I find this fascinating. It’s so interesting to see how some of the smaller distros came about, and when.
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And what a PC snob I am! I’m guilty of every single one of these. 
Top ten ways to know you’re a PC snob.
From GameSpy
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These are great pictures. They remind me of what my basement (a.k.a. the dungeon) used to look like.
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It’s time to geek out a bit! I have compiled the following list which represents the 5 greatest sci-fi ships of all time. A bold endeavor I know, but I’m up to the task. Here they are in no particular order.
Millenium Falcon
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. If you’re a geek, the Millenium Falcon is synonymous with the phrase “kick ass spaceship”. It really is the king of the hill in this category. It did the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs you know. Need I say more?
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Nebuchadnezzar
If it wasn’t for this ship, the title of this entry would have read “Top 5 sci-fi spaceships of all time”. But I couldn’t leave the Nebuchadnezzar off this list. What kind of geek would I be? And honestly, I couldn’t think of four other hovercrafts that would make up my “Top 5 sci-fi hovercrafts of all time” list.
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Voyager
Forget about the Enterprise, Voyager is where it’s at. This little ship got blown 70,000 light years away from Earth, and landed smack-dab in the middle of Borg territory. That’s like putting a tiny little goldfish in a huge tank filled with sharks and then telling him to fight his way out. That’s one tough little goldfish.
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Galactica
The Galactica is the equivalent of a present day aircraft carrier. Now, imagine defending an entire race of people against the largest superpower on Earth, but you could only use one aircraft carrier. That’s the Galactica. How could it not be on this list?
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Serenity
Ahh, Serenity. Serenity is a lot like the Millenium Falcon, except it’s not as fast. And it can’t shoot. And it doesn’t really have any shields. And it looks nothing like the Millenium Falcon. But other than that, they are very, very similar. It’s just a great ship.
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That’s it. Do you dare disagree with my sci-fi expertise? Post your own list here.
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What have we here? It looks like O’Reilly - of O’Reilly Media, not Bill O’Reilly - has opened up its internet ports to all those who are interested in getting an education in technology. O’Reilly School of Technology offers a variety of online courses ranging from programming to system administration to web development. You can’t earn a degree here (yet?), but you can earn a certificate in a number of technology fields. If you’re not interested in taking full certificate programs, you can always just take the individual courses. The price appears to be between $298 to $498 per class, and less when signing up or a full certificate program. If you’re curious to see how their classes work, as I was, take a look at this video.
I’m still not 100% convinced that paying for an online education is a good idea, but the fact that it’s O’Reilly makes that much more curious.
Course List:
For the complete I.T. beginner:
* Introduction to HTML and CSS
* Learn Object-Oriented Programming Using Java
* Linux/Unix Sysadmin I: The Basics of System Administration
* Learn C Programming, Part 1For the beginner/intermediate student:
* Introduction to PHP
* JavaScript 1: Client-Side Programming
* Learn Perl for CGI Programming
* PHP/SQL 1: Introduction to Database Programming
* Learn SQL for Database Programming
* Learn C Programming, Part 2
* Learn VB-Script
* Learn Unix for Web Programming
* Linux/Unix Sysadmin II: Networking and DNS
* Learn XMLFor the intermediate/advanced student:
* JavaScript 2: AJAX
* Linux/Unix Sysadmin III: Unix Services (including email and web servers)
* Linux/Unix Sysadmin IV: Scripting for Administrators, Sed, Awk, and Perl
* Learn Visual Basic .NET
* Learn C#.NET
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While we’re on the subject of Internet phenomena, be sure to check out twitter.com. I’ve been twittering (tweeting?) for a little over two weeks now, but I was a little reluctant at first.
Twitter is sort of a cross between a blog and an away message. Unlike a blog, you can only post 140 characters at a time. You have the ability to post entries, or tweets as they are so affectionately called, via the web, a cell phone (sms), an IM client, or from a variety of desktop applications. Twitter asks the very simple question, “What are you doing?”. All you have to do is answer that question. It’s strange, I know. It’s even more strange that people are doing it. Not a few people mind you, but thousands. People use it to keep tabs on their friends. Organizations may use it to keep interested parties up to date. Some people even use Twitter to campaign for the Presidency.
I know, still a little strange. In fact, be sure to bookmark this page, because you’re probably going to dismiss Twitter pretty quickly. I know I did. It’s the natural Twitter cycle — a couple of weeks will pass and every time you hear the word twitter your ears will perk up. You’ll start hearing about it more and more, until finally, curiosity gets the best of you. You’ll sign up, you’ll post your first tweet, and you’ll be hooked. It’s usually around a 2 to 4 week process. At that time make sure to come back here for a list of some pretty handy Twitter resources.
Ah good, you’re back.
Let’s start with twittervision. This site pretty much sums up the Twitter experience. It grabs tweets from the public Twitter timeline and places them on Google maps in real-time. It’s addicting all by itself.
Remember those desktop apps I referred to up above? They allow you to post tweets and receive updates right on your desktop. You can choose to receive updates from the public timeline or limit it to people in your friends list. There are a few different applications to choose from, depending on what operating system you are running. Let me make it easy for you:
Twitter Desktop Applications
Recommended reading:
I really enjoyed the Twitter write-up over at Kottke.org. Check it out if you get a chance. While you’re it, another good article to read is Hacking Twitter for Fun and Profit. Good stuff there.
Some extra tidbits:
The founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, was also the co-founder of Blogger.com and more recently Odeo.com. Blogger.com was eventually acquired by Google and Odeo.com has since been put up for sale. From what I understand, Evan’s company Obvious Corp wants to focus all it’s time and energy on Twitter. That’s good for you Twitterholics.
And there you have it. Now go give it a try. You can look me up at twitter.com/skyecade. Just in case you want to know what I had for breakfast,… or what movie I’m watching,… or what pants I decided to wear,… or what project I’m working on,…or what I’m thinking about at any given moment, etc…
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