Written on: 2005/12/16.

Thanks FAFSA Sysadmins. I love you too... Excuse me now while I find a computer running Windows.

Written on: 2005/10/29.

I made several enhancements to my Star Trek Episode Reviews Database page.

Written on: 2005/09/28.

A good day for Slashdot... lots of wonderfully hilarious comments in the giant squid article.

Written on: 2005/09/25.

Google Toolbar for Firefox rocks. I especially love the built in spell check feature and the fact that the toolbar integrates into Firefox seamlessly, meaning you can rearrrange the buttons on the toolbar as you see fit so as to save space. Good job, Google!

Now I just wonder when Google Talk will be released for Linux... and I wonder when Google Talk will be able to communicate with other Jabber servers... and have transports...

Written on: 2005/09/24.

If you ever accidentally delete an important textual file permanently, Linux to the rescue!

Shut off the machine and get a Gentoo LiveCD. Boot the livecd and run grep -a -C 1000 "keyword" /dev/(insert storage device here, ex. hda1, sda1, etc) > restoration &.

Here's an explanation of how that command works and how you can customize it for your needs. The command basically scans the storage device you specify as a binary looking for the keyword you specify in plain text. It stores what it finds in a file called restoration.

Make sure your keyword is VERY unique, or you'll get a lot of garbage.

The -C 1000 specifies how many lines above and below your keyword to include. This is important because you want to get the whole file. Not just a section of it.

The & at the end lets the command run in the background so you don't lose your terminal. You can run tail -f restoration to watch the progress of the search. You can also run ps aux to see if grep is still running when you think it's done.

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