http://blog.phosphers.org Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got an email from gmail asking me to change my password.... in spanish.  Probably a lame hack attempt but I reset the password anyways since I couldn't remember it either.  Oddly, it's the account I don't use. http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/28/well-that-was-odd/ Ah man, remember the 5.25" floppy?  No, of course you don't.  Damned kids!  Back in the day we used these flexible plastic squares to store our data.  They made horrible noises and we slow.  They also didn't hold jack for data.  800k I think was the max.And that's what's missing ... http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/26/thinking-of-old-hardware-again/ Since windows is stupid and dumps a bunch of crap to c: I needed to put more space on that partition.  No problem, I've got a lot of free space on another partition.  I'll just use gpartd to move it around.  Boot ubuntu from the cd and promptly forget linux ... http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/22/stupid-damn-things-that-annoy-me-to-no-end/ We went out for some pizza last night and got to find out they finaly killed off the personal pan pizza meal.  It was a great offer, a personal pan pizza, breadsticks/salad, and a soda.  It doesn't suprise me though, when getting the individual componets is much more expensive. http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/13/pizza-hut-personal-pan-pizza-meal-rip/ I'm by no means a power linux user anymore, I just don't use it that much but I thought I'd give 8.10 a spin for giggles in my vm.Good thing I did it in a vm, the upgrade process didn't go smoothly at all. I ended up having to ... http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/12/ubuntu-810-impressions/ http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/11/03/picturemail/ Just because I was bored I thought I'd see if I could get FIOS service. Well, the stupid app can't find my goddamn address. So I guess that's a no. http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/10/22/fios-fun/ http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/10/18/airport-security-is-a-sham/ http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/10/01/bridge/ http://blog.phosphers.org/2008/10/01/leaves-on-the-trail/