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i created a new “linked album” of my favorite pictures i’ve taken recently.

i’m spending more time in front of the computer (usually processing pictures) as of late so the music’s going again. i’ve rediscovered monkey radio, good stuff if you haven’t checked it out before.

ldap directories are arranged by types usually. people, organizations, locations, etc.

where i’m at, i saw this description for the “people” OU

Expanding base ‘ou=people,o=company.com’…
Error: Search: Size Limit Exceeded. <4>
Result <0>: (null)
Matched DNs:
Getting 1 entries:
>> Dn: ou=people,o=company.com
1> description: Directory Tree for Terran Carbon-Based Homonid Life-Units;
1> ou: people;
2> objectClass: top; organizationalUnit;
———–

talk about an easter-egg. they didn’t even spell “Homonid” right 😛

“a list of the quotes in the quote database” was requested. by the way, i use the mc_quote plugin for wordpress to handle my quotes.

flag burning is something distasteful and offensive but it shouldn’t be illegal. (2)

The ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, reiterated his opposition to the measure. “Despicable gestures like flag burning are hard to tolerate,” said Leahy. “We do so because such tolerance is what makes America great. The Constitution goes beyond symbols. The Constitution is the real bedrock of our rights.”

the folks at TMBO pointed me to a blog/website mostly about lighting in regards to photography. it includes some things about composition and cheap hardware for off-camera flash work and the composition related to it.

coca-cola blak. nasty. stay away from it.

although the concept of mixing coke and coffee does seem appealing, their implementation blows. i will try it with real coffee (none of their instant crap) and coke. no aspartame either.

i couldn’t agree more

the rh9 fileserver at my mom & stepdad’s place:

[nick@cougar var]$ uptime
17:43:58 up 398 days, 18:58, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00

the debian sarge testing/unstable backup box, same location:

nick@backup:~$ uptime
17:45:42 up 345 days, 3:02, 1 user, load average: 1.85, 1.22, 1.12

(emphasis added)

the lan is over, i sifted through and here are my pictures.

ed: updated links (thanks nathan)