Archive for June, 2005



from the dischord records page:
Many people have now noticed that Nike has appropriated the Minor Threat artwork and logo for a new skateboard demo / ad campaign. To set the record straight — Nike never contacted Dischord to obtain permission to use this imagery, nor was any permission granted. Simply put, Nike stole it and [...]

for reference

whenever i reboot my web server i can never remember:
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
this reminds me of a problem i had earlier in the year where i was getting “disk full” errors every time i tried to upload via FTP. even when i looked at the disk it was telling me it was 98% full, which was [...]

as far as ‘recipes for monkeys’ go, it doesn’t get more primate-accessible than this one:
1 - 1 1/2 lb. boneless chicken breasts
1/3 cup dijon mustard
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vegetable oil
1. mix mustard, honey & oil in small bowl.
2. pour 3/4 of the mixture over chicken breasts in a container, mix well.
3. refrigerate and marinate for [...]

help save dhs programs

my friend carryn, who works for the philadelphia mural arts program, sent me this last night:
A crisis has occurred in the City of Philadelphia which affects the future of 700 city organizations, 5,000 jobs, and nearly 30,000 children. If approved, funding cuts in Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services would be the most severe in the [...]

GTA:SA review now up

http://gameplayinsider.com/game_detail.php?view=review&id=32
this game will eat your summer.

here’s an odd one: when checking the calendar in microsoft outlook web access, appointments appear one hour later than they actually occur. i found a couple of knowledge base articles on similar occurences but nothing that matches what i’m experiencing exactly (i’m pretty sure my computer’s not set to GMT jerusalem).
i’d like to implement a [...]

magic lamp

we got the track that we’re submitting to the jet black/engineer records comp back from gradwell the other day. i think it came out pretty well but there’s a couple of things i might want to change on this when we’re mixing the full album and have the time, such as taking my guitar out [...]

GTA:SA impressions

swamped with a ton of work but i’m hoping to get my review of GTA:SA for xbox at gameplayinsider.com up by the beginning of next week (kim’s switching servers for GPI this weekend as well). after a few hours with the game i’m really starting to get into it. initial impressions: the graphics (no blurs [...]

optiplex weirdness

optiplex GX260 keeps booting in a loop of dell boot, windows boot, safe mode request. no errors or BSODs. booted machine with ERD commander. running chkdsk now.
update: chkdsk found and fixed a couple of errors, still unable to get out of the boot loop. ghosted the machine and it’s up. after a reboot i’m still [...]

to those in los angeles, detroit, nyc, va and nj - it’s an election day. new jersey is holding its primary elections for governor, here’s the list of hopefuls:
jon corzine
todd caliguire
paul digaetano
doug forrester
steve lonegan
john murphy
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