Geekery

Space: The Final Frontier

April 29, 2010 - Posted by linuxchic- Comments Off

I love elementary school science projects! This is one from my son, and he is awfully proud of it.

Dalek Illusion Dishcloth – Free Pattern

February 24, 2010 - Posted by linuxchic- View Comments

Illusion knitting is a technique that allows you to knit hidden patterns or pictures into you knitting. When you look at a finished illusion knit project straight on you typically see stripes or a standard color pattern in contrasting colors however, when you look at it from an angle you will see the hidden design. [...]

The ThinkGeek 2009 Sysadmin King/Queen Pagaent

June 27, 2009 - Posted by linuxchic- Comments Off

What better way to honor your favorite sysadmin than through ThinkGeek! In honor of SysAdmin Day (July 31st), we most proudly present ThinkGeek’s 2009 SysAdmin Pageant! Do you know a sysadmin King or Queen who saved the network from inevitable doom? How about the brilliant mail server admin who finally got those plighted African businessmen [...]

Fangirl Moment for Doctor Who

February 28, 2009 - Posted by linuxchic- View Comments

While finishing up the DVDs for season one and starting season two of Doctor Who, I knitted up a Police Box for my iPod Touch. This was inspired by the TARDIS iPod Cozy. It looks really cool when I have it on and glowing through the stitches. Yes, I am a fangirl. There is a [...]

The Art In (of) Server Monitoring

February 9, 2009 - Posted by linuxchic- View Comments

I may print this out on a plotter and frame it. This CPU graph symbolizes not only the job I love but it also makes me think about my busy life and family. As a graph it is functional but if you separate it’s purpose you can then see it’s beauty. Who knows, maybe I [...]

Tackle It Tuesday – Twitter Purge

February 3, 2009 - Posted by linuxchic- View Comments

This week I started my Twitter purge. I have pretty much just stopped using Twitter because the noise levels were so high that it was no longer useful. When I ran the podcast at Alternageek.com I followed anyone who seemed to be a fan or had anything even remotely interesting to say back. It wasn’t [...]

Ubuntu Fail

July 6, 2008 - Posted by Christa- View Comments

I disliked Ubuntu Gutsy when it was released and I have to say I dislike Hardy as well. When I recently rebuilt my main machine, I installed Hardy hoping to give Ubuntu another chance. I used to be a huge Ubuntu fan unfortunately, the fandom stops with Feisty. Bonus to Hardy, that annoying tracker does [...]