This is too big of a topic for me to not comment on. It seems that within the last month, I can not visit any of my typical news outlet without hearing a 99.9% rejection of military intervention. This has happened before. And last time I am on the record for saying that, although I… Continue reading War on Syria

I was trying to remote desktop to my Windows machine, but it kept spinning and would not allow me to connect. On the Microsoft website, they said Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 is not supported by RDC. However, it does work. After several minutes of frustratingly googling around, here is the answer: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3234768?start=15&tstart=0 Close Remote… Continue reading Remote Desktop Connection Mac and Windows 7 connection problems

I just spent a good amount of time trying to get my headless ubuntu litecoin miner to work. There are several great tutorials out there: http://decryption.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/mining-litecoin-with-cgminer-ubuntu-12-10/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gw7YPYgMgNNU42skibULbJJUx_suP_CpjSEdSi8_z9U But it would have saved me a lot of time if they were more concise and left out all the unnecessary stuff. So here is my attempt at… Continue reading Litecoin or Bitcoin: Ubuntu Cgminer install

Today I took a USB stick with ubuntu installed on it from an ASRock AMD motherboard and stuck it into a Gigabyte Intel motherboard and it booted up without trouble. This is freaking amazing.

I don’t normally get this excited about a piece of technology, but this Edimax nano router is freaking awesome. You can’t really appreciate how tiny this thing is from the picture, but trust me, it’s the smallest router you’ve ever seen. It’s smaller than the cable that powers it, and the ethernet cable you attach… Continue reading Edimax BR-6258n Wireless Nano Router

That’s what this one lady on forum said in response to a guy who said obesity is a choice. I thought it was a very interesting comment because she made the argument that societal effects trumps free-will. This argument speaks to me because I have always believed that the libertarian types wrongly underestimate the impact… Continue reading If I know your zipcode, I can predict your BMI

Last night the check engine light on my 2001 Acura Integra came on. I googled a couple of things here and there and I found some people suggested using a paperclip to read the code. My car is relatively old so I didn’t want to bother with a DIY project. I dropped it off at… Continue reading Expensive lesson in vehicle maintenance – check the gas cap

I’ve been trying to help my mom with her medicare and this shit is damn confusing. You’d think since it’s made for seniors, they’d make it as simple as possible. But it’s not. The worst part is, most people who are supposed to be knowledgeable to help seniors with this stuff cannot answers the questions… Continue reading Medicare is confusing

First off, I find it ridiculous some people are just NOW complaining about the government spying on them. This shit is so old news, Jesus was alive when it happened. PBS has been running documentaries on it for years now and everyone knows there is an entire ATT building in San Francisco dedicated to spying… Continue reading NSA TSA and NRA