noise disrupts the user's slumber, waking them up.
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 07:26 pm
 
Hi everyone. I managed to buy the naruto game I wanted for my brother but it turns out it is an NTSC format game. This is no good for us because we're in the UK and have a PAL format PS2.

Is anyone willing to sell me an NTSC format PS2 or can anyone help me out in this matter? It's gonna be a real shame if he doesn't get to play it.

Please help, make an 11yr old's birthday wishes come true. Thanks in advance. x
 
 
20 August 2008 @ 02:20 pm
 
PS3 + Folklore
(Includes controller, wires, and downloaded games.)
$325 shipped

(may take offers)

 
 
20 August 2008 @ 06:17 pm
Success Story: Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 amd64 on a HP Pavilion dv2940se