http://movingparts.net kinda like batman, but with a wife and 3 kids Fri, 02 May 2008 01:06:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had THE most frustrating day yesterday. After a hellish night of not sleeping (darned cold!!), I wake up to find that my internet connection is totally borked. Looked at the router's status page and it can't get a DHCP address from my lovely ISP, Charter.net. Spent an hour on ... http://movingparts.net/2008/05/01/spice-up-your-router-or-charter-and-linksys-can-bite-me/ Oh HECK yes!!! I am SO buying this the split-second it comes out!!! Here's an awesome review to boot! http://movingparts.net/2008/04/24/super-street-fighter-ii-turbo-hd-remix/ I've been using Firefox 3, beta5 for a while now and am very much liking it. It's crashed a fair bit, but that's understandable being that it's only a beta5. One thing that has bothered me, though, was that quite a few of my must-have extensions aren't released for FF3 ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/24/firefox3-your-old-extensions-and-you/ KDE3, KDE4, Plasma, Twinview == Not Good Originally uploaded by vanRijn Dear Lazyweb, This frustrates me and makes me all kinds of sad... For some reason, whenever I start my normal KDE3 session, plasma and KDE4 insists on starting up as well. So ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/23/kde3-kde4-plasma-twinview-not-good/ Dearest Lazyweb, I'm seriously confused. It would seem that this incredibly awesome little multimedia gadget called the PSP can't actually pull off having more than one playlist for a single directory of songs??? Let me get this straight... you seriously want me to copy the same song to 10 different directories ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/19/psp-and-real-playlists/ I've never had an eye exam before today, but I am a HUGE fan of Brian Regan and absolutely LOVE his skit about going to the eye doctor. It is totally hilarious! What I was not prepared for, however, was how accurate his observations were! I thought that he ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/17/big-giant-hubble-coming-attraction-glasses/ That's right, folks! If yer lookin' for a big hole to throw $300 into, just go out and buy yerself a 32" RCA CRT TV! That's what I did just 2 short years ago, and shore enuff, the only useful purpose this monstrous beast now serves is to beep like ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/15/how-to-waste-300-in-2-years/ I have discovered how to save millions on Christmas and birthday gifts. Just have something shipped to you that is packed in bubble wrap. The "something" goes to you, and the bubble wrap keeps the wife and kids entertained for hours! http://movingparts.net/2008/04/15/bubble-wrap-fun-2/ It started to hit me yesterday as I spent 3.5 hours in this year's KDE Google Summer of Code mentor's meeting (thanks again sebr!!). KDE4 just plain rocks, and it feels good to start getting excited about it again. And I don't just mean KDE 4.0. Don't get me wrong, ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/15/getting-excited-about-kde4-all-over-again/ I know I need to drink more water, and after the recent health disturbances, I knew I had to get serious about it. But I also knew that unless I had something unique and stylish and cool, it would be a chore to me and I've no hope of ... http://movingparts.net/2008/04/14/how-to-drink-water/