Uppity-Negro.com

Well, according to the Browser Share Stats, nearly 80% of the people reading this site are using Internet Explorer.

Only a madman would tell 80% of his audience to go fuck themselves.

Luckily, this is not an issue.

Ain't saying you have to use Firefox, neither.

You don't even have to use a graphical browser, in fact.

Which means you wouldn't see the preceeding button, true. . .

Also true, this place should, supposedly, be Viewable With Any Browser. Where Netscape 4.x doesn't fall under the category of "browser," but does anyone want to debate that point?

Point being, I wonder how many people use IE because, after trying the alternatives, they found that it best met their needs, and how many are using it because it never crossed their minds that alternatives exist.

Or I'm just cranky.

Cranky is always a possibility.

Posted by Aaron at 9:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

Is there a way to chmod a file on a Linux webserver using the command-line ftp client what ships with Windows 2000?

No reason.

Just curious.

And, y'know, making conversation.

And playing with my new Technorati Profile.

Update: A second geek question, this one about linguistics: Anybody got a decent link to a paper/thesis on the glottal stop in the sound system/phonology of AAVE/Black English/Ebonics/How Them Negroes Talk? Always wonder about that when I listen to Destiny's Child's Independent Women.

Geek. Linguistics. It's not like I didn't warn you.

Update: Ok, this one isn't from me, it's from Body and Soul: Calling all MSTies:

Anyway, while I'm on the subject, anyone have suggestions for MST episodes that a kid who loves them should not miss? (Avoiding the obvious. He already has Manos,Mitchell, and Eegah.)

Haven't seen an ep in years -- I never warmed to Mike as the host, for some reason -- so I ain't the one to help a sista out with this one. Anyone else?

Entry reached the long way via ALLABOUTGEORGE.com.

Remember, he's the good one.

Posted by Aaron at 2:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

*Steps up to the mic, after stumbling over the cord and almost demolishing it*

I'm the dude that creeps in the blogosphere. I'm crawling out from under my rock, and so with the sun on my face, food in my belly, and computer on my lap, I present me- ej.

I've been reading Aaron's site for quite a long time. As I told one of my cohorts: 'I need to get off this "maybe i'll come off as someone mega-stupid" feeling'.

'Bout me? I'm a DePaulian BGM, mid-30s Technical Architect who touches everything and yet i'm the quiet one in the background. Case in point- if I were to cheer each time I read Aaron's posts, my throat would be hoarse. I'm musically inclined (via exponent) and yes, I watched Amelie myself.

I got a set of blog brothers and sisters and I travel once a month so yeah, I'll be up in your 'hood. I'm sure of it. World AIDS Day is coming, and that's part of my construct in the here and now.

I could post more, but considering I've been doing nothing but eating food all day, I should just collapse on the bed. But then, how could I possibly keep up with Uppity Negro?

*Slinks away....*

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Ok, just compiled a version of links with Javascript support, and am seeing if I can actually post using it.

These things never go well, so this entry may not appear, or may appear several times.

Update: Or, shockingly enough, it may work perfectly. Except for the extremely narrow text entry box, and the fact that I didn't compile in GPM support. Because I suck.

Oh, and I am not a geek. I'm just looking through the docs to see if I can set up Emacs as an external editor because, um, I'm curious about these things.

Continue reading "Yet another test" »

Posted by Aaron at 1:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

That recently-added "Recent Comments" box uses code from scriptygoddess, specifically from Lynda, and was added at the prompting of Michelle. If the execution sucks, that's all me.

Any questions, comments? Include more comments? Fewer? Shut the hell up already?

Posted by Aaron at 7:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0)

Ok, so because someone more Evil than Seitan sent me a set of Debian install disks, and I am easily swayed, I ended up putting the system on my desktop machine. It replaced a seriously updated Red Hat 7.2 + Ximian Gnome install (and despite what the support pages say, Ximian works fine with the current[ish] Debian). I'd used ext3 for the linux partitions with Red Hat, and Debian reads 'em fine, but isn't using the journaling info since they're currently mounted as ext2. The default kernel doesn't have ext3 support compiled in.

Lost most of the readership with the first sentence, didn't I?

Anyhow, am getting the 2.4.19 source and headers using all-the-rumors-are-true dselect, and will actually be following the simple, clear instructions from Debian Reference Chapter 7 - The Linux kernel under Debian. Instead of my usual, I don't need no stinkin' docs method of screwing up my system. Wacky idea, I know.

The really, truly important bit is:

cp /boot/config-2.4.18-386 .config      # get current config as default

Never did that before with a new kernel, meaning I always ended up setting every friggin' option in a (usually unsuccessful) attempt to re-create the current config with whatever new feature I was looking to include. Supposedly, doing it this way, I only gots to turn on ext3, ignore everything else (meaning less chance of, say, losing the ability connect to the 'net, which yes, I've done in the past, because I Am Dumb), and let make-kpkg clean do it's thing, and be all set.

But I'm making a boot floppy just in case.

And I'm still wondering why my BIOS now thinks lilo is a virus, and warns me whenever I try to start either Linux or Windows, when it ignored such things under Red Hat. . .

And obviously, I write and post this before the attempt, in case I lose the ability to connect to the 'net. And because, like everyone else, I always say I'm going to fully document this sort of thing for posterity/next time I do an install, and never, ever do.

Although someone more Crueler than Cruella claims he'll be doing just that with the refurb laptop.

Update: Yep, I'd say the link to Lesbian GNU/Linux proves my characterization of the man as more Cooler than Jesus.

Update II: Or, if I'd just scrolled down further, I would have seen that I don't need to recompile at all. Did I mention that I Am Dumb? Ah well, since I also turned on ACPI support, guess it's not a complete loss. . .

Posted by Aaron at 11:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBacks (0)

Despite my utter certainty that it isn't going to work, this entry is being composed in links. Which wraps text very oddly in the narrow text entry box.

However, the emacs commands I typed without thinking work, so it's all good.

And the redirect/post does Very Bad Things, so that's not going to work. Phooey. Hong Kong Phooey.

And if that 'toon doesn't leave you saying "What the fuck?" for the next ten minutes, you may be too young to be reading this. Check with your parents.

Posted by Aaron at 5:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (11) | TrackBacks (0)

At the subtle hinting of goneaway (who is now probably going to ask for comments permalinks, because some people are never satisfied), have added MT-Search to the site. What this means for you as a consumer is, you can dig through the Moveable Type version of the blog with the same ease as you could search the old site using the Negro where? page, except:

1. the results are actually updated
2. the page looks nothing like the rest of the site

The appearance of the page will probably change when I get around to fooling with the config file. Suppose I could link it to the side (or at the bottom, depending on your browser of choice), so people can still find it once this entry