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

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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 the tobacco and [...]

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 [...]

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