Unison File Synchronizer

The only problem is it's a little slow.  But it's bound to be slow when I'm trying to synchronize 35 gigs over a wireless connection.  The good side is it's user-friendly, either with a GUI or command line interface, the documentation is good, it's easy to write your own config files, and there's a lot of power under the hood.

Now they're hitting my photo gallery.  Luckily my gallery lets me know every time I receive a "comment" on one of my photos.  A few people have left comments letting me know how much they liked my photos, which I appreciated.  You still can, only now you have to register with my gallery first.  Still, I hate it when the damn spammers make life more difficult for everyone else.

I've also basically closed my guest book for the same reason.  I need to upgrade to the new version that has anti-spamming capabilities.

Grrrr.

(For those of you who haven't noticed yet, Beryl is the incredibly cool eye-candy that's only available on Linux.)

Yeah, it worked.  Like a charm.  Installation took about two minutes.  Didn't even need to restart.  I was worried because my laptop doesn't even have a graphics card, just on-board video.  No sweat; the 3D cube spins just fine.

Installing linux on a new computer is like reliving the magic.  I still can't get over how easy/cool it is.

Yelena & I drove back from Tahoe yesterday, in Amy's newly-repaired-and-still-broken car (the damn mechanic fixed the coolant problem but still didn't fix the heater!).  Got to my mom's house, picked up the hamster, dropped off all the gear that she couldn't fit in her car when she left, and headed down to SF.  The rain was close to the worst I've ever seen; sometimes it was impossible to even do the speed limit.

It was nice to get home.  After synchronizing all the photos from the trip (they'll be online soon, I promise), I installed Linux on my laptop.  Something I've been waiting to do since before finals.  So far the process has reinforced everything I've learned lately about the differences between Linux & Windows.

The thrill is gone, too.  Two thumbs down (me & Yelena).

Judge: music labels have to prove sharing

Yet another reason why I am beginning to support file sharing on a philosphical level.  It will be almost impossible for the RIAA to prove that someone actually shared copyrighted music.  Yelena was quick to point out that the RIAA could just download the file themselves, and then say "see?  It's been downloaded."  I don't think that would fly, though.  Because that's not really infringement.  They would have to prove actual infringement.

Or, "How Jordan & Yelena both checked their email at the same time, using a single dialup connection."

Making the Wireless Home Network Connection in Windows XP Without a Router

MoveOn.org Political Action: Climate Crisis

Have more than one computer? Check it out: you can control them both with one keyboard and mouse. Put the monitors next to each other and fire up this program. When you move the mouse to the edge of the screen, it will automatically jump to the next computer. Mac, Windows, Linux, doesn't matter. You can even copy and paste from one computer to the other. No hardware needed. I got it running in less than five minutes.  And free, of course. Really frigging cool.
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