Archive for August, 2009

The day in Shorts

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Life

Exaile just screwed up my podcasts list. This might be my back to Totem moment.. #
Cnet Podcast Central – http://www.cnet.com/podcasts/ #
if only there was a possibility for a quick over noon sauna session somewhere around here.. #
Listening to people whining about reinstalling OSses, reminds me once again the comfort of the linux home directory; keep [...]

Livin’ Thing

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Life

Another Well known song by ELO

Another project for when I find the time..

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Linux

Step One. The hardware.

Buy a plug pc
Get a USB IR blaster
Put it all together with the LIRC

Step Two. The Software.

Write an Android software app that ll connect to the plug over the Wifi & that ll send the right commands to be blasted. Oh & also make it flexible & possible to easilly [...]

overflow tmpfs on /tmp

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Linux

I had the pleasure of running into the overflow tmp system today This lovely simple backup thing is misconfigured, I am aware of this, and this dumps all my junk on the fucking root. Well, not the root, but the /var/backup/ , whatever, its the root partition And since that doesnt [...]

Do you want to date my avatar

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Life

Yes, Felicia Day is COOL
And so is The Guild

Inglourious Basterds

Posted: 31st August 2009 by Gert in Entertainment

We saw Inglourious Basterds tonight..
Fun lil movie
And to be honest – the most refreshing part of the whole thing was that the languages were at least correct. The French wasnt butchered, the German didnt sound like someone puking – at least not more that it naturally does, the Italian sounded allright.. It was [...]

The day in Shorts

Posted: 30th August 2009 by Gert in Life

No, @NimbleMind http://twitter.com/NimbleMind , its Testament so no (low) high speed metal that weekend #
I d love a Bluetooth Portable Rotary Phone ( http://ur1.ca/arow ) but 250€ really IS steep :/ #

The day in Shorts

Posted: 30th August 2009 by Gert in Life

No, @NimbleMind http://twitter.com/NimbleMind , its Testament so no (low) high speed metal that weekend #
I d love a Bluetooth Portable Rotary Phone ( http://ur1.ca/arow ) but 250€ really IS steep :/ #

bday extravaganza

Posted: 29th August 2009 by Gert in Life

We had fun.
Appetizers, booze, Cake, booze, Barbeque, booze, ..
fun
And we ate our first fresh Mechelse Koekoek meat. A slight adventure.. and a very cooperative experience.. Funfun!

STOP!

Posted: 29th August 2009 by Gert in Life

And wish my pretty wife a Happy Birthday! Do it NOW!

Shine on..

Posted: 29th August 2009 by Gert in Angst

Sometimes, you just need to send out good vibes. To counter the nastiness around us.

As another counter to the nastiness, I will be posting quite the positive review about Oxy Zen, a Sauna center in Oordegem. We had a swell night there!

The day in Shorts

Posted: 28th August 2009 by Gert in Life

this ‘texting while driving’ thing is Brutal indeed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk & you Gotta love the music #
Spiderwoman is By FAR the sexiest superhero http://comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=3218&disp=table #
Saw Schöpfung und Evolution by Theater Pact yesterday.. http://www.theaterpact.be/Default.aspx?uc=31&pk=153 #
Its really Scary how much personal data we put online. Try googling a name you crossed yesterday. You ll [...]