Dec
31
Last post of the year
as the minutes tick away.
Bring on the 2006 freshness, enough has been said about 2005 already.
Dec
28
Fear Hamster
It’s liiiiiiive, even though we’ve had to kick it and drag it screaming into the open. WordPress 2.0 got released less than a day ago and the new 2.0 compatible version of K2 was released 20 minutes ago, and the Fear Hamster webcomic is already running both.
Meaning I’ve had 0 time to do any tweakage yet or add any plugins, so to properly view the first comic; right click on the thing and select ‘view image’.
And leave comments! Mmm, comments.
Dec
27
Time’s best of 2005 TV list
And on number 1: Battlestar Galactica.
“Most of you probably think this entry has got to be a joke. The rest of you have actually watched the show.”
Damn right, can’t think of anything better I’ve seen in years actually.
Dec
25
Ho ho ho, Fear Hamster
Stay tuned for the webcomic launch some time next week…
Thanks to ElCapitan.
Dec
20
Random bits
WordPress 2.0 due to be released this week, looking forward to play around with that quite a bit, especially after reading about all the new stuff that’s supposed to be in there. Along with that K2 should hit 1.0, so as soon as the plugins are confirmed as being compatible or are updated I can continue work on this layout.
Apple’s Xserve: MIA or DOA in the Enterprise? This one continues to puzzle me as well, seeing as the Xserves are pretty cheap compared to other servers, and they make me go mmm every time I see one. Maybe the userbase is part of the problem. In general Apple users tend to be non-techies, who won’t exactly be introducing Xserves into a corporate environment.
Meanwhile the countdown to January continues and rumours continue to spread about whether or not Apple will start pushing Intel systems in January already or not, what chip they’ll use and which product line will be the first to go Intel.
The trailer for The Da Vinci Code is released, the trailer does look nice, despite my Tom Hanks allergy. Hmm, maybe I’ll finally read the book, I’m usually a bit hesitant about books like this which are embraced by the general public. But you never know, it could actually be good.
And speaking of good…. if you haven’t seen the new Battlestar Galactica yet, get it… NOW. If you’re even halfway interested in sci-fi and have an IQ with 3 digits this is one series you don’t want to miss. It’s so brilliant I’m even tempted to write my first review ever just to express how much I love it.
The only downside is having to wait until January for the next episode, damn what a cliffhanger.
Dec
20
Lasergame reunion
Finally got the pics from last friday when we went for a few rounds of lasergame and dinner with the old group from my previous job. Pretty cool to see everyone again after a year and a half, and nice to know that some things never change.
Group picture with the whole gang dressed up and ready to rumble.
Playing lasergame in a cave with small tunnels and lots of smoke rocks. I love the way the laser looks in the pic, and yes that’s me.
Dec
18
Done with training
Training’s over, and most of it was quite interesting, particularly the Exchange 2003 stuff. I have to admit there’s quite a bit of functionality hidden away in there, but I still wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole for my personal mail server. It’s just too damn wobbly and some of the more interesting features (RPC over http for example) feel like they were last minute afterthoughts that were added in the most clunky way possible. Does it work; yes. Would anyone with half a brain implement a feature that requires poking in the registry and making obscure keys that bind/open over a dozen ports in a production environment; hell no.
So after about 9 or 10 courses I’m done for the year, and I must say it’s been educational indeed. I learned a lot about Linux’ weaknesses I didn’t know and a lot about Windows’ strengths I was unfamiliar with, leaving me more in the middle when it comes to ‘taking sides’. I’ve always preferred to look for the right tool for the job instead of playing OS wars. But some of the stereotypes are just too true, when you look at the stuff we did during all the Novell Suse CLP trainings almost everything always worked and at the end of each course all servers were still running silky smooth. In contrast during some of the MCSA courses we all failed to get something working and we were lucky if half the machines were still running as intended by the end of the course… that does say something.
Dec
12
24 ways to impress your friends
A new article each day, counting down to Christmas, with luvely webdesign stuff.
(He said adding script.aculo.us to the evergrowing todo list)
Dec
05
Knowledge is power… usually
A week of Exchange training awaits. Joy… not. I still have to pack, crashing at C’s will inject teh fun into a week of struggling with software I don’t really want to use to begin with, for obvious reasons. Last training only 1 comp running 2003 was still running as intended after 4 days. That’s bad, even the instructor’s machine was borked.
The past few days have been entertaining, an evening with Bres, an evening with Angel and afterwards drinking with other peeps, yesterday Corvo’s birthday.
To infinity, and beyond!
Thoughts of Imbalanced Mind