Tag Archives: hacking

on what should I hack next?

I know this isn’t LiveJournal, but I just found what looks like a decent poll plugin for WordPress. So, I’ll try it out and solicit your opinion all at once:

throttling the basement hacker

This might just be a phase, related to my recent injury and subsequent period of convalescence - but I feel like doing absolutely nothing extracurricular hack-wise after work. This is an odd state of mind for me, since I’m normally never happy unless I’ve got both work and home projects spinning. It’s been [...]

world of warcraft is my world of warcraft

Remember when I wrote that hacking is my World of Warcraft? Well, lately, World of Warcraft has been my World of Warcraft. Yes, that’s right: I’m on that slippery slope now. My best friend and Best Man back in Michigan handed me a copy of the game as a going-away present, [...]

No user serviceable fans

Grr. Last night, My PowerBook suddenly started making the oscillating, growling noise of a fan with built up crud rattling against the blades. I’d thought it was the hard drive at first, knowing my luck, but I narrowed down the sound to the fans in the back and could make the sound go [...]