Diary of a Network Geek

RepoMen

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I saw Repo Men last Friday.

A pretty bold statement, isn't it?

This is only of interest to people who have webservers, but it's worth writing about.

"Never forget anything again."

That's the claim that they make on the Remindd website.  Honestly, this may be an idea that's come and gone with smart phones and Google and all, but, it's still worth mentioning.  Okay, mainly, I'm mentioning it because it's free, on the web, and automated.

Also?  Today, someone I know is going to want to remember this date.  Later today, I'll be putting on a monkey suit and standing up at someone's wedding.  Hopefully, it'll be a day to remember, not a day they try to forget!

TheCrazies

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I saw The Crazies Friday night.

Long time readers will know how I feel about the H1-B visa issue.

I almost never think of what I do as "art".

I mean, I'm mostly a network plumber, you know?  I make functional networks and good, solid, dependable machines that, well, that just run.  But, there are people who take hardware to a new place, where they are, in fact art.
The Edelweiss by Pius Giger is just that, the PC as art object.

Don't believe me?  Just click the link and go look at it.  Trust me.

UnMovieFriday

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By this time of the week, my regular readers know I've usually reviewed a movie, but not this week.

Wow, maybe Novell isn't quite dead yet after all!

According to this story at Computer World, the New York-based Elliot Associates, LP, a hedge fund that is already Novell's largest stock-holder, has made a public bid for the company.  They claim to have extensive experience and good fortune turning around tech companies, and they see the potential in the once great Novell.

Houston is a strange town.

Now, I don't mean that in a bad way!  I like strange.  Strange is different, interesting.  The problem is, finding it.  Think of all the chance encounters that have led you to something weird and beautiful.  How often does that happen?  If you're like me, not often enough.