Word of the dayprestidigitationpronunciation:"pres-t&-"di-j&-'tA-sh&n Function:noun Date:1859 etymology:French, from prestidigitateur prestidigitator, from preste nimble, quick (from Italian presto) + Latin digitus finger -- more at DIGIT definition:SLEIGHT OF HAND, LEGERDEMAIN Reading list
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Catching up with pictures.Author:DavidDate:20070821035850 Both Ashley and I are way behind posting pics. Well Ashley used to be, now I'm the only one horribly behind. I have yet to finish Kew Gardens and our trip to canada in the summer. Go take alook at some of Ashley's photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amred/1172339546/in/set-72157601544591744/ My first wikipedia page!Author:DavidDate:20070820065938 I've posted my first wikipedia page: Disocactus Martianus How cool is that? On a related note i've made mad updates on gallery.quadratic.net and passed 6000 pics! It's one of those odd "internet activities" that proves the you DON"T need to get out more. When I saw that I had clicked over 6000 pics, the first thing I did was check the backups, and it looks good. I have three backup copies copies and I think I might be going to two backup copies. Also I think I've decided I need a new camera, The old Power Shot s230 at a whopping 3.2 megapixels is a bit of a dinosaur. Personal favs for new updates are: And I'l far from up-to-date. Stay tuned. Subtitles for DVDAuthor:DavidDate:20070726152802 So I have a DVD that's in Japanese and subtitled in French. I want to add my own English subtitles. I don't want to remaster the DVD. How? I use vlc, like this: vlc.exe dvdsimple:// :sub-file=C:\temp\my.srtHow easy was that? NotesAuthor:DavidDate:20070723012902 Quit my job. Got a new job. Going on vacation in Scotland. Will be returning to Canada. Got a new server fool. Got a second battleship, lost it, lost the first battleship, got a new battleship. Got a new movie.
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And this is why servers shouldn't use IDE DrivesAuthor:DavidDate:20070614093707 # vmstat 3 procs memory swap io system cpu r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 3 15976 109740 300432 3173284 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15976 109388 300940 3173284 0 0 245 381 278 254 0 0 0 100 0 3 15976 104052 301228 3173716 0 0 229 655 381 352 10 1 0 89 0 1 15976 103704 301788 3173780 0 0 292 0 291 314 0 0 0 99 1 1 15976 103144 302212 3174132 0 0 253 608 313 269 3 0 0 96The computer is waiting for the hdd to respond to it. High WA!!!! |