I hate cell phones...
Can anyone tell me why it costs me ten cents to send 160 bytes of data via my cell phone (for a text message), but 20 cents will let me send 6,250,000 times more (for a gigabyte of data via Amazon S3)? Why exactly should data be 3,125,000 times more expensive just because it’s wireless?
Read more...For those confused about where “Lappy486″ came from...
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail119.html
Or if that doesn’t load:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
Read more...Since I don’t really like laptop keyboards, I was using Remote Desktop to copy my config from Midori to Lappy 486. It occurred to me that I’d need a way control Midori from Lappy as well, so I set up VNC on Lappy and went to test it, forgetting that I was attempting to control to PC that was controlling Lappy…
You know the effect you get when you stand between two mirrors, how the reflections stretch away into infinity? Yeah, it was like that. I had to close Remote Desktop and break the loop to regain control.
Read more...Lessee, things to do on Lappy486:
-Image hard drive. -Configure wireless. -Install World of Warcraft (Diana will want to play right away). -Install FireFox, Skype, iTunes, Photoshop. -Install Subversion client. -Check out scripts, non-installer-based apps, home directory. -Check out our photos (that’s also Subversioned). -Tw33k shit. -De-install World of Warcraft. -Re-image hard drive. -Re-install World of Warcraft.
Read more...New laptop just arrived at home. I confirmed with Diana - it is in fact shiny.
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