Troseph

Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>
ftp> EXIT
?Invalid command
ftp> QUIT
?Invalid command
ftp> fuck
?Invalid command
ftp> exit
221 Goodbye.
troy@employee-terminal:~$

Me: Thanks for calling BlueHost, this is troy
cu: Hows it going Joy?
Me: Pretty good, but my name is Troy.
cu: Yeah, Joy, thats what I said
me: No, its Troy, like Helen of Troy
cu: Helen of who? What? Is it Helen or Joy?
me: My name is Troy
cu: Thats what I said, JOY, J-O-Y.
Me: T-R-O-Y
Cu *click*

If you’re looking for a weekend project, check out the Kikker Hardknock. Available with 49, 110, and 140cc engines, this little beast sips gas (88MPG) and can still get up and go, up to 60-70 MPH. The base model, starting at 1,499 has a 110cc engine, Front Disk / Rear Drum Brakes, Jockey Shift & Forward Foot Controls, Springer Front Suspension, 15″ Rear Wheel 18″ Front Wheel, Kick & Electric Start, and best of all, no plastic parts. It takes about 3-6 hours to assemble depending upon your skill level, but isn’t a hard task for a novice. It has great style, and its very affordable. If you’re in the Salt Lake/Provo area, its worth taking a drive to Pirate Motorsports at 1983 W. State Street, in Pleasant Grove to check out these fun little bikes. More info…

If I have to say “Lets take a look over your Outlook Express settings” again, I will quit my job, sell all my shit, buy a gun, and live in the streets of Vancouver for the rest of my life. Tech support is horrible…

Ingredients:

• 1lb chicken breast
• 1 cup Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki or Kikkoman Gourmet Teriyaki sauce (you can substitute your favorite, I prefer the Soy Vay)
• 1 cup plum wine
• 2 cups jasmin or sticky rice
• 3-5 cloves of garlic
• Red pepper flakes
• Olive oil

Directions:

Cover the bottom of a large pan with olive oil, season with red pepper flakes and garlic on medium heat until garlic is soft. Add chicken to the pan and brown the chicken. Remove chicken from the pan to a crock pot, include the seasoned oil, pepper flakes and garlic (if you’re like me, you might want to add another couple cloves of garlic to this now as well). Add teriyaki sauce and plum wine to the crock and cook on high for 3 hours. Serve over rice alone or with steamed vegetables (see rice packaging for cooking instructions).

When deciding on a new distro take what boycott Novell has to say about OpenSUSE 10.3 to heart. I didn’t look at it this way, but it makes a good bit of sense. This is what Boycott Novell had to say about OpenSUSE:

”

1. When you use OpenSUSE, you support SLED/SLES, which Microsoft gets a revenue percentage from
2. When you download OpenSUSE, you give the impression that Novell’s business is on track
3. As soon as you install OpenSUSE, you are most likely installing Mono (in GNOME)
4. If OpenSUSE succeeds in gaining market share, then truly open source Linux distributions suffer
5. When you choose OpenSUSE, you contribute to acknowledgment of patent infringements in Linux. “

I think Novell has done some good things in Linux interoperability, but at the same time, and being within the beast and knowing what I know about Novell and Linux, I am staying as far away from OpenSUSE as I can. interoperability wouldn’t be an issue if businesses hired intelligent admins and used OPEN STANDARDS. Anywho. I’m glad I work at a Linux shop that uses open standards on an open platform. The “openness” of Novell is simply blasphemy toward free and open source software everywhere. It’s great that you’re building on an open platform, but hiring gnome developers just so you can own gnome’s code is just plain wrong.

I installed a few hacks to make my ubuntu look as much like a mac as possible. The end result is really impressive. It’s almost like I have a Macintosh… But its about 90% more useful and customizable.

First: Get a dock.

I use AWN (Avant Window Navigator)

The installation is simple.

Get the latest version from getdeb.net http://getdeb.net/. I used version 0.2.1 from here: http://getdeb.net/release.php?id=1865

The newer versions support drag ‘n drop for placing your launchers. Here is a screen:

Step 3: The wallpaper

Here you go (click to enlarge):

Step 4: Get a cool mac-like theme.

I used Humanoid - OSX - Dark from gnome-look.org

here is a link: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Humanoid+-+OSX+-+Dark?content=72337

Step 5: Hack your metacity buttons to show on the left. (I’m not sure this will work if you use Emerald)

Open gconf-editor. alt+f2 then run:

gconf-editor

Edit the key: apps> metacity > general

Set to button_layout to:

close,minimize,maximize:menu

Step 6: Install global_menu

Install dependencies:
sudo aptitude install liborbit2-dev libgnomeui-dev libglade2-dev libbonoboui2-dev libglib2.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev libxcursor-dev libxfixes-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libcairo-directfb2 libcairo-directfb2-dev libcairo2-dev

Open a terminal
Create a folder

sudo mkdir global-menu-install

* Go to this folder

cd global-menu-install

* Get the patched gtk debs with the following instruction

wget http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/files/gtk2.0-ubuntu-gutsy.tar.gz

* Unarchive them

tar zxvf gtk2.0-ubuntu-gutsy.tar.gz

* Install them
1. cd gtk
2. sudo dpkg -i *.deb

* Get the MacMenu applet files
1. cd ..
2. wget http://gnome2-globalmenu.googlecode.com/files/gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.3.397-1_i386.deb
* Install it

sudo dpkg -i gnome2-globalmenu-applet_0.3.397-1_i386.deb

* Right-click on the panel and click add to the panel. Look for Global Menubar. Add it. And voila. It should work.

The finished product (click to enlarge):

Thanks to:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/global_menu
http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/wiki/InstallingonUbuntu

The new pricing for ebay listings looks pretty sweet until you read on to the part where they take an extra 3.5% of your money earned… I’m getting really sick of ebay’s TOS and procedures in “dealing” with customer issues. I encourage everyone to join in on the boycott this week, and don’t list any new items between the 16th to the 23rd. I’ve taken down all my listings, and I plan on selling them elsewhere.

Take a look at the “awesome” new pricing information:

http://pages.ebay.com/sell/update08/basic/index.html

Step 1: Install wine

sudo apt-get install wine

Step 2: Download and Install the PC version of World of Warcraft.. Nothing special you need to do to install it other than opening the installer with wine.

Step 3: Edit /”World of Warcraft Directory”/WTF/Config.wtf

Add these two lines:

SET gxApi “opengl”
SET SoundBufferSize “70″

Step 4: Run WOW!

…and so ends my 10 month long temporary employment at Novell. My leaving is bitter-sweet. I will miss my coworkers deeply. Brad, Kyle, Mikey, and Steve-o where some of the greatest people to work with. My leaving is very abrupt, and rather selfish, but as a temp working in a department that may not exist in 2 months, I feel very little remorse toward abandoning a company that cared so little about my effort. I do however feel a great deal of sorrow leaving such great people behind.