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Will The Google Bashers Please Shut up

May I have your attention please?
Will all the Google bashers please shut up?
I repeat, will the Google bashers please shut up?
We’re gonna have a problem here..

Y’all act like you never seen a search engine before
Jaws all on the floor like Altavista just burst in the door
and started whoopin Ask Jeeves worse than before

YaHoo! was the first force, throwin them all over the furniture (Ahh!)
It’s the return of the… “Ah, wait, no way, you’re kidding,
he didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?”
And Lycos said… nothing you idiots!
Lycos’s dead, he’s locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)

The women love MSN, I’m sick of him
Look at him, walkin around grabbin his you-know-what
Flippin the you-know-who,” “Yeah, but he’s so cute though!”

I’m the Search Engine, yes I’m the real Search Engine
All you other Search Engines are just imitating
So won’t the Google bashers please shut up,
please shut up, please shut up?

Guess there’s a Search Engine in all of us.

What happened to Optix?

Subtitle: The Epic Fail that is Chub

Yes it’s true. I chose to stop Optix Server. I kept it running four long years and it was a huge drain on my social and financial life. But even though the biggest filesharing network Clemson has seen is down, I am still forced to deal with the faggotry left behind by Cosmos.

The network known as Chub have yet again defiled the name i created. Since Chub took the name http://optix_server again, I asked them to link to my homepage, http://www.hybridoptix.net instead, he copied my page and removed all the links. So you can’t find the new network http://www.tarpix.net What have I done to him? Nothing.

Also, I’ve heard he claimed he took apart optix. Optix is not apart, nor did it stop working. It sits here, in my living room hooked up to a TV. Some people have even asked to come by and get stuff still. In fact, if you want something let me know. You can stop by my apartment someday.

What about Waste? Isn’t it gone too? Now, Waste is even better this year. The new admin wrote an installer that configures everything for you. It even updates your client if you have the old one installed. Ask the guys at Tarpix about it. Oh, and Waste is STILL more secure than DC++ ever will be.

Now I don’t care what network you use, but seriously. Tell Taternuts to shut the fuck up. He didn’t create any filesharing network, he was handed one. He has done nothing new, and he’s even copying Cosmos’s bullshit tactics. Want bragging rights? DO SOMETHING. Don’t wave around someone else’s rainbow flag. I may have been rude to users in the past but I never flat out lied to them. Seriously, get your act together.

And seriously people…If you want to know something about optix, ASK ME. I’m still alive and kicking, and seeing how i own the damn thing, i’m pretty sure i’ll have all the answers. Anyways, when you’re done reading send this to everyone you know. I want to stop these retarded rumors from going around. It pisses me off…

Best work environment EVER

Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri and Vimeo.

while(1) { mysql_connect(); }

So apparently my live journal plugin to post pictures and link to their profile doesn’t like itself. I recently modified the html tag so that it would be more compatible with the real LJ and also XHTML compatible. This sent my site into a nice little endless loop of mysql connections that my host didn’t like..All better now that the server is responding >_>

Thank you digg

Q:

Could anyone explain to me what exactly Gentoo is?

A:

COMPILING

Pownce

Kevin Rose and friends are attempting to create a new social network of some sort. It has a fake IM client, as well as oversized facebook wall. I’m not certain what i think of it yet, but it’s fast for uploading files. They were even kind enough to integrate an audio player for mp3’s. The client is a little sketch but we’ll see what the final product looks like. I’ve got 4 more invites, who wants one? (Leave a comment on the blog if you like what you see)

My Pownce

gentoo@digg

Gentoo exists purely to make anyone who is not a complete, 100% hardcore Linux geek bleed from the eyes, ears and nose. I think I’d rather eat my young than have to admin a Gentoo box.

For webservers, I use CentOS. For my 2nd laptop, I use Ubuntu.

php 5.2.1

Damn you! Damn you to all hell! Apparently it decides to crash under absolute zero load. I blame windows. Anyways i had to update the library webserver to 5.2.2 in order to hopefully fix the crashing. Who knows if it worked…But it’s like, the last thing i need to go wrong at work. Maybe i’ll just install a linux box and use that…Hell if i can get the automatic emailing to work for clemsonlinux i prlly will.

As a side note, i think something changed because all my firefox fonts look really…different now.

As a second side note, my webhost decides to setup a cron job email to notify my that my installed wordpress is 2.2 and the latest version is 2.2.1, thank you, thank you webhost. -_-

Server Health

Something i’ve been working on for a couple weeks has been installing cacti on the CLUG server. It’s a monitoring software that reports all sorts of system stats. Basically so i can monitor the server’s health. Anyways after a lot of trouble, reading etc. i finally got it working. Check it out here:

example image:
network usage

http://www.clemsonlinux.org/cacti/graph_view.php

It’s really meant for multiple servers, but oh well. Serves it’s purpose. Also went through the gentoo wiki and made sure it’s installed safely. There isn’t a lot of information available now, but it will add up eventually. Now all i have to do is modify the backup scripts some more and i’m set.

Firefox Extensions

I got a new work machine today and had to reinstall my work crap. When it came to firefox, i couldnt’ remember all the extensions i use. Took a little bit but here’s a list of extensions i find useful:

ColorZilla
PDF Download
Download Statusbar
IE Tab
Open link in…
Tab To Window
Web Developer
View Source Chart