There was a clarity of focus

A searing light of pure thought

Then it was gone

And I’m left without a clue

Human Virus Scanner

The virus that have infected you will be show here along with thier cures, if known.

Viruses you suffer from:

Linux

Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it.

Junkfood

Eat some real food. Something which you can identify the source of every ingredient, not the point of manufacture.

Sci-fi

Stop wearing the stick-on ears.

Free BSD

The GPL isn’t that bad really. Adopt a penguin at the zoo.

8-Bit

Polygons, all the polygons you can get are not enough.

UNIX

Anything this old must be obselete. Go and install a nice modern operating system. I hear MSDOS has come a long way lately.

Discordia

Buy a suit. Invest your money. Eat hotdog buns on a friday.

Windows

Try MacOS X. It’s based on UNIX, it has a smoother UI than Windows and it doesn’t suck.
As an extra feature the boxes look nice.

vi

Escape Meta Alt Control Shift.

Computer Games

Stop staring at the screen and get some fresh air. You should see a doctor about the RSI in your thumbs.

Conspiracy Theory

Face it, the elected government is in control. Actually that’s quite scary.

Environmentalism

Consume more stuff! It’s easier to buy new stuff than to recycle.

Macintosh

Use a mouse with more than one button.

Viruses you might suffer from:

Gaming (70%)

Life is not a game.
Roll 3D6. On a 4 or more go out and do something with your life.

Religion (70%)

Read “God’s Debris” by Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy)

Politics (95%)

Stop caring!

Brand Names (80%)

Having a well-known name doesn’t make it good.

X11 (60%)

I hear Mac OS 10 Aqua is nice at this time of year.

Ultima (90%)

If you find one tell us.

Prog Rock (60%)

Long hair looks dumb with a bald spot. Listen to CD’s they don’t crackle.

It occurred to me today that when I see some idiot writing in 1337-speek, I should, at least in part, blame Apple.

Thanks, Apple, for the Apple ][ and the Apple //e. You d3w|>s r0×0r.

The instructions are: Grab the nearest book, open it to page 23, find the 5th sentence, post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

netstat -i provides information on the interfaces.

I love my fucking job…
…and my job loves fucking me!

I could write more. But that sums it up.

with a start i woke up
and looked immediately about
yet nothing seemed amiss

a whisper on the wind said
“don’t go back to sleep”

my body, too tired to be obedient
my mind, too tired to be reasonable

“why,” i whisper urgently
to the wind
“why should i not go back to sleep?”

silence

my eyes begin to close
my thoughts begin to drift

“don’t go back to sleep!”

bolt upright
eyes wide
i await the dawn

second chances
are always the best, i think
the first time i never know
if i really care
once i fail, then i know
it mattered

second chances cost more
the first time is so cheap
until its over

second chances
are the best, i think
thirds reek of desperation

–plambert

Why have I never seen Donnie Darko (2001) before?

I really enjoyed it.

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Just a note to any users of plambert.net’s services: at no time have my genitals come in contact with your sites . That’s a promise!

went to berkeley tonight to see kevin smith.

that man can talk! the show started late–he arrived late–and wasn’t really underway until around 19:25. he was still talking at 00:00 when we left to catch the last BART train!

the insight into the industry was fun and his delivery was entertaining. if i weren’t so tired, i’d give examples, but i really need to get to sleep.

yay kevin smith!

i cannot find a decent blogging client for Mac OS X. i just want something that’ll work simply, quickly, and without having to type tags. i don’t mind typing tags. but i’d like to set up blogs on plambert.net for others, some of whom will mind. and the tags get pretty monotonous after a while. i want command-key shortcuts, darnit.

ecto comes close, but fails with the latest WordPress in some odd ways. sigh

Testing my new weblog. I’ve tried a thousand different packages, and this seems closest to what I want. Without writing something myself. Which I may do anyway. Whee. Hopefully, it’ll be more configurable than LiveJournal…