Archive for the ‘Just Blogging’ Category

The Dude Rolls at the Oscars

Published: March 7th, 2010

thedude’s favorite actor earns an Oscar.

So, like, e-mail me, Dude. We can talk about the domain name. But only if you’ll promise to do a sequel. ;)

Sorry Don’t Get It Done, Dude

Published: January 13th, 2010

OK, I have never embedded a youtube video, and I may never do it again, but this one’s definitely fun.

Dissertations on His Dudeness

Published: December 31st, 2009

View the review of The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies” and other books on the serious subject of Dudeness here.

Evander Barry Wall

Published: September 12th, 2009

King of the Dudes.

Yet Another Amazing Illusion

Published: August 21st, 2009

http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/amazing_illusio.php

A Cool Illusion

Published: August 21st, 2009

You already know I love Bad Astronomy Blog and optical illusions. Today I bring you both.

Hard Core Lebowski Fans Rejoice

Published: July 23rd, 2009

http://theachieversmovie.com.Dude here

 

Walk in the ‘Hood

Published: March 28th, 2009

It’s a warm day. Spring is definitely in the air. Time for me and my camera to take a walk.

Nice painted metal sign on pole outside my loft. Wonder what it means? Don't stare at this logo too long - it'll make you go blind!
Machining since 1885 Not your typical homeless person. A victim of today's economy?

My respect and sympathy to the families who lost a husband, dad, son. A terrible price.

Thousands of flowers inside and outside OPD Headquarters. Four very brave men.
Fifty one names. Very sad

I’m So Hooked on This Site!

Published: March 19th, 2009

My neighbor sent me a link to this page, and now I’ve spent close to 90 minutes looking at this site. Please check it out. Be prepared to spend some time. Scroll, baby, scroll. Follow the related links that appear at the bottom of each page. Go off on some wild tangent. Enjoy!

Where’s thedude Been?

Published: March 13th, 2009

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. In my defense, I’ll lay out the old “I’m so busy” excuse. Pretty lame, but there is some truth in the statement.

As you know, this is not the only blog I maintain. I have been blogging a lot at work. I’ve also been wasting a lot of time with Google Reader. The pre-installed feeds are wonderful. It turns out there actually is some fabulous content on the web. Check out Google Reader, and be sure to subscribe to this blog! :)

The other thing that happened recently is my trusty old clone PC became infected with a virus. For a moment or two, I contemplating ditching the thing altogether and making the often-contemplated switch to a Mac — that is until I compared the price of a decent Mac to that of a decent Dell box. Luckily though, I decided to rebuild my machine from scratch before shelling out the cash. It turns out that this was definitely the best option.

I am diligent about backing up my Windows machine. I use a simple one-line script and smbget on my Linux server to make a backup of all my Windows data every three hours. This backup is then copied to a third machine with rsnapshot. Having these backups is one of the reasons a bare-metal install was so easy. The other thing that made the process fast and easy is that I always copy the contents of my software CD’s and DVD’s to my Linux server along with a file containing the product serial numbers. So, completely rebuilding my machine from scratch took just a few hours. I’m sure this is less time than it would have taken to eradicate the virus, and as a bonus, my machine is running better than ever, because this time around, I know more about what Vista features to disable, and I have only the software I really need installed. And my data? It’s safe as always on my Linux machines.

My advice? The next time you find your virus-sponge of a PC becomes infected – reinstall.

Design Envy

Published: January 31st, 2009

Sites like this one make me want to re-design mine. So clean. A perfect showcase for his amazing work.

Happy Inauguration Day

Published: January 20th, 2009

Finally!

Good riddance!

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