October 2008
‘Network capitalist’ seems a more accurate (and honest) descriptor than the god-awful ‘social media rockstar’…
That’s it. I am done for the week…
NVidia Fan Speed Revisited | Linux Journal →
Script for regulating fan speed based on temp…
Unsubscribing from LinkedIn question feeds: disappointed at the inanity of the genuine questions amongst the spam…
The real key to Govt 2.0 is people just shutting the fsck up & doing what I say…
Demos | Publications | Network Citizens →
This report argues that we have to look equally at how social networks use organisations for their own ends. That is where the new contours of inequality and power lie that will shape the network…
RT @mattlane: Have created a list of NZ govt tweeple http://tr.im/o1t in response to http://tr.im/o1s Feel free to add yourself…
Ubuntu: Using apt-p2p For Faster Upgrades From... →
Torrent your ubuntu upgrades…
Charlie Kaufman has made his directorial debut? ‘Synecdoche, New York’ http://tr.im/kauf Not so much a turkey as a wattle…
Thoughtful review of new book on Borges’ ‘Library of Babel’ http://tr.im/babel namechecks Turing and, on Integral Day, Leibniz. Bingo!
Review of David Thomson’s new book http://tr.im/film has some great lines eg., “the smug movie of a culture charging down a dead-end street”
Who knew today was Integral Day? http://tr.im/leibniz I always thought Gottfried should be celebrated for his theory of monads…
A Universe of Books: Borges's 'Library of Babel' -... →
“The librarian’s life and the Library together embody a Turing machine [a rudimentary computer], running an unimaginable program whose output can only be interpreted by a godlike external observer.”
Trying to get the new LinkedIn WordPress app to work - and failing…
NZ govt tweeps - DM me if you want to have your handle listed on a govt.nz version of this list http://tr.im/ukgov - to include on a wiki…
Installing Ubuntu with a Software RAID1... →
Fresh install of Ubuntu on a server using two Hard disk drives either ATA or SATA drives in RAID1 array
List of UK government people and organisations on Twitter http://tr.im/ukgov Nice one @davebriggs
How To Install Ubuntu 8.04 With Software RAID1 |... →
Installing and maintaining RAID1
Installation/SoftwareRAID - Community Ubuntu... →
Tutorial to install RAID array
Expectation of Machine Intelligence Could Change... →
“Believers will also want to spend more money to increase their chances of making it to the singularity with things such as safer cars and machines that make jobs such as construction safer.”
What do you call a blog (not a post, but the whole blog) that doesn’t contain a single link?
Do we understand the longevity of tweets? A link I posted 8 days ago is still getting the odd click… What attention recession?
Just found an old 750MB Zip disk. No way of knowing what is on it… Weren’t they a great idea? http://tr.im/click
Studies: Social networks exploding, may appear in... →
Moving forward, Gartner’s report postulates that government processes ranging from human services, tax and revenue, health care, and education could one day incorporate social networking tools.
Installing Gimp 2.6.1
Jacking into the Brain--Is the Brain the Ultimate... →
“Complex information like the contents of a book would require the interactions of a very large number of brain cells over a very large area of the nervous system,” observes neuroscientist John P. Donoghue of Brown University. “Therefore, you couldn’t address all of them, getting them to store in their connections the correct kind of information. So I would say based on current...
Jacking into the Brain http://tr.im/neuro Stick with the Kindle: direct downloads still sci-fi vapourware…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-26) →
Pharoah Sanders
Andrew Hill
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Albert Ayler
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
If the Internet (eventually) kills off reality TV, then it will have served it’s purpose…
Just finished stringing 150m of CAT5 down to the house to get me some of that broadband action…
Customizing conky…
I’m upgrading from a 512MB laptop with 40GB drive to a 4GB desktop with 2 x 1TB disks - and paying 40% less. I ♥ Moore’s Law…
Via @che_tibby Woman jailed after killing virtual husband http://tr.im/virtual Fair penalty? Confined to Second Life…
btReAnnounceR - Finding more trackers for your... →
Upload your .torrent file to find trackers for dead & dying torrentz…
How to Win Friends & Influence People http://tr.im/super TAL episode is brilliant. Just listen to it. NOW.
Step By Step: Customize Conky for Ambient Linux... →
More conkiness
Conky Variables →
R/t @spanishmanners I’m very pleased to announce a global ban on using “2.0”, beginning right now. Violators will be kicked in the balls.
Adjust the fan speed on you NVidia graphics card |... →
Handy tutorial for GeForce 9800 GT
Dutch Master: Books: The New Yorker →
Review of two new books on Van Meegeren.
Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots - Ubuntu... →
conkylicious
Whatever happened to memepool? http://www.memepool.com/
Keeping An Eye On Your Internet Speed With... →
For when I get me some of that broadband action…
Media relations 2008, part 2. Apparently journalists aren’t quite comfortable with 2-way transparency http://tr.im/mr08
The Hyped Panic Over 'War of the Worlds' -... →
Lazarsfeld surprised many by concluding in The People’s Choice that the media’s effects are, in general, much more selective and limited than we assume. Other forms of communication, from those in…
Media relations in 2008. Journo rings about Govt CIO blog post. Me: “why don’t you just post your questions as a comment?”
Can anyone recommend a custom PC builder in NZ that actually understands/believes in Linux?
Buckling up for a 4 hour meeting. Only saving grace is there are no PowerPoint presentations…
Downloading a free copy of Seth Godin’s new book: Tribes http://tr.im/godin
Deb Hill Cone replaced Russell Brown writing about teh interwebs @ The Listener? I thought Pamela Stirling was an idiot; now I have proof…