Thursday, October 28, 2004
Ruminations ....
Wow I pulled that topic word out of nowhere. Nice!
3rd time is the charm. I configured a fresh linux server config in about one hour, running into only a few minor hiccups (iptables firewall). The first time, I was trying to mess with an already installed config. After a few days I couldn't even get php to work, extremely frustrating. The second time was setting up a mail server, which was a pain as well. Linux is extremely finicky and the ability to follow directions to a tee really really helps :P I like it a lot better now I know about the common trip-ups. Still haven't gotten SSL working yet, I'll have to see about that later. Here are a few helpful links.
http://www.brtnet.org/linux/lamp.htm
http://www.qmailrocks.org
Anyways, my knowledge of Linux has increased a ton .... it'll be very useful for startup projects. Must keep learning!
I played basketball a few times this week. My jumper is still off. Handles are much better tho, I definitely improved in that area. Thanks to ANKLEBREAKERS! Now got to work on my throwing, how the heck does Ichiro do it. Oh yeah Boston won. Yippee. I'm really thrilled ... really. It's just that this series was so anticlimatic compared to the ALCS. I'm sure the die-hards don't give a damn. Scott Rolen should dig a hole in the ground and hide for the next 6 months. I think Foulke should have been the MVP instead of Manny. Pitching was the key for Boston in this series, and Foulke was lights out. Interesting rumors about Pedro coming to the Giants to be the closer, and Cabrera also joining. This of course due to the Felipe question. Considering how miserly the ownership has been, I doubt this will happen.
Recently saw a Conan re-run (w/ guests Kristin Davis and the british guy from AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) and it just blew me away. Hilarious almost all the way through. Conan is just great at recovering when jokes don't go right. I wonder how much of the show is really improvised (maybe it's good writing!). Conan >>>>> Leno. Letterman still good but not as crazy anymore.
Was watching the Indy Bonus Features DVD the other day. Alison Doody really reminds me of Grace Kelly, too bad she retired for a while. Lots of good nuggets about the Indy trilogy, I wonder if they'll ever follow through and make a fourth.
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3rd time is the charm. I configured a fresh linux server config in about one hour, running into only a few minor hiccups (iptables firewall). The first time, I was trying to mess with an already installed config. After a few days I couldn't even get php to work, extremely frustrating. The second time was setting up a mail server, which was a pain as well. Linux is extremely finicky and the ability to follow directions to a tee really really helps :P I like it a lot better now I know about the common trip-ups. Still haven't gotten SSL working yet, I'll have to see about that later. Here are a few helpful links.
http://www.brtnet.org/linux/lamp.htm
http://www.qmailrocks.org
Anyways, my knowledge of Linux has increased a ton .... it'll be very useful for startup projects. Must keep learning!
I played basketball a few times this week. My jumper is still off. Handles are much better tho, I definitely improved in that area. Thanks to ANKLEBREAKERS! Now got to work on my throwing, how the heck does Ichiro do it. Oh yeah Boston won. Yippee. I'm really thrilled ... really. It's just that this series was so anticlimatic compared to the ALCS. I'm sure the die-hards don't give a damn. Scott Rolen should dig a hole in the ground and hide for the next 6 months. I think Foulke should have been the MVP instead of Manny. Pitching was the key for Boston in this series, and Foulke was lights out. Interesting rumors about Pedro coming to the Giants to be the closer, and Cabrera also joining. This of course due to the Felipe question. Considering how miserly the ownership has been, I doubt this will happen.
Recently saw a Conan re-run (w/ guests Kristin Davis and the british guy from AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) and it just blew me away. Hilarious almost all the way through. Conan is just great at recovering when jokes don't go right. I wonder how much of the show is really improvised (maybe it's good writing!). Conan >>>>> Leno. Letterman still good but not as crazy anymore.
Was watching the Indy Bonus Features DVD the other day. Alison Doody really reminds me of Grace Kelly, too bad she retired for a while. Lots of good nuggets about the Indy trilogy, I wonder if they'll ever follow through and make a fourth.
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