Tag Archives: rants

Nov
01
2009

Eight reboots later…

…And I have upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Final and Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”. Things I’d like to see/do more of: Keep my data separate from the operating system. I keep separate partitions for all my documents and files. On Ubuntu this is simply a matter of having a /home partition and using it [...]

By ivan | Posted in linux, software, windows | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)
Feb
18
2009

Hoy vi un limpiabotas…

…ensacado. Tenía puesta una camisa amarilla de mangas largas, unos pantalones color marrón y unos zapatos negros. Debajo de su brazo izquierdo llevaba una lata vacía de leche, y en su derecho cargaba una caja de madera en excelente estado con una calcomanía del logo de Ferrari y el texto “NO FIO”. Se veía determinado. [...]

By ivan | Posted in philosophy | Also tagged | Comments (0)
Oct
03
2008

Stop hijacking my OpenDNS!

The other day, while stumbling like a madman, I noticed that none of my video stumbles worked. I quickly realized the cause was that my DNS provider, the universally adored (in that annoying Google way) OpenDNS, was actively blocking all the video sites in existence.

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