This post is out of date! An Updated post with a new script is here: http://shafe.n5net.com/2013/01/09/compiling-darwin-streaming-server-6-0-3-under-debian-updated/ I was recently tasked with a Linux install of Darwin Streaming Server on a Debian server. Unfortunately for me Apple stopped making Windows and Linux builds of DSS when version 6.0 was released. After a lot of failed attempts at… Read More »
Pioneer One is a web series that is gaining a lot of momentum with the drama and sci-fi fanbases alike. The creators initially raised $6000 for the pilot through the funding site Kickstarter.com. Within the first week the pilot episode had been downloaded 420,000 times, 170,000 more downloads than predicted. Distributed through vodo, bit-torrent… Read More »
Kids Book??? In case you missed this monstrosity, I present to you Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! Kill me now…. From the description on Amazon.com: This full-color illustrated book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along… Read More »
The brand managers at Yahoo are genius… (sarcasm). I just got an email from Yahoo that started out like this: Dear Yahoo! Calendar and Yahoo! Notepad Customer, Yahoo! Calendar Beta will soon be renamed “All-New Yahoo! Calendar,” and Yahoo! Notepad Beta will soon be renamed “All-New Yahoo! Notepad.”…. Seems worthy of a mass email, don’t… Read More »
Here is a quick little bash script that I use to initially provision Debian LAMP servers from a fresh install. This should setup PHP with all the whistles and bells, a whole handful of utilities as well as install webmin for you. Nothing to complicated here, just a quick little script to speed up your… Read More »
Here is a short compilation of the top 10 favorite posts here. These are based on a combined rating of the most shared posts here as well as my favorites: 20/20 Piece About Heavy Metal From The 80s. This is hilarious. A real piece of investigative reporting from 20/20. Top 5 Flash Mobs A great… Read More »
Television hasn’t been making my Sci-Fi fix lately, and being a fan of web series in general I was happy to stumble across Arc. The last great sci-fi web series I stumbled across was Afterworld. This is a few steps above. With a $50k budget, and some bigger names in it. This really makes the… Read More »
Some people are really into roller coasters, to the point where they will build one in their backyard? I mean, who doesn’t want their own personal roller coaster? It’s not that unusual, even ehow.com has an article on doing it. Here are a few folks who have done just that. Jeremy Reid’s Backyard Roller Coaster: Oklahoma… Read More »
flash mob (noun): A group of people who appear from out of nowhere, to perfom predetermined actions, designed to amuse and confuse surrounding people. The group performs these actions for a short amount of time before quickly dispersing. Flash mobs are often organised through email and/or newsgroup postings. Number 5: Oprah Flash Mob During… Read More »
My humor is way too geeky sometimes, a majority of my friends never get it… so here are the two best movie trailers to hit the internet… First up, the original, “The Social Network” a movie about the start of facebook, which should always be filed under “Way to fucking dramatic for a movie trailer”…… Read More »