Category Archives: rant

When I grow up…

Posted on 2 November 2008 by

Unlike the guy who writes the Linux Haters Blog I haven’t given up on this thing called blogging. Instead I started working for a living so I don’t always find it so easy any more to write here. Though I … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, programming, rant | 3 Comments

Boo JavaScript

Posted on 11 February 2008 by

Other than a rather large distaste for the language because its named after a bean I find JavaScript annoying. Its awkward I wish I were C but I’m stuck being Java syntax bothers me. Lest we not forget that some … Continue reading →

Posted in java, programming, rant, ruby | Leave a comment

I hate you XP install CD

Posted on 1 February 2008 by

I need Windows for class. I don’t want Windows back to be honest, but I don’t really have much choice. It Windows or an F at this point. So I broke out my only legitimate copy of Windows XP Pro. … Continue reading →

Posted in rant, review, school, windows | 3 Comments

The Philoshpy of Gentoo

Posted on 28 December 2007 by

Ever since I loaded up Ubuntu temporarily while waiting for Paludis to release a non-alpha, then failing to install with the alpha, and then reloading Ubuntu I’ve found myself questioning the point. Why Gentoo?  In fact I had a coworker … Continue reading →

Posted in installing, rant | 4 Comments

Vim problems and tarballs

Posted on 6 December 2007 by

In lieu of my recent install problems with Gentoo I installed Arch again just so I could have an OS up and running. I plan on trying to install Gentoo again, probably sometime around this weekend. I saw D. Robbins … Continue reading →

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What Gentoo Needs

Posted on 4 December 2007 by

If Gentoo wants to remain one of the prominent distributions in this world I believe some things need to change. Gentoo is, in my opinion, starting to become crusty. I mean all distributions have their issues but I don’t use … Continue reading →

Posted in paludis, rant, review | 7 Comments

Open Source and Communism

Posted on 12 November 2007 by

I’ve been pondering the relation between the two philosophies for a long time. This is something that has occurred to me even before reading that Balmer at MS had made a similar comparison. The question for me then is, is … Continue reading →

Posted in rant, theory | 2 Comments

Project Euler Madness

Posted on 8 November 2007 by

Ok, so after reading Brian Carper post a couple of times about this Project Euler I decided like a jealous toddler I wanted to try. So naturally I started with problem 1. Here is the problem to save you the … Continue reading →

Posted in programming, Project Euler, rant | 2 Comments

Gnome how I loath thee

Posted on 22 August 2007 by

Alright, so I couldn’t update my system for roughly a week because I moved out and had to wait for my lame cable company (one of the big ones, if that random cable guy reads this) to install my internet … Continue reading →

Posted in conky, desktop, gnome, installing, paludis, rant, review | 4 Comments

On the interpritation of data

Posted on 21 August 2007 by

I really hate websites like this one. It presents data in a one sided manner that doesn’t really help you decide anything. For example if you look at the charts Windows “appears” more secure because they patched fewer problems. Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in rant, tips | 3 Comments