"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be"

Marcel Pagnol quotes (French Writer, Producer and Film Director, 1895-1974)

[TechLife] Start your own GeekSquad

Put GeekSquad out of business. Here are some helpful tips on how you can set up a remote support website to make extra money fixing people's computer problems using One Click VNC servers.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 11/07/2005 03:34:20 PM

Our Greatest Fear

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson
from her book 'A return to love'

[TechLife] Dreamcast 2.0?

Is the Xbox 360 the second coming of the Sega Dreamcast? 1up.com lists 23 parallels between the consoles that spell doom, and 10 reasons why the 360 could succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 11/05/2005 03:29:35 AM

[TechLife] Could Not Parse File

I had an issue this morning when I tried to do an update with yum

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repos
dag 100% |=========================| 0 B 00:00
//var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
//var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: dag
Error importing repomd.xml from dag: Error: could not parse file //var/cache/yum/dag/repomd.xml

I did a search and found out that it pretty much had to do with the file "repomd.xml" that it was downloading from the DAG mirror, so I just switched mirrors in my /etc/yum.conf and everything started working as it should have.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/29/2005 08:13:00 AM

Get the Google Web Accelerator

It's funny how when I try to go to the page of Google's Web Accelerator I get a message saying:

Thank you for your
interest in Google Web Accelerator.
We have currently reached our
maximum capacity of users and
are actively working to increase
the number of users we can support.

But the funny part about all of this is it doesn't happen when i go to the site on my linux box. When I do I get the download button and I'm able to actually download it. I even put on a friend of mines computer to see how it worked.

My Golden Ticket has arrived

Well I just got my golden ticket....alright!!! I guess some explanation is needed huh.

Well a while ago I put my name on a list on wordpress.com to pretty much get an invite whenever it becomes available so I can create a blog on wordpress.com. My invite came today so I went ahead and set it up. We'll see what I can do with that one and see if I can do what I originally planned to do with this one over there. I somehow thought that I could be honest with myself and even honest with the world right from the start and spill everything onto this site....of course that didn't happen. So we'll see how this one goes, I even gave it the original name I had here.

::: Mindstates :::

I have 1 invite for anyone who is interested.....

Friends

Since I've put myself on a journey of self-awareness I have been going through books and things looking at different ways of understanding me, pretty much. I was on Selfcreation.com going through their articles when I came upon their list of questions dealing with self awareness. The two questions that I'm going to touch base on now are "Where have I met most of the friends I currently have?
(family, work, community, childhood, online, etc.)" and "What does where I met these friends tell me about myself?"
Answer for question #1: I would have to say that the majority of the friends that I have are friends of some of my closer friends and the others are people that I meet online.

Answer #2: I think in a way I need to get friends from a trusted source and if they are not from a trusted source then I need to test them from a distance to make sure they are trustworthy enough for me to be friends with them.

The next question after that was "Why am I still friends with those people?" and I guess the answer to that is that since I've put them through these series of tests I feel I can trust them to a certain extent.

Mad Man

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. I consider myself to be a Mad Man... I have a tattoo that says it too lol

The Power of Thought

Well I first would like to say that Yes, I have been reading a few too many self-improvement books in the past few weeks. I guess its not really too many but enough o where people think you're sounding like Dr. Phil or something if you start talking about them. On top of the self-improvement I've read a few on succeeding in business, finances and pretty much being happy with life in general and they all share the same underlying message that it all starts with where your mind is?

A good place to start would definitely be with yourself, even the first chapter of "Tony Soprano on Management" is about knowing yourself. Know who you are, know what you've got, and know how to use it. This is echoed through many many different works by many many different people, but its still something that people don't really tend to do. The reason all those people feel it is so important to know yourself is because knowing yourself is where you'll receive true knowledge that will better help you understand everyone else as well. It seems funny how knowing yourself can lead to a better understanding of others.

