Category: computerwelt

I picked up part of this tip from the GNU World Order podcast 6×02, in which Klaatu describes a rather unusual situation of having to move a larger than 4.7GB file on DVDs without compression between Linux PCs. Thinking about it, this situation occurs more often than I’d like to think. You see, I always […]

I have looked for new podcasts to subscribe to lately, and one of the new ones that I’ve just begun listening to is Security Now! on TWiT. The link is to the mp3 feed.The show features security researcher Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation. Listening to their latest #282 podcast (48,8MB) on my cellphone on […]

I know there are still missing drivers and legacy issues, but it’s about time to fold the old operating system and head towards the future. Whether it’s GNU/Linux or Windows, I think it’s time to pave the way for 64-bit. Yes, I know the HIMEM kernel options and Physical Address Extension (PAE) but 64-bit will […]

Three new backdrops I’ve made in the GIMP for the Zenwalk GNU/Linux operating system released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. Third-party sources are public domain. Simply Zenwalk (Also in widescreen format) Zenwalk City Zenwalk Breakfast Ironically, I do not use Zenwalk at the time of writing, which has reached version 6.4 during my hiatus. […]

When I logged on to der internets this morning Firefox greeted me with the 3.6.13 update. I don’t think this is the best way to do it since I have to wait for FF to open. Instead Firefox should be updated with system updates. If you feel the same, please install GNU/Linux. But that’s not […]

This blog is falling apart, I tell ya! Good thing I’m migrating to Web 2.0 some day in 2011.

Yes, I KNOW the images are not working right now. We’re working on it.

I use Wikipedia every single day and it is unthinkable to do without when researching everything from dead Russian authors to comparisons of different command shells (these are open tabs in my FF right now); and even finding original source material used in philosophy of science examples (thinking of Blondlot’s actual "N" Rays from 1905). […]

Today is the day of the . In Norway it’s 101110..! And tomorrow‘s the day of the > But then, what better day than *? (Or 10th of the 10th 2010.) In Western Civilization there is nothing similar going on until year 2100 when we’re back to 00’s again..

I was writing this small cmd script at work to test connectivity when users encounter network issues. It runs a few tests and configuration tools that are built into Windows XP to output a textfile that the user can e-mail back to me and my colleague. But the more tools I added into it the […]