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Monday 15th March 2010

Rubénerd Fun Fact #93

Fun Facts!

Here’s another Rubénerd Fun Fact for all you rabid Official Rubénerd Fun Fact fans. This one is in direct response to this prediction from the proprietor of the IntoYourHead show.

I predict that 3d DVDs won’t take off, due to their awkward spherical shape which won’t fit in most players.

Game show buzzer!

3D DVDs will sell because they’re designed to play in ubiquitous three dimensional DVD players.

Read this post quick, the MPAA will probably demand it be taken down in a few hours.

Don’t read this, read Josh Nunn’s Geekorium

A photo of Josh Nunn taken by tstadler on Flickr
A photo of Josh Nunn taken by tstadler on Flickr

Every so often you read a blog post by someone that talks about an issue so close to you and using words you would have used that it’s not only spooky, but makes you think there’s a secret evil conspiracy going on. I accuse Josh Nunn of orchestrating such a conspiracy this evening with his latest blog post.

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The Dequindre Cut in Detroit

Current desktop

I’m taking a break from anime backgrounds for a while (stop the presses!) for this photo taken of the Dequindre Cut in Detroit of all places!

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Declaring Google Reader bankruptcy

Google Reader

Having let more unread posts pile up like a massive pile of unread posts, I’ve decided once and for all to declare Google Reader bankruptcy. George Bush, I Can Haz Bailout?

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Sunday 14th March 2010

Trying out the nvi editor

nvi

Having fun with FreeBSD on my Libretto this afternoon, I didn’t have internet access to install Vim from ports so I decided to finally learn more about the bundled nvi editor. I missed syntax highlighting, but if you customise it right it’s still a nice, lightweight, capable editor.

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Encyclopedia Brand Generica

Tradelink

Am I the only one who gets a bit frustrated when I see a brand and either thing the company sells something else, or when the brand is so generic the company literally could be selling anything?

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Michael Franks page is only off by 33 years!

Sleeping Gypsy by Michael Franks

Sometimes its very easy to tell a website has been dynamically generated with virtually no human oversight, presumably so as big a site can be made in the shortest time for serving ads.

Michael Franks – Don’t Be Blue lyrics
Send “Don’t Be Blue” Ringtone to Cell Phone
Don’t Be Blue is a the song from the upcoming album Sleeping Gypsy by Michael Franks which was released Dec 10, 2008.
~ LyricsMode.com

I had no idea my mum was a time-traveller who visited the recent past from 1977 just to buy an LP and go back! She was even more awesome than I thought ^_^.

Saturday 13th March 2010

FreeBSD 8.0 boots on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT

And it works! Yays! ^_^ I’ll be detailing how on Sunday when I have more time, suffice to say it was far more complex and time consuming than I imagined it would be. The Windows 95 partition has also been preserved, albeit in a smaller partition.

It may be a nerdy thing to admit, but working on puzzles like this and solving them is just about the greatest feeling in the world. ^_^

PartedMagic failed? Use an old Knoppix CD!

PartedMagic

I’ve finally found a drive that PartedMagic can’t handle, but fortunately I still have a friend in dd. Sounds like a trailer for an episode of Dexter’s Laboratory. UPDATE: Even better, use an old Knoppix CD!

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[Anime] A new K-On character with a… tuba!?

In case you needed another reason to obsess over the up and coming second season of the moe-blob-but-still-awesome music anime K-On, there’s going to be a new character called Miura Akane-chan.

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Dedicated to my groovy late mum Debra Schade.