Livejournal Sux

Biggest mistake I ever did was install a livejournal server. This software is VERY unmanageable. I want to be able to delete all these damn duplicate users, I also want reports of how many entries users have made and how long its been since they’ve logged in. Unfortunately there is nothing for this. All I have to work with is the damn admin console. I can’t even list users with that. My final note to leave you with… ...

June 25, 2003 · 1 min · 84 words · Michael Palmer

Ripping audio from DVDs

I wanted to make note of this in my blog so I could reference it later. Very Handy way to rip audio from dvds. Thanks Jeremy Zawodny and David Dorward I use Transcode for this, for example: transcode -i /dev/dvd -p /dev/dvd -T 1,1 -E 44100 -y null,wav -m myAudio.wav -s 3 http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/ Read More : Jeremy Zawodny’s blog: DVD Audio Extraction?

June 24, 2003 · 1 min · 62 words · Michael Palmer

Hack attempt on the Website

PHP Photo galleries were at risk for getting hacked. I’ve taken them down.

June 24, 2003 · 1 min · 74 words · Michael Palmer

Sweet powers of liquid Nitrogen

Awesome! Make ice cream in 30 seconds flat. Liquid nitrogen is cold. Very cold. So cold that if a drop falls on your hand, it feels like fire. So cold that it can turn a fresh flower into a thousand shards of broken glass. So cold that it can make half a gallon of ice cream in 30 seconds flat. Read More : Microcrystalline in 30 Seconds

June 20, 2003 · 1 min · 67 words · Michael Palmer

GPS Receivers - Need Cash

I should be a product tester at the very least.

June 20, 2003 · 1 min · 61 words · Michael Palmer

Back From YAPC in Boca

Nice location for YAPC::NA this year

June 20, 2003 · 2 min · 225 words · Michael Palmer

Windows Keyfinder

Awesome program to show your windows and office keys in any current windows OS. Tried it on XP and it worked great. The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003. ...

June 20, 2003 · 1 min · 105 words · Michael Palmer

Goin to Boca Raton

Heading to Boca for a Perl Conference

June 15, 2003 · 1 min · 30 words · Michael Palmer

Continental, Security and MS

An article about Microsoft launching a new security Certification. And some harsh words from Continental towards the ‘linux guys’ whom apparently are all hackers! Acknowledging that vendors and IT professionals have to step into the breach to make computing more secure, Microsoft Tuesday launched two new security certifications and again pledged to make software patches easier to apply. Scott Charney, Microsoft’s chief security strategist, said Tuesday that he is working to adapt the company’s corporate culture to make patch application more uniform and rational. ...

June 13, 2003 · 1 min · 96 words · Michael Palmer

Cheese Races

What possesses anyone to throw themselves down one of the county’s steepest hills in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese?Crowds flock to do it every year – and have done for centuries. Read More : BBC – Gloucestershire – Features – Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling Races

June 12, 2003 · 1 min · 46 words · Michael Palmer