Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Better comic/manga viewing

Posted on 2007-10-03 by Stephan Sokolow

Like many purists, I always rename my .cbz files to .zip and my .cbr files to .rar. (or, in my case, convert them to .zip) And, like many people, I extract my comic and manga archives before I view them. … Continue reading →

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Custom slideshows easily with GQView

Posted on 2007-10-03 by Stephan Sokolow

Have you ever gone searching for something only to find it was right back where you started? Quick custom slideshows are one such case in my book of experiences. GQView’s ability to quickly build custom slideshows is actually a side-effect … Continue reading →

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My new lists

Posted on 2007-05-04 by Stephan Sokolow

Long story short, I wrote up a list of all the gender-bending fiction I knew and had so much fun that I did another one for music with decent lyrics. You’ll probably want the master list though. Enjoy. I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Resources for the eBook lover

Posted on 2007-03-30 by Stephan Sokolow

So you bought something nice, but now you have no money for eBooks… or maybe you hate DRM and don’t feel right about buying a paperback and then torrenting a digital copy. Well, there’s lots of help out there. I … Continue reading →

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A new way of examining the size of the IPv6 address space

Posted on 2007-03-26 by Stephan Sokolow

Ok, you’ve probably heard the usual examples for visualizing how big IPv6’s address space is. 7 IP addresses for every atom of every person on Earth gets the point across, but it’s not exactly very useful… so I decided to … Continue reading →

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Crontab Timing Tricks

Posted on 2007-03-04 by Stephan Sokolow

Have you ever had a cronjob that needs to run as root, but you can’t do so easily because of the following reasons? /etc/crontab is managed by your package manager vixie-cron ignores /etc/cron.d/ Root’s private “crontab -e” crontab is easily … Continue reading →

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Archival and Optical Media

Posted on 2007-02-22 by Stephan Sokolow

Have you ever worried about the lifetime of your stored data? You should. Google did a study that has shown an hard drive reliability to be even lower than previously thought. Professionally pressed DVDs and CDs have a shorter lifespan … Continue reading →

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