Comments for The Mad Philosopher

Comment on Dell laptop BIOS update using FreeDOS and ISO Master by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:28:10 +0000

Well nowadays there’s a much better tool for the job, it is called rufus.

Check it out here: http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Comment on IKEA Dekad Clock by Dude

Dude — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:09:39 +0000

I have one of these. Not accurate at all but looks cool, i love it.

Comment on ssh keep-alive tip by Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:21:36 +0000

Brilliant Cam, thanks for the tip

Comment on ssh keep-alive tip by Alejandro Pisanty

Alejandro Pisanty — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:44:32 +0000

Screen plus the clock device worked best for me. I can keep a perfectly decent interface (email) with but minor glitches. Use the -O option in screen – it will optimize the output for your type of terminal instead of forcing strict VTx. Also, you may need to resize the window to fully accomodate changes. Thanks to all contributors!

One more note: I hadn’t needed this until now; my ISP improved services seriously by introducing FTTH, but their core equipment is giving timeouts to either SSH or port 22 (we don’t know which for sure yet) after painfully short inactivity times. I’ve seen this in a few other networks as well.

Comment on Just waiting to die by Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Just finished reading Jed McKenna. Thanks

Comment on ssh keep-alive tip by AndresVia

AndresVia — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:26:44 +0000

@Adam Reed would you please explain your piece of ksh code.

Comment on Just waiting to die by Pete

Pete — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:02:54 +0000

Felt the same way for a very long time. Some books change things though, and my state of mind that I thought was terrible, turned out to be a blessing. (Read Jed McKenna) Now the pressure is off, nothing matters but I am fine with that. All there is… Is right now. Hopes, dreams, and memories have lost their illusion of substance. Force yourself to go for a walk. Take a few deep breaths, and laugh at the absurdity of it all. Best wishes. Pete

Comment on Just waiting to die by Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:45:12 +0000

I haven’t posted for over a year. Guess I’m not feeling so good. In bed all the time again. The neighbor’s house burnt down and basically took ours with it, left just a shell. I was in bed watching Yentl at the time. Tapered off my meds after that and went jogging a lot and I seemed fine. Then we found a new place and the day after we signed the contract I realized we were between 2 phone transmitters, Ive suffered from chronic itching for a long time, lived under one before when they first came out. Did a water fast. Spent about 6 months out of the country and have come back to find the signal even stronger, my wife doesn’t believe they cause any harm so now there is more tension than usual and itching! Went to Eckhart Tolle retreat. Still keep thinking about suicide between really good meditations. I’m really fighting myself. Really don’t want to confront anything. Just found out yesterday an old friend committed suicide. Felt really useless.