A Brief History of Unix
Back in 2004, I posted an extremely brief history of Unix to the SDF internal BBS. I recently found a copy of it and am posting it here for posterity.
Recent Articles
Finally, My New Layout
Graphic design is hard!
Total Nerd Meme
It’s like a chain letter, but for Unix nerds.
HOWTO: Get rid of that revolting faux-3D Dock in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
I don’t like relying on undocumented hacks, but I hate Apple’s new Dock so much that I’ll try anything.
Recent Bookmarks
These are periodically retrieved from my my Delicious account.
FreeBSD 8.0 Released
I’m a little late to the party on this one, but a new version of FreeBSD has been released. I’m looking forward to using ZFS without having to use Solaris and am especially excited to see FreeBSD running under Xen. Maybe this means I’ll be able to get FreeBSD slices from Slicehost.
Jack Kirby’s Inglourious Basterds
Check out these covers for a hypothetical ‘70s-style comic book adaptation of the Tarantino film.
Apple’s Mistake
Paul Graham explains why Apple’s hostility towards iPhone developers is harming them in the long run.
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
Simon and Garfunkel perform “the Sounds of Silence” in this clip from 1966.
The Symphony of Science
“The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.”
Excuse me, Princess!
Link’s famous catch phrase from the Legend of Zelda cartoon is remarkably annoying. I liked some real crap when I was a kid.
XKCD: Scary
Touché, Randall Munroe. Touché.
Cracked.com: A Review of the Pirated Copy of Windows 7 I Bought On eBay
A hilarious review of Windows 95 as if it were the upcoming Windows 7. I hated Windows 95 so much that I wiped my drive and learned to use Unix, but the OS was an important step forward for most users.
Twitter Activity
@westymatt You know Dutch?
@nicolaus I installed Python 2.5 from MacPorts for use with App Engine. Easy to do, and it doesn’t interfere with Apple’s Python install.
@codinghorror The question is whether the ladies are still down with Tone Loc.
@dcgrigsby have you tried Mac the Ripper?
@wilshipley The bard woman is much easier to influence than Morrigan.
Wow, app-engine-patch is awesome. It lets you write Django apps that run on Google App Engine. http://tinyurl.com/6prmcw
@headius If your console is a PS3, make sure that Fallout 3 DLC is available for that platform before buying the game for that console.
FYI, they sell keytars in the musical instruments section of Best Buy. #knowingishalfthebattle
RT @jefflin I took it and so should you—The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2009: http://aneventapart.com/survey2009
Zeldman: “Self-promotion may appear revolting, but it’s the only promotion that’s guaranteed in this business.” http://tinyurl.com/yf6x7vw
