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Wed, 31 May 2006

all the cool kids are doing it

Since all the cool kids are doing it, here are some of the more interesting stats from the Google analysis tools. The third most popular search term used to hit my site has been 'jdub' of late, which is a bit worrying. Number five is 'scandinavian window systems' (?), number fifteen is 'abortions', number seventeen is 'word up for hilltop hoods' (okay, I share the sentiment, but will Googling for it really be that useful?), and number eighteen is 'bluetooth beatbox', which really defies explanation beyond being a googlewhack, but it's not even that.

The mind boggles. At least it's not quite as odd as when I maintained a very large, Google-indexed, IRC quotes file.
[12:01 | /tech | # | teebee - snake funk | work ]

Tue, 23 May 2006

we are moved to tears by the size of this thing

So, thanks to the effort of our fearless team, new Xorg hotness is available, and even brings those blue sparks. You might note that this is a mere five months after X11R7.0, and note the 7.2 release plans, which have us releasing X11R7.2 in a mere six months. We're back. Oh yes, we are back.
[12:34 | /tech/x | # | | work ]

Thu, 04 May 2006

theo de raadt considered harmful

xf86Init.c in OpenBSD:
Fri Mar 10 17:29:51 2006 UTC (7 weeks, 5 days ago) by deraadt
proper geteuid calls because suse hires people who mistype things

I don't know what went wrong in Theo's life to make him such a whiny, raving sociopath, but I, for one, have had about enough with the sort of behaviour I wouldn't accept from my seven-year old sister, let alone someone who's allegedly old enough to know better. Grow up, Theo.
[14:21 | /tech | # | | ]