Setting goals is another thing that is shared among the books I've read. Without a clear definition of where you are going, how are you ever going to get there? Most people just tend to wander long enough until they bump into something and get stuck. Setting goals and actually writing them out gives you a framework for a plan and it shows you what you're aiming for. With that it is also said that once you have your goals in mind that it seems that everywhere you turn there are opportunities that help you get one step closer to that goal. Its sort of like the thought of your goal flips this switch in your brain to where you start to see all the opportunities around you, that may have already been there in the beginning. The same concept when you get a new car and then everywhere you turn you start to see other people driving the same car.

So knowing yourself, setting goals, and then your thoughts will show you opportunities, what else? Doing what you love and what makes you happy is next on the list. Now I know a few people (me included) that aren't always on the path to do what you love or what makes you happy. The things we do are based on other peoples' feelings, their thoughts, could be based on money...bills, willingness, determination, dedication... there are so many different reasons why people don't do what they love and they end up just doing what they are told. Even with being happy we all want to get there but it seems no one has a map, and then some of the people with the maps don't want to get there because the road is seemingly difficult. To some true happiness may not mean a mansion overlooking the ocean off the coast of Spain, it could be something very small and simple like being able to help people that can't help themselves. With either one of those though people will find it equally difficult to do. The goal to help people may have to come at the cost of a lower paying job and the mansion in Spain may only come about after years of saving money and strict financial planning. Either way people have to really know themselves to determine if their true happiness is something their willing to sacrifice for.
I won't go into every topic that I saw in the books but a lot of what you do in the world, what in the world, and how you see it beings with your thoughts. It affects so much of our lives but people don't seem to use them effectively.

[TechLife] Slashdot is losing its edge to digg.com

Digg.com is quickly reaching Slashdot when comparing daily visitors according to Alexa's Traffic Rankings (see link). Slashdot isn't as cutting edge as it used to be: stories get barely 200 replies. Maybe that CSS update was too little and too late.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/17/2005 04:31:18 PM

[TechLife] Make Ubuntu usable in few minutes

Easy Ubuntu allows you to Add extra repositories, Activate the "audio preview" feature in Nautilus, Active the num lock at system startup, Replace the GNOME foot logo with Ubuntu's logo and Install: multimedia codecs, Firefox plugins, support for RAR and ACE, P2P software, Skype, AMSN cvs with webcam support, NVIDA or ATI driver for 3D support.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/16/2005 01:55:57 PM

[TechLife] Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger Has Been Released!!!

The Breezy Badger is available for download now! Plese use the torrents to help the server.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/16/2005 01:55:46 PM

[TechLife] Microsoft, others teach kids to code

A story about a new kids-oriented Web site by MS dedicated to teaching kids about computer programming. Includes a roundup of other kids' programming resources we've discussed in the past.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/16/2005 01:54:36 PM

Random Quote

"No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.”

~ Krishna
from The Bhagavad Gita

Internal

Take note of your feelings and thoughts today and examine them. What are they saying about you, your life, your mindstate, where you want to be, what you want to do......
Be aware of what your thoughts, feelings, and actions are saying about yourself. If you don't like it.... then change it!

[TechLife] Geek goes popular on Myspace

Looks like this guy really wanted to be popular on myspace. Actually kind of interesting when you read it, heh.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/13/2005 04:38:21 PM

[TechLife] Hacking the hackers

Take a look at this video profiling the world of computer hacking -- it's not just for nerds anymore.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 10/01/2005 03:25:01 AM

[TechLife] Ingenious $100 Laptop at MIT

Not only is this laptop cheap, but its design is very well thought out. The battery doubles as a handle and the shoulder strap is the power supply and plug. I would definitely buy a few of these.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 9/28/2005 10:03:05 AM

[TechLife] How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password

This article describes how to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or your password expires and you cannot create a new one.

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Posted by TJ to TechLife at 9/28/2005 10:02:59 AM