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10 Tips for making the most of BarCamp

BarCampNYC is coming up this weekend, and I wanted to start off the blogging frenzy that will surely ensue with a few tips for getting the most out of the incredible unconference that is BarCamp. Come rested This one sounds simple, but it’s important. Barcamp starts at 9 on Saturday and goes till 6 on [ READ MORE ]

We gather here to mourn the loss of linux on Eric’s desktop.

Vista Screenshot Originally uploaded by Glitch010101. It is done. I just couldn’t take it anymore. 3.5 years of running desktop linux at home and I never stopped fixing it. There was always something that needed tweaking, something that was broken today. I need an OS that vendors write working drivers for. I need it to [ READ MORE ]

That’s a new one: DNS outage

The box that powers FeltUpTv.com is up. I know this because glitchnyc.com is served from this very same server. However, you can’t reach feltuptv.com as of right now. Pings don’t even resolve. Dig reports this: ; < > DiG 9.3.1 < > feltuptv.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be [ READ MORE ]

Turning off the “getting started” taskpane in Word 2003

Everyone hates the fscking paperclip. You all know what I’m talking about, it’s that stupid little popup that gets in your way when you’re trying to do your work in a microsoft office program. Microsoft finally retired their friendly bane-of-every-office-workers-life with Office 2003, only to replace with the “Task Pane”. Yes, the “Microsoft Bob” inspired [ READ MORE ]

DIY – doing more with less

Grr. I really have to learn to save more. I just lost a great long post, but it’s going to force a rewrite and two separate posts here, which is a good thing. Short summary: I’m in a Do It Yourself panel right now that’s giving me a lot of great advice. I’m sorry to [ READ MORE ]

Login Problems and the NumLock Key

I’ve just stumbled upon a nasty little problem with Windows XP, laptops, and the NumLock key. Windows attempts to remember whether or not the numlock key should be on, but there’s several different “states” that the machine has to remember for. It remembers for each user, and for the “no user” logon mode, meaning that [ READ MORE ]

I remember this feeling…

This was the 9/12/01 feeling. The sudden feelingrealization that nothing that you’re working towards, saving for, or betting on may actually come to pass. I just read http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/. All of it. I cannot summarize, explain, or even articulate what it’s about. Just read it – at least the first page – and come to your [ READ MORE ]

GlitchCastFriendAdder 1.0 is released

I’ve just released version 1.0 of the GlitchCastFriendAdder – the Open Source MySpace Friend Adder. It’s a combination friendID scraper and bulk adder for MySpace. You can find more information here[ READ MORE ]

Podcasting: Stereo vs Mono – how about a little of both?

This is a comment I left on Colleen’s blog for FluffInBrooklyn.com. If you haven’t checked it out yet, Colleen puts together a very funny photo-comic every few days featuring a cast of stuffed animals and the occasional cameo by a human or 17. Colleen and her friend and upstairs neighbor Annie have started “Fluff Radio,” [ READ MORE ]

Where’d all the articles go?

Okay, first thing’s first – you can find all my back articles here: http://www.glitchnyc.com/static The big advantage of switching to wordpress is the fact that with a mysql database on the back end, pages are rendering much faster. Various search engines have been crawling my site like crazy, and while I like being listed, it [ READ MORE ]

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