Tuesday, August 25, 2009

OpenBSD 4.6 Pre-Orders Online!

OpenBSD 4.6 Pre-Orders Online!: "


OpenBSD 4.6 cover



Pre-orders are now being accepted for OpenBSD 4.6, scheduled for release on October 1st, 2009.



The developers bring us an amazing amount of cool new stuff (PF now enabled by default, a new privilege-separated SMTP daemon, routing domain support and lots more).



Of course, t-shirts and posters are available too. Order your set NOW!

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Vitamin D - Possibly your best defense against flu and disease

Check out http://www.grc.com/health/Vitamin-D.htm and then read below for how to get your levels up if they are deficient.

From: Vitamin D Council

What We Recommend

If you use suntan parlors once a week or if you live in Florida and sunbathe once a week, year-round, do nothing. However, if you have little UVB exposure, my advice is as follows: healthy children under the age of 2 years should take 1,000 IU per day—over the age of 2, 2,000 IU per day. Well adults and adolescents should take 5,000 IU per day. Two months later have a 25-hydroxy-vitamin D blood test, either through ZRT or your doctor.

Start supplementing with the vitamin D before you have the blood test. Then adjust your dose so your 25(OH)D level is between 50–80 ng/ml, summer and winter. But remember, these are conservative dosage recommendations. Most people who avoid the sun—and virtually all dark-skinned people—will have to increase their dose once they find their blood level is still low, even after two months of the above dosage, especially in the winter. Some people may feel more comfortable ordering the blood test before they start adequate doses of vitamin D. We understand. Test as often as you feel the need to, just remember, no one can get toxic on the doses recommended above and some people will need even more.


Thursday, April 09, 2009

JP1 (EEPROM) USB Cable

Use the USB JP1 cable to program your SHAW v1.3 universal remote control. Looks like it can be purchased for about $31.99 USD.

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Saturday morning MONSTER ! mmmmm

Well this morning I decided to introduce a breakfast dish called "Monster" to Rowan. This is a tricky recipe that often fails when it doesn't grow properly into the monster shape. The recipe is 8 eggs, 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of milk. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees and drop enough butter to cover the bottom of the deep pan 1-2 mm deep. Then cook for 30 minutes. Today I did 6 eggs, 3/4 cup flour, 3/4 cup of milk.

Wow! It was awesome. Will have to do this again soon. Yum

Friday, April 03, 2009

A new trend in browser tools. Install-less add-ons.

Two primary initiatives have alerted me to a new add-on technique. pretty cool.

  1. http://socialbrowse.com (the web with friends)
  2. diggbar http://digg.com/d1nnVZ very very cool.

Taskbar Shuffle

This is one of my 'must have' desktop utilities for Windows XP. It allows you to manually "drag & sort" your running applications on the taskbar. I like to have my email as the first item on my taskbar. http://nerdcave.webs.com/

Thursday, April 02, 2009

OnLive: The Future of Video Games?

I must say, I am pretty blown away by what this company is doing.  Basically it is like ultrathin-client computing for game consoles.

OnLive

You can check it out here..

Monday, March 23, 2009

Ninja Tick takes on zombie! News at 11


Once again The Tick helps keep this blue ball of fun just a little bit safer.