Month: July 2011

Check out the 360 cockpit view of space shuttle Discovery. Drag around with the mouse. Shift/Control zoom in and out.

My router died last night when I tried to upgrade DD-WRT to a newer version. I lost my DHCP server, the LEDs stopped blinking, it was unpingable…the works! Here’s how to fix a failed DD-WRT upgrade relatively quickly. I was using a Netgear WNDR3700v2, but I suspect the recovery process is similar if not identical…

Carl’s Jr.’s TV ads (Hardees for you east-coasters) have always been about showing how big and sloppy their burgers are. For years they’ve been a real turn-off for anyone who likes keeping their hands clean. (me) Something changed recently and in just one commercial their ads have gone from awful to awesome. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28S-1zgkorw

I don’t post here about work very much. I suspect a few customers may be reading this, though. There’s big news in the world of DreamHost this month. We’re bringing on our first CEO. We’ve never had one before. The press release went out today. Check it out if you haven’t already. I wrote it….

The people on the Whited00r project are saints. They’re taking Apple firmware updates and optimizing them to run on older hardware that Apple has long since abandoned. I haven’t tried it yet, but anything that promises to give me back at least some of the speed that I saw in “the old days” on my…

Please enjoy Blue Spruce by Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtbRWcIVv30 This is my favorite Béla Fleck song. And he’s not even playing the banjo! From Music For Two.