http://blog.alcastle.com CastleMonkey Speaks Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:09:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last few months I've been on a reading kick, reaching out into literature I wouldn't normally devour. NY Times best sellers and those kinds of books that make you relate to the feeeeelinnngs, wants and desires of characters. Characters that at no point in the story are doing ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/23/reading-frenzy/ This spider from Baidu (translated by google - hence the blog title) crawls my site religiously and feverishly from a dozen different IP's. I really doubt anyone in China cares about what I have to say. They should, especially with the Olympics coming up, but I know they don't. So with ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/22/baiduspider-grab-the-bandwidth-plug/ I was driving this afternoon when I suddenly realized I'd been listening to a French Canadian radio station for about 10 minutes. I'm a lot more tired than I thought. I also feel dirty. http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/21/i-dont-even-know-french/ I was talking to a friend of mine last night and he was telling me how the backlight for his laptop went dead. This is the light inside of the laptop screen (monitor) that illuminates it and lets you actually use / see the items on the screen. He's a technician ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/21/redneck-laptop-hacks/ A screenshot of my Macbook Pro connected via AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) to my iPhone with a ClamXav scanning the files for giggles. See this post at Modmyifone for more information on doing this. http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/20/iphone-running-afp/ I tend to keep a tail open to my web logs, much in the same way I usually keep the TV on as background noise. My highly tuned Über brain keeps a look out for odd traffic for me to go easter egg hunting with. Just a minute ago I saw ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/20/adult-spider-bot-poking-my-web/ This evening I finished reading a book and was investigating whether the next book I'd like to read is available from the Whatcom County Library. I notice on their horrifically designed and sluggish website a blurb about audio books, now available. It is with some joy that I follow the ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/20/bellingham-public-library-audiobooks-block-ipod-users/ http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/19/pabst-beer/ Update: See the cool screen shot I took from my iPhone, using Capture. The pin represents the coordinates given by LocateMe to Maps. And the blue circle is the best Skyhook could do. Good thing I wasn't really lost. At the time of the shot I was traveling north on ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/18/add-your-wireless-node-to-expand-skyhook-wireless/ Every April, a growing number of people from all walks of life gather in Bellingham, WA to share in the experience that is LinuxFest Northwest. Attendees, sponsors, lecturers and exhibitors come from all over the Greater Northwest, including neighboring states and Vancouver, BC. For many enthusiasts of computers, software and technology, ... http://blog.alcastle.com/2008/04/17/linux-community-gathers-for-annual-spring-fun/