June 2009
32 posts
On Chart Integrity: How the Hype Machine deals... →
Jun 30th
Get a FreeBSD Machine in Single User mode onto the...
So you’ve got a broken FreeBSD machine, with some boot disk errors that’s refusing to boot into multiuser mode.  Because of disk block errors, you also can’t usefully run “fsck -y -f” in single user mode since it fails to check or save corrected data onto the disk. Add to this the fact that all you have are some remote hands that you can’t ask to do too many...
Jun 30th
7 notes
Jun 29th
Jun 28th
Jun 28th
Jun 28th
Jun 28th
“The internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll.”
– Bruce Schneier (via heather-rivers / mikehudack)
Jun 27th
67 notes
Jun 26th
Jun 25th
Jun 24th
10 notes
WatchWatch
Boing Boing Video premieres the “Ssshhh” by Hess is More.  This one is done by Ari and Scott of missing pieces. Love their work!
Jun 24th
Jun 22nd
Jun 22nd
2 notes
Jun 20th
Jun 15th
“Why would anyone be against love? Clearly no one can be against love. Love has...”
– Laura Kipnis
Jun 14th
“Yes, we all know that Good Marriages Take Work: we’ve been well tutored in...”
– From an excerpt of Laura Kipnis’ Against Love.  Also see the interview with her. Reading a bit of (and about) this book makes one think of ruffled feathers, heated arguments and a quest for relationship and sexuality dynamics more fitting to the fast-paced urban lifestyle.  I also wonder if...
Jun 13th
Jun 13th
“I had expected that the time away [from the internet] would allow to forget...”
– On disconnectedness: Alone in the woods (via Mike)
Jun 13th
5 notes
The rise of illegal downloading has been good for... →
That takes some balls to say, go Fleet Foxes! (via Mike)
Jun 12th
Lilly Sold Drug for Dementia Knowing It Didn’t... →
A fresh bucket of evil (via Alex)
Jun 12th
Jun 12th
Jun 12th
Jun 10th
1 note
China defends screening software →
China is the new Russia but scarier and bigger
Jun 9th
WatchWatch
The Onion does not disappoint.
Jun 9th
13 notes
Cities and Ambition →
Lately, I’ve found myself thinking tons about the idea of cities sending messages and making statements.  This piece by Paul Graham is great, even if you ignore the valley-centric bits.
Jun 8th
“To squeeze the absolute best data, you can’t rely on automation....”
– Amy Hoy writes about the making of the SXSW/Internet Week NY/Twitter Zeitgeist Very much off the beaten path and insightful!
Jun 5th
Jun 5th
1 note
Jun 4th
1 note
Jun 4th