http://insanesquirrel.com A crazed squirrel with delusions of literacy. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blogging about those VAX/VMS terminals reminded me again of The Two Towers. Harken back to 1996, when the web was new, and Netscape 1.0 was the cool new thing. I was enrolled in NUS to do pharmacy. Endured a month of orientation. And was really eager to start using this Internet thingie, ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/game-the-two-towers/ [caption id="attachment_878" align="alignright" width="175" caption="GMail Terminal Theme"] [/caption] Cute! Themes for my GMail! I'm setting my GMail to look like this : Brings back those warm fuzzy memories when I suffered at an internment camp for half a dozen years, and my one solace was subverting the library's VAX/VMS OPAC terminals to steal a telnet connection ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/new-gmail-themes/ Braininess is sexy. Except when standing next to a moronic hunk. http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/so-where-is-the-line/ Wolf brought in Rackham products to Malaysia several years ago. They had an incredible line of fantasy miniatures, all beautifully detailed, and their studio painters did an incredible job with the minis, making them all instantly recogniseable whenever you see them. (Note: The use of the past tense was deliberate.) People ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/confrontation-by-rackham/ All the great movies of the year come out around July. But the good books come out a few months later. Robin Hobb usually never disappoints, birthing a book almost every September. She's a little behind this year though. But it's a new trilogy, so that probably takes time. And my authors ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/book-the-graveyard-book-by-neil-gaiman/ This is important. Before I ran this script from http://www.x2on.de/eeepc/ubuntueeetweak.sh, my Fn+2 button (to toggle Wifi on/off) wasn't working. Only after this script, I could switch off the wifi when I'm not using it. The wifi draws a lot of battery power. http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/getting-ubuntu-to-work-right/ Just repaired a 10yr old laminating machine. One of the roller popped out of its moorings. Now I can use it to laminate cards from boardgames that I might want to protect. Also, pretty much finished building a boardgame. Presenting, 18AL. I printed out most of the components on card-stock, and used ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/making-games/ Revisited some old techniques for basic practice. Just when I thought I'm done with the Uchi-uke after becoming 3rd kyu, I find out that I'm still doing so many things wrong. Was paired up with the visiting Tai sensei from Japan, and he gave me a lot of pointers, despite the language barrier. i) ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/kempo-uchi-uke-tenshin-geri-jujinuki/ A detailed and informative article from Smashing Magazine on this topic. Very interesting to know. Link here for own future reference... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/more-pagerank-info/ Been one and a half month since my blood-loss incident, and I figure I should be in decent enough shape to get back in action. It was only a short absence, and it almost felt like I had to start again near the beginning. All my leg muscles have lost some ... http://insanesquirrel.com/2008/11/kempo-brown-belt-woot/