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Major bug in Ubuntu 8.10 networking for static IP addresses
There is a bug in the new version of Ubuntu (8.10, or Intrepid Ibex), where static IP network settings are lost after every reboot. Kind of makes it hard to connect to your box remotely with ssh. Pretty big bug, huh? You’d think it would be rather embarrassing when your latest operating system release breaks the […]
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Maybe there is something to astrology…
With the impending birth of my first child coming up in late May, I decided to see if there was anything to astrology. I did a survey of famous people of substance whom I respect: Richard Feynman, Obama, John Adams, Einstein, Ron Paul, Ayn Rand, Margaret Thatcher, etc. It turns out they all, every single one of them, had […]
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A new problem with the iPhone: stress cracks
I noticed a crack in the back of my iPhone, between the mute button and the metal bezel. It just appeared, not caused by a drop or anything. Looking online, this is happening to a lot of people. The reason why this is happening, I think, is that Apple bonded a plastic back to a […]
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How to get a good deal on a new car
There is an historic backlog in cars. Every day brings the dealers deeper in debt, the auto companies’ unsold inventories pile up, and the introduction of the 2010 models looms ever closer. The amount of unsold 2009 models will be astounding. So, if you’re going car shopping, just bring along a copy of this photo: […]
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Weird dream
So, my wife is now 22 weeks pregnant. A few nights ago I dreamt we were allowed, by some new medical advance, to have our baby taken out early so that we could have a little meet and greet, and then he’d have to be put back in to be born normally a few weeks later. When […]
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Zen and the Art of Linux Maintenance
Linux provided me with the illusion of feeling useful and productive on a regular basis as it required me to put my knowledge to work fixing the never ending litany of problems.
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WordPress 2.7.x, automatically updated from SVN
Just switched the blog software over to the new WordPress 2.7. The biggest change you’ll be able to see is the ability to have threaded comments, and hopefully faster performance. Since this blog is anything but critical to anybody, I’ve also decided to just run the latest code in the current branch from now on. Every […]
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Are our demographics engineered for moral hazard?
For all of the hand wringing about the $700B bailout, the Feds have put our nation’s children on the hook for about $8T (and counting) without a single vote from Congress (who, by the way, is doing everything they can to do as little as they can so that they can avoid political liability that […]
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Messing around with GarageBand
I’ve been playing around with GarageBand on Michele’s Mac, and I think I may need to buy a one of the new MacBooks just so I can use this software. It quite literally puts a recording studio in your lap. Here is a riff on Bruce Hornsby, blatently stealing the chords from his song “Country […]
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Are long bear market rallies history?
I have no clue what’s going to happen on the market, but I’d just like to point out something that I haven’t seen anybody really talk about yet. For all the talk about comparing this present market to the bear market of the early 30s, there is one huge, obvious difference: information moves a lot […]