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13
Jun
2009
Facebook.com shortened URLs
So I missed out on facebook.com/apocrypha. Although I wouldn’t have actually taken it, I’d rather know that it is free than have some girl dressed as sailor moon with it.
I got my own name though, and that’s very nice. Favourites so far are facebook.com/Default.aspx and www.facebook.com/index.aspx. Many that I expected to be gone are still not taken, like facebook.com/Satan but I have a feeling those are disallowed somehow.
I also know a bunch of people who have yet to jump on this at all, get on that internet friends!
10
Jun
2009
6
Apr
2009
Omegle
Omegle is website that lets you join another random person in chat. I wasn’t really interested at first but I was bored while watching another episode of Flashpoint and someone had just linked it in IRC so I decided to give it a go.
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5
Apr
2009
Redoing my Computers
So, a few weeks ago I decided it was time to change my software setup. At the time I had the Windows 7 beta running on my desktop and laptop and FreeBSD running on my server. I switched it up by putting OS X back on my laptop (yay hackintosh!) and this time with sound working.
I also brought my server into my room and have started using it for TV and such. I realized that it was being used almost exclusively for storage and since it had a lot more power than that I wanted to use it for something else. That combined with my problem with a few games not liking dual-monitors made me recommission it as a Debian box which is sitting in my room now. Whenever I’m playing games or other things on my desktop I use that box for TV. Apart from that it still serves the exact same purpose as before, but it’s also easier to maintain with Debian.
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