Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Music with Good Lyrics

Posted on 2006-12-10 by Stephan Sokolow

My Last.fm forum thread A week or two ago, I started a Last.fm thread asking people to point me to music with unusual/uncommon lyrics. I didn’t really get much, but the list of examples I provided (which is still growing) … Continue reading →

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Shell script music

Posted on 2006-12-01 by Stephan Sokolow

Well, it seems I have the dubious distinction of being one of the few (if any) people to discover a way to play music using shell script. Observe the following snippet: /usr/bin/yes foo > /dev/dsp & SP=”${!}”; sleep 1; kill … Continue reading →

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dnsmasq – DNS and DHCP for the rest of us

Posted on 2006-11-26 by Stephan Sokolow

dnsmasq site So, you’ve got that old dust-covered computer set up with a UNIX clone, got it to work as a router, figured out the syntax for the packet filter (firewall), and maybe even got a DHCP server working. What … Continue reading →

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Hidden Musical Gems

Posted on 2006-11-07 by Stephan Sokolow

’39 by Queen at Last.fm I just ran across one of the most amazing (and ironically, least known) Queen songs I’ve ever heard. Last I checked, it was a free MP3 download from it’s Last.fm page, so give it a … Continue reading →

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The Vanished FanFiction Archive

Posted on 2006-10-31 by Stephan Sokolow

The Vanished Fanfiction Archive Ever read a wonderful fic, and then go to tell a friend a few years later and find that the site is dead? In most cases, authors have the foresight to also send their fics to … Continue reading →

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The new standard in fan music videos

Posted on 2006-10-31 by Stephan Sokolow

EGS Music Video – Collide @ YouTube For those of you who have never read El Goonish Shive, let me explain. It’s a webcomic about a bunch of teenagers who get into various situations that don’t always respect the laws … Continue reading →

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Poem – A Child’s Guide to Using Grandpa’s Computer

Posted on 2006-06-25 by Stephan Sokolow

A Child’s Guide to Using Grandpa’s Computer If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort … Continue reading →

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