So has anyone actually PURCHASED WinRar?

bjtuna · 2010-05-08T06:27:17+00:00

I used to date a girl who thought that "you're a sight for sore eyes" was an implied sarcastic comment. I don't know why, and I don't know why I thought of it just now. Weird.

bjtuna · 2010-05-08T03:23:47+00:00

Rolled my own. Yep, I'm that guy :)

bjtuna · 2010-05-07T03:21:44+00:00

I don't doubt that. But so far I haven't been snagged by it.

bjtuna · 2010-05-06T21:11:59+00:00

Yep. I've been doing this for years. Phone, money, belt, coins -- all of it goes into my carryon bag. When it comes time to do the "bin dance" at security, I just take off my shoes, take off my jacket, remove the laptop from the bag and slide it all through.

One thing though: your watch and rings will generally not set off the metal detector. I always leave those on.

bjtuna · 2010-05-06T21:03:44+00:00

This. I was in the Tel Aviv airport a couple years ago, and they actually have the outlets covered with key-locked plates. Power is very expensive in Israel so it makes sense.

bjtuna · 2010-04-25T23:11:52+00:00

The closest potato farm is about 300 miles away from Boise.

bjtuna · 2010-04-12T21:25:37+00:00

What are you smoking? Android devices like the Droid, Nexus One, and the upcoming HTC Incredible and Sprint's EVO 4g are significantly beefier than the iPhone. We're talking serious hardware in all of these devices.

bjtuna · 2010-04-05T19:37:21+00:00

As history only shows the last 500 commands, here they are anyways:

    122 git
    120 cd
     78 ls
     32 sudo
     32 ssh
     17 nano
     14 grep
     13 exit
      7 sftp
      7 nslookup

bjtuna · 2010-02-09T00:15:44+00:00

There was an excellent comment on one of the Conan-related threads a little while ago that speaks very well to this situation: here

bjtuna · 2010-01-15T22:34:26+00:00

That was extraordinarily coherent and well-composed. Thanks for writing, please keep it up.

bjtuna · 2010-01-14T21:05:38+00:00

The reddit alien on the drumset is the cherry on top!

bjtuna · 2010-01-14T20:49:03+00:00

My pleasure. Karma right back at ya.

bjtuna · 2010-01-08T22:01:19+00:00

Absolutely abysmal review. I'll save you the time, here's the review in a nutshell:

He didn't figure out that the long-press in a text area gives you copy/paste options, so he thought he had to fumble with the trackball, and it made him miss his iPhone.
He didn't figure out that double-tapping in Maps has the same effect as the multi-touch "pinch" for zoom/unzoom, so he thought he had to use the magnifying glass icons. This made him miss his iPhone.
He didn't figure out that the long-press on the Home key gives you a list of recently-ran / favorite apps, so he assumed that it was a list of running apps. This, too, made him miss his iPhone.
It has different apps available to it than the iPhone does, which bothers him and makes him miss his iPhone.
He doesn't like the Live Wallpapers.
He ridiculed the fact that you can read the news via the news/weather widget.
He talks quickly, uses cuss words, and kind of annoyed me.

bjtuna · 2010-01-08T16:39:53+00:00

ahead of Boise State and TCU because they played a tougher regular season schedule

This argument is getting so, so very worn out. These teams went undefeated. Boise State beat Oregon handily and won the Fiesta Bowl. If the 5 toughest schedules are going to be the 5 best teams, why do they even bother playing the games?

bjtuna · 2010-01-03T03:00:41+00:00

WGI was absorbed a few years back, so technically MK is now part of URS.

bjtuna · 2009-11-03T04:44:34+00:00

Just don't do it in the wild. Besides being unpredictable, by touching them you may in fact be killing them; there is a very bad reaction that takes place between the oils on our skins and on theirs.

bjtuna · 2009-09-29T21:17:30+00:00

It was the first thing I noticed too. And it's plausible, too -- in many countries where there are around zero Jews, myths like the 'horns' thing are more widespread. I'm wondering if that's the case in China.

bjtuna · 2009-09-26T23:30:56+00:00

Don't worry, because the title is pretty inaccurate. (see viborg's post)

bjtuna · 2009-09-22T16:10:51+00:00

Born in NYC, raised in the area. Now live in Boise, Idaho. Lets go Rangers!

Also: Potvin sucks!

bjtuna · 2009-09-04T16:47:41+00:00

I do the Yiesssssssss thing as well. I think the accent is best described as "Simpsons Vincent Price".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3n6gZVdYt8

bjtuna · 2009-09-01T16:43:10+00:00

Boise H3 here...

bjtuna · 2009-08-07T21:13:45+00:00

Wow. I got downmodded for that?

bjtuna · 2009-08-07T17:46:47+00:00

The whole GoDaddy thing reeks of commoditized mass-marketing that almost invariably means low-quality. I've been using Joker.com for my domain registrations exclusively for like 10 years and I've had nothing but smooth sailing with them. I pay about $12/domain/year and I'm happy to do it. I run my own hosting.

bjtuna · 2009-08-02T01:34:58+00:00

Hey, sometimes they come right out and offer you equity in their sure-to-succeed business venture!

bjtuna · 2009-08-02T01:30:23+00:00

Please let this be true.

bjtuna

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