Category Archives: nerdgasm

Watch “Lutetium (new) – Periodic Table of Videos” on YouTube

Periodic Videos is one of my favorite YouTube channels! This is their newest video, about an obscure element called Lutetium. They have videos on each element, and much more about chemistry in general.

Posted in nerdgasm | Comments Off on Watch “Lutetium (new) – Periodic Table of Videos” on YouTube

Podcasts I Love #1

Check out 99% Invisible, the podcast about the design that influences our everyday lives, but we never notice.

Posted in nerdgasm, podcasts | Comments Off on Podcasts I Love #1

Windows 10

I have to say that Microsoft has a real winner in Windows 10. They’ve ironed out the bugs that plagued previous versions of Windows. So far, over a few (I’m too drunk to remember how many) installs/upgrades of Windows 10, … Continue reading

Posted in nerdgasm, Windows 10 | Comments Off on Windows 10

Vista sure has a lot of updates…

So a few days ago I bought a copy of Parallels (awesome software, BTW) for my work Macbook Pro, and to save some money I grabbed an old copy of Windows Vista we had lying around for all my radio … Continue reading

Posted in :P, nerdgasm | Comments Off on Vista sure has a lot of updates…

[SOLVED] Starting Darkice automatically on boot

If you are having problems getting darkice to start automatically at boot in a recent Ubuntu system, try the info at the link below. Source: [SOLVED] Starting Darkice automatically on boot

Posted in nerdgasm | Comments Off on [SOLVED] Starting Darkice automatically on boot

If Google Chrome keeps going to Twitter search rather than Twitter itself…

Check out the link below: When using Chrome, why does Twitter’s home page redirect me to a search for “searchTerms”? – Web Applications Stack Exchange.

Posted in google chrome, nerdgasm, twitter | Comments Off on If Google Chrome keeps going to Twitter search rather than Twitter itself…

Getting messages from PHP about missing suhosin.so in Debian Wheezy? You’re not alone.

Do this as root: dpkg -P php5-suhosin This will get rid of the messages, as seen here.

Posted in nerdgasm, System Maintenance | Comments Off on Getting messages from PHP about missing suhosin.so in Debian Wheezy? You’re not alone.

AWU on Debian Wheezy (and tips on getting Postfix to talk to saslauthd)

AWU is on Debian Wheezy (7.0) now. Everything went great, except for getting Postfix to connect to saslauthd for authentication. I had this bit in /etc/fstab from $DEITY-knows-where: /var/run/saslauthd /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd bind bind 0 0 It’s a hack to remount /var/run/saslauthd on /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd … Continue reading

Posted in nerdgasm, System Maintenance | Comments Off on AWU on Debian Wheezy (and tips on getting Postfix to talk to saslauthd)

Everything Is Terrible!: KOMPUTER KINDERGARTEN

Everything Is Terrible!: KOMPUTER KINDERGARTEN. My God….

Posted in nerdgasm | Comments Off on Everything Is Terrible!: KOMPUTER KINDERGARTEN

“Ground control to Major Tom” sung from International Space Station

“Ground control to Major Tom” sung from International Space Station. You know you want to watch. Really looking forward to Chris Hadfield being on the ISS again!

Posted in nerdgasm | Comments Off on “Ground control to Major Tom” sung from International Space Station