Here is a list of my current aliases in Linux. Some short cuts I use to make my life easier.

[code lang="perl"] alias cd..=’cd ..’ alias ctar=’tar -czf’ alias en=’su -’ alias etar=’tar -xf’ alias ht=’df -h’ alias l.=’ls -d .* –color=tty’ alias la=’ls -al –color=tty’ alias ll=’ls -l –color=tty’ alias ls=’ls –color=tty’ alias q=’exit’ alias sdriver=’dmesg | grep’ alias ses=’ps auxw | grep’ alias ver=’rpm -qa | grep’ alias vi=’vim’ alias which=’alias | /usr/bin/which –tty-only –read-alias –show-dot –show-tilde’ alias xrar=’rar x’ [/code]

Which ones do you use?

I Think working on an IT help desk is a special calling….
These are true Telephone conversations recorded from various Help Desks around the U.K

Helpdesk: What kind of computer do you have?
Customer: A white one…

Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can’t get my diskette out.
Helpdesk: Have you tried pushing the button?
Customer: Yes, but it’s really stuck.
Helpdesk: That doesn’t sound good; I’ll make a note …
Customer: No … wait a minute… I hadn’t inserted it yet… it’s still on my desk… sorry ….
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Apple has released three more viral advertisements into the wild. The first is entitled Accident and focuses on the magsafe feature in MacBooks. Angel/Devil shows what you can make with iPhoto while Trust Mac emphasizes how Macs aren’t as vulnerable to spyware as PCs. Via PaulStamatiou

Can’t wait to go home and see this, cause quicktime on the windows machine at work keeps crashing. Stupid windows.

Aren’t you green from envy? I know I am. All those Minis, just sitting there.

Yes that’s right Microsoft’s Mac Lab. There is nothing more to say, more pictures at the actual entry.

It make me wonder, If Microsoft is using Macs’ for their servers…

I’ve never really celebrated by blogs birthday, and I am really sorry for that. But some people say that’s better late than never, and I’ll have to agree with them.

So as this blog is getting into it’s second year I gave it a new home (moved to a new server) and I am going to also make a little something. I am going to setup an option so that when the user uses internet explorer he won’t see any of the styling options, since they are broken anyway.

If you are using a browser and think you are not seeing this site as it should then drop me a line, and we will talk.

Congrats Apple! Thanks for 30 great years. And for those who don’t know, that “other” guy is Ronald Wayne, Apple’s 3rd founder.