Bill Bryson (A Short History of Almost Everything) knows how to write rich and engaging history books (he's a remarkable storyteller). One Summer is a spectacular book for understanding America in the mad 1920s (and all the craziness around Charles Lindbergh, including early aviation history). A must read.
Category: Life
Upstart and resolvconf cache
I've recently found this when I was trying to fix a nameserver config issue with resolvconf on Ubuntu. When resolvconf populates /etc/resolv.conf, it will read what we have configured in /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d (head, base, tail, etc) and also any dns-server declared in /etc/network/interfaces. I had a conflict with something I was populating in the head file (with … Continue reading Upstart and resolvconf cache
marques.cx -> fmarques.org
Not long ago I decided to move to a new personal domain and registered fmarques.org. I am in the process of moving everything from marques.cx to my new domain, which will cease to exist in a few months. If you are one of the brave souls still keeping an eye on my feed, I advise to change … Continue reading marques.cx -> fmarques.org
My first computer
Nostalgia time. While reading a few Wikipedia articles, just remembered that my first computer was a Timex 2068, which in fact was a clone of the ZX Spectrum 48k. I got it in 1987 but I was used to play with other computers (friends, school, etc) like the Commodore 64, Atari ST, Phillips MSX, etc. … Continue reading My first computer
Mr Zozo – Fred Sound System
My first experiment using the Korg iMS-20 Analog Synth on the iPad. Pure live improvisation using the Kaoss Pad with Real Time Recording.
Limitless
Outro bom filme, mas com final fraquito.
Leituras
Decidi arranjar mais tempo para ficar offline e consegui acabar de ler o The Big Bang do Simon Singh e O Desertor do Daniel Silva. O livro que se segue: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon) e em audiobook tenho o The Lazarus Volt, do Tom Harper.
The Way Back
Acabadinho de ver, The Way Back, o último do Peter Weir. Recomendo. Faz-me lembrar o Rescue Dawn, do mestre Herzog. Se houver tempo, há crítica para breve.
Time Machine and NAS Hacks
Just found out that my Time Machine SparseBundle is corrupt. I thought that it would be cool to save some money and hack Time Machine to enable backups to a Network Share on my home NAS instead of buying Time Capsule. It worked perfectly for a month or so, but I've done some changes on … Continue reading Time Machine and NAS Hacks
O livro que se segue
Big Bang (Simon Singh).
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