Happy Towel day everyone! I think this is the right day to quote some parts from a column the great Douglas Adams wrote in The Sunday Times in 1999 – mind you: more than a decade ago! What should concern us is not that we can’t take what we read …
Here’s a mixtape I did this weekend. Contains a lot of music/samples I consider to have a great atmosphere. I also managed to cram in my remix of Nina Simone’s Don’t Explain (around 25:03) and the Noise version of Doves’ Firesuite (around 51:22). Full tracklist behind the cut. It’s all …
It’s basic stuff like this that always slips my mind when I need it. There are literally millions of ways to do this, but for me, this one is the most practical. This should work on all Python versions (both 2.x and 3) and doesn’t use any nonstandard libraries. Of …
Dear friends, Right now, Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning is being tortured in a US military prison. Manning is subjected to utter isolation that can drive many people insane, with short periods each day where he is stripped naked and abused by jeering inmates. Manning is awaiting trial for releasing secret …
I’m sure I’m not the only somewhat tech-savvy person who’s encountering this: when you return home after a while, the second thing family asks you is always that nagging computer problem. No sweat, I’m getting used to it – but this weekend I had a special kind of problem. My …
Impressive short movie. Update: Youtube link now, since Vimeo was taken down.
I’m having a playthrough of Mafia II at the moment – went into it with a bit of hesitation because of the mixed reviews, but turns out it’s pretty okay. It focuses heavily on the story-based content, so just don’t go in expecting a free-roaming adventure, because besides buying clothes …
Springtime, that means cleaning out that lazy-maintained, often-upgraded dusty Debian/Ubuntu install, right? The following commands proved to be very handy in getting rid of stuff you most likely don’t need anymore, and you basicly won’t have to lift a finger. I’m pretty sure this only removes packages you don’t need, …
A great vintage photograph from LPCoverLover
I’ve been running a Tor relay for one month now, serving about 5 Gb (up/down) of my (unfortunately hard-) limited bandwidth to help out Tor users all over the world. Given the recent developments in the middle-east (#Egypt, #Libya, #Yemen) the need for unfiltered internet access has become a vital …