http://sniping.org snipe -- verb [intrans.] -- make a sly or petty verbal attack Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend I finally decided to throw my vote in to the [next-generation console fight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_generation_consoles) when I went and bought a [PlayStation 3](http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3) (PS3). I picked up a pre-owned 40GB model from a local [GameStop](http://www.gamestop.com/) along with [Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga](http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/legostarwarscompletesaga/index.html) and [Burnout Paradise](http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/burnout5/index.html). I'd been ... http://sniping.org/2008/03/11/why-a-playstation-3/ First off, apologies for this post's title.  It had to be done, though.  On Monday, LiveJournal was sold to a Russian company.  When I first read about it, one eyebrow raised slightly, but I didn't think much of it.  Then I started noticing comments coming in from my friends and ... http://sniping.org/2007/12/05/in-soviet-russia-livejournal-blogs-on-you/ I don't usually just post links, but these are too great to not share. The Nerd Handbook This explains so much about me and "my people" that it borders on the uncanny. Everyone who is dating, has ever dated, or is planning on dating a nerd/geek needs to read this. Installing MySQL ... http://sniping.org/2007/11/12/a-couple-of-links/ I got a new [Dell Latitude D630](http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d630?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555) recently, and I wanted to try using [Windows Vista](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx) to see if I could get my work done with it. The short story is, I can, and it's actually pretty nice. But there's more to it than that. The laptop has 4GB ... http://sniping.org/2007/09/28/64-bit-vista-with-an-oem-activation/ Earlier today -- well, yesterday as of the time I'm writing this -- I went to my [Friendly Local Game Store](http://www.scifigenre.com/store/) and participated in the Gold Tier tournament they were running for [Magic: The Gathering](http://www.magicthegathering.com). I was running a rather inexpensive Sliver deck and didn't expect to do so ... http://sniping.org/2007/09/16/the-gold-tier-tournament/ Like [lots of people](http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/06/29/apples.iphone.arrives/) I got a new phone yesterday. It's sleek, high-tech, and has lots of cool features. It's also not an [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone). No, I got myself a [Cingular 3125](http://www.wireless.att.com/3125/), running [Windows Mobile 5.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile#Windows_Mobile_5.0). In fact, I don't even *want* an iPhone. I'll tell ... http://sniping.org/2007/06/30/my-new-phone/ A friend of mine asked about the benefits of software [RAID](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) versus hardware RAID in Linux, and I proceeded to voice my support for the former. It was then brought up that online resizing was one of her concerns, and I set about to figure out how to do ... http://sniping.org/2007/06/08/live-resizing-of-raid5-arrays-in-linux/ Since we'll be moving soon, and I'll be closer to work and able to traverse somewhat safer neighborhoods to get there, I'm thinking of getting a [motor scooter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_%28motorcycle%29). The gas mileage of some of these guys is nuts -- 60+ MPG -- and they're safe, cool, and just downright ... http://sniping.org/2007/05/28/scooters/ [RubyForge]: http://www.rubyforge.org [Trac]: http://trac.edgewall.com [Launchpad]: https://launchpad.net I'm going to be pushing a software project I've been working on out into the open source world sometime in the near future, so I've been considering what I want to use to keep track of the software's development. I initially started by creating a [RubyForge][] ... http://sniping.org/2007/05/20/issue-trackers-and-project-management/ Just a quick post to test whether or not my upgrade to [WordPress 2.2](http://wordpress.org/development/2007/05/wordpress-22/) was successful. http://sniping.org/2007/05/20/upgrade-to-wordpress-22/