Category Archives: Technology/Internet

Spam and CAPTCHA

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Ben

So after leaving this place for a month (probably more), I log in to find that there are over 6300 comments pending.  I have WordPress set up to automatically queue comments there that contain more than three hyperlinks, which tends … Continue reading →

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Fedora 13

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Ben

I’ve had a problem on Ubuntu for a while, or at least I thought it was Ubuntu-specific.  The problem is with suspend-to-ram (aka, what you get when you click suspend; the computer goes into a low-power state, and comes back … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu: The Hanging Purple Splash Screen of Doom

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Ben

A couple weeks ago I upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx.  (It’d previously been running Karmic.)  The upgrade went well.  Since this machine was not very critical to me for school, I had opted to do this one … Continue reading →

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Distributed Social Networking

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Ben

I remember when FaceBook was new.  A lot of people I know rushed to grab an account, and soon just about everyone I could think of had their page.  It was nice, I kept up with a ton of people … Continue reading →

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Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Ben

Just posting while it’s still Earth Day.  I can’t say I’ve done anything special, but I did think more about my eventual plan to not pay an electric bill.  Well, as long as the sun shines… And at least it’s … Continue reading →

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Quick Ubuntu Tip: Not Enough Space Left to Update

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Ben

So just today I went to run updates on my Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) machine, only to get an error message stating that there was not enough space left.  Now, I saw this once before, and luckily the fix is pretty … Continue reading →

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RMS at RIT

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Ben

So last week Richard Stallman came to RIT to speak.  I went, and got some pics: (Edit: Click the thumbnails for full, non-horrendously cropped versions of the pics.) It was an interesting experience, I even got to shake his hand. … Continue reading →

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End of August

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Ben

Finally, it’s getting colder out at night.  A month ago I needed to have the AC on in order to sleep – it’s much easier for me to when it’s colder out.  Now it’s comfortable, and not too humid. I … Continue reading →

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Free Energy

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Ben

Well, the tour is going pretty well.  I’m just taking a break here for a moment in Buffalo – it’s actually pretty hot, and I just got out of the pool.  I’m not sure what I’d do without it.  If … Continue reading →

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A Little Scripting

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Ben

I just completed the 5th gig night in a row with Jack Swift.  If you haven’t, go check out the blog.  I haven’t posted there in a while, but the other guys have and there are pics.  Recordings too. In … Continue reading →

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