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In case anybody was wondering, the iSight is still … well, pathetic in low light, even after the 1.02 firmware update. Oh well. Maybe in another year we’ll get another firmware update that might fix this, or maybe iChat will … Continue reading →

New York Times: President Bush created a bipartisan commission on Friday to investigate the quality of the intelligence used to justify the Iraq war and to address problems posed by weapons proliferation. zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: Bush said Thursday he still would have … Continue reading →

this is rockin’ my socks. Various Artists – WAP100 EP 9.99 Black Dog Productions – Bytes LP 9.99 ^ that is tonight’s purchase. 184 MB of high quality VBR – sounds better to my ears than what the iTunes store … Continue reading →

In the spirit of the holidays, I want to make sure that every drives safely :) andre@core[~]cat <<EOF >> ~/.zshrc echo “are you drunk? y/n” read drunk if [ $drunk = “y” ] then alias rm=”echo ‘you drunk bastard, you … Continue reading →

Nothing important has happened, don’t worry ;) -Letting the beard out -Rocking panther server. I am gearing up to start a web log centered around panther server. Tips/workarounds/potholes/how-to’s… the usual -Traveling incessantly to portland and back to teach apple’s various … Continue reading →

Does anybody else notice themselves getting scanned via icmp pretty often? 20:11:44.728258 amjm28qpy50e.bc.hsia.telus.net > pimp.dreness.com: icmp 72: echo request seq 64810 20:11:46.955269 amjm28qpy50e.bc.hsia.telus.net > bish.dreness.com: icmp 72: echo request seq 24363 20:12:01.861614 as53-p02-wny-037.modempools.net > pimp.dreness.com: icmp 72: echo request seq … Continue reading →

Wow, what a great show :) Vibert played a nice long set with no break… just a bit over two hours I think. I arrived just as he started. I’m pretty familiar with much of his released work, so I … Continue reading →

Returned from Portland… enjoyable trip, nice and relaxed. Tomorrow night is a squarepusher show I’ve greatly anticpated… exciting :) Got asked today if I could teach for apple in Cupertino next week, presumably filling in for somebody (generally they give … Continue reading →

I’m here in Portland again, teaching another ACTC class this week. Hopefully I’ll get to see at least 1 good show, and hang out with verso as well. Other items: Been slowly adding stuff to a community website I’m maintaining … Continue reading →