Category Archives: Computer-schmuter

My God….it…is…ALIVE!!!!!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by lackhead

Wow. Today I put a CD-Rom in my linux box, fired up QEMU running a Windows VM, within that fired up the VMWare Infrastructure Client to connect to a VM farm, started up a virtual machine and connect its virtual … Continue reading →

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends

Posted on November 4, 2008 by lackhead

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our … Continue reading →

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Hotmail must die

Posted on April 16, 2008 by lackhead

Hello blogosphere! Today’s adventures in How-The-World-Sucks is brought to you by Microsoft, the evil-doers of the computer world. The latest example of how corporate greed is destroying America came across my plate after a few friends, who use Hotmail for … Continue reading →

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Outgoing traffic with IP aliasing

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lackhead

I recently ran into an issue that, while it had a simple solution, stumped me for a while. I don’t know if said stumpitude came from my waning mental faculties or what. In any case, it took me longer than … Continue reading →

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Worse is better

Posted on June 29, 2007 by lackhead

I was recently sent a reference to an essay, written in 1991 by Richard P. Gabriel about the development of the Common Lisp standard. The article is called Lisp: Good News, Bad News, and How to Win Big, and while … Continue reading →

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