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The molding of my geekdom
We don’t all start out as geeks. Some of us are encouraged at a very young age by a significant family member or friend, while others grow into it naturally. For me, my journey started early, almost as far back as … Continue reading
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Tagged geeking, monty python, robotech, trs-80
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Unix pranks
Editors note: This is reposted from one of my older pages. Goes hand in hand nicely with the Funny Unix Commands, this takes it a bit farther. When you end up working around Unix sysadmins for any length of time, … Continue reading
Making a video out of text
Recently I discovered an interesting site that will take plain text and help you make a video out of it. The tool takes in whatever text you enter, converts it from text to speech, and then syncs a generated cartoon … Continue reading
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Tagged IRC, text to speech, video creation
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Filling your mind with Podcasts
Over the years, podcasts come and go. You find your niche and stick with it. Though every so often you get jolted back from your comfortable existence when you are informed of a special podcast that captivates and entertains you. … Continue reading
A whole new world
It has been years since I first setup borked.us as a personal playground. Originally I limped along on the ml.org and dhs.org 3rd level dynamic domains, but over time they went away and became too unreliable. Borked.us was born in … Continue reading
Funny Unix commands
When you have been doing Unix systems administration for several years, you start to gather a stash of comical commands that get passed around from sysadmin to sysadmin. The torch is passed between the old and the new, the torch … Continue reading