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Synology DS409 RAID is Crap

(April 3, 2011)

Do you see that thing over there? The Synology Disk Station DS409? It’s crap. It’s not the usual hardware RAID problems that make it so crappy. Yes, it’s slow. Painfully slow. Yes, it has a weird Linux kernel that, somehow, manages to do put all NFS clients into df: `/mirror’: Permission denied if you change … Continue reading Synology DS409 RAID is Crap

Running an RSS to NNTP Gateway

(April 2, 2011)

If I knew that doing an RSS to NNTP gateway was so easy, I would have done it years ago. I was just waiting for somebody else to pick up this obviously useful idea, but apparently nobody else wanted to. In comparison to doing the Gwene gateway, the (almost) ten-year-old Gmane mail-to-news project is pretty … Continue reading Running an RSS to NNTP Gateway

Tellstick Redux

(April 1, 2011)

I was whinging a lot about the terrible Tellstick range in my last post on the issue. Deservedly so. It’s terrible! However, the Telldus people have released a new version of the device: The revolutionary new invention is the antenna! Who would ever have thought that an antenna would give greater range? Kids these days. … Continue reading Tellstick Redux

Make RSS feeds from last.fm Shoutbox Pages

(March 31, 2011)

I was somewhat interested in seeing what people were saying about the new Boris albums on last.fm, but reloading that page is so 1993. I wanted to read it through Gwene, but there’s no RSS feeds on last.fm. So I whipped one up (in Perl! *sob*) and put the service on Quimby. Feel free to … Continue reading Make RSS feeds from last.fm Shoutbox Pages

Lolz

(February 5, 2011)

Square McSweeney’s

(January 10, 2011)

The fun people at McSweeney’s have done a lot of amusingly formatted issues of their Quarterly Concern (a shaving kit, an advertising folder, etc), but this one is certainly the bulkiest one: It’s a 15x15x15cm box, and when you crack open his forehead, you find lots of neat litte pamphlets inside instead of brains: And … Continue reading Square McSweeney’s

Gmane On Github

(January 9, 2011)

I’ve started putting the various Gmane things on github. If I get around to it, I’ll probably put most of the programs and scripts up there eventually, but first out are weft and weaverd. Oh, and I also added the source code for the defunct we:search search engine. It’s no longer used, since Gmane switched … Continue reading Gmane On Github

Assange Past Revealed!

(January 9, 2011)

I was looking through my ~/lisp directory just now, and I found this file, saved in 1998. I can’t recall ever using it or where I got it from, and it’s probably written by a different Julian Assange, but anyway… Here are solid connections between Wikileaks and the sordid Emacs development environment! I think the … Continue reading Assange Past Revealed!

Emacs Home Automation

(January 9, 2011)

Nexa unit We all grow so very weary of having to switch lights on and off. Every day. On again and then off again. Will the madness never end? Technology comes to the rescue! There are companies that sell receivers (like the one pictured to the left, plugged into a wall outlet that I now … Continue reading Emacs Home Automation

Milk Technology

(January 9, 2011)

Compare and contrast the riveting development in cow/cat milk delivery technology: Source: Link, link.

You Know It’s Over

(January 8, 2011)

IT people are as subject to fads as anybody else. It’s perhaps more interesting to being able to pin-point the moment that they’re over than anything else. Perhaps we can learn from other industries. Like fashion. This picture captures the exact instant when the no socks thing was over.