the reality tunnel

if you’re unfortunate enough to have to use dos e.g. if you’re installing windows from scratch freedos – free (as in beer, probably as in freedom too) implementation of dos (http://www.freedos.org) generic cdrom drivers for dos (http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/cdrom.htm)

the next best thing to the real thing originally posted 08.21.2002 ok, so we couldn’t sneak into the slayer/in flames show at the newport. and ok, so we couldn’t exactly afford the $36.00 tickets. we could, however, play these awesome slayer midi files. totally awesome.

reinstalling windows originally written 08.21.2002 one of the better guides i’ve seen to reinstalling windows 9x, it discusses most of the tricks that i use and a few new ones that seem like a good idea: http://www.dansdata.com/sbs30.htm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [...]

drivers for eric’s scanner originally written 08.21.2002 http://www.benq.com/drivers/imaging_drivers.html

diy hard drive speakers originally written 08.11.2002 http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~hsakr/hdspeakers/hdspeakers.htm handyboard originally written 08.11.2002 http://www.gleasonresearch.com/index.html http://handyboard.com/

hot http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml#completion http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/19/environmental_accounting/index.html

oh hell yes originally written 08.10.2002 reborn – a roland 808 emulator (think rebirth) for linux. http://www.deadvirgins.org.uk/reborn/reborn.html

hollywood+smoking originally written 08.10.2002 In response to Joe Eszterhas’ august 9th op-ed in the ny times titled hollywood’s responsibility for smoking deaths Do Hollywood movies glamorize smoking?  Of course they do?  But is this glamorization a product of Hollywood alone?  I would suspect not.  While it would be interesting to study the historical relationships between [...]

idea: textbook swap originally written 08.08.2002 got in a discussion with erin and jason about the ethics of stealing textbooks. i don’t do it, but reading a lot of anarchist propaganda, i’ve come to realize how easy it would be to do so. so, if the deterrent of getting caught isn’t there, why shouldn’t i [...]

i learned the truth at seventeen … originally written 08.06.2002 “if a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my wallet and check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing’s missing.” http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle http://www.janisian.com/article-fallout.html