Drum and Bass

Drum and Bass is my crime. My sin is belief.

Protected: The Beginning of Real

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

i am happy that…

…brown rice smells like fresh popcorn
…i supported Detroit artists by buying Jef’s table
…i have almost forgotten what a resource grid is
…Rob and Eva are getting out
…Mike is getting out (and his pieces sold)
…D+S might be getting out
…i have a little box of maple candy
…Nick Talbot exists

The Complete, Working Trac Install instructions for OS X

So you want to install Trac, the rad Wiki / Ticket system / Subversion front-end / Juicer, but server administration crap really isn’t your thing? Daunted by the disgustingly long list of instructions sprayed across 20 different websites? Never fear, I’ll hold your hand. This will only hurt a little…

download SWIG (simplified wrapper and interface […]

Paying for Software?

[editor: this post is unfinished, but the statute of limitations has passed, so i’m making it available anyways. show your work. :-]
Strangely, I’ve noticed that the software I pay for legally, out of respect for the developers and the value it brings to me, not to mention the desire not to be arrested, ends up […]

Fire in my head, cloud in my mouth

Old skin don’t you know this face /
Nothing to be gained here in this place.
Cold wind blew my spirit away /
I outta get out of this place.
Feel a bit false…
uneasy.
Feel a bit false…
uneasy.
…one of these days.
- laika

Where the “Social” web came from for me

Propellerheads software team (creator of ReBirth and Reason)’s original website where each developer had a .plan file he would update with the details of whatever problem he was working on at the time
umich .plan files, which my geek friends filled in with status messages, funny quotes, and textual versions of their one-page homepages.
the unix ‘who‘ […]

Fighting Link Spam in the trenches

(from DieSpammersDie on Tools to Make Tools)
The Problem
Because FeedMeLinks has a decent Google Page-Rank and a deliberately low barrier to entry, “link spammers” have discovered the site and are posting hundred of almost identical URLs to the site in order to promote other online properties. This disturbs users and dillutes the value of the site […]

Ever wonder, What will happen if install software XXX on my machine?

Here’s a trick to see what files will be installed before you run an installer (because after you’ve run it, the installer has now hidden mysterious files all over your hard drive and you have to hunt them down to find them.) Try this:

open the contents of the Installer by right-clicking and selecting “Show Package […]

I installed Flash 8

It doesn’t run as horribly as I expected.
Whoopee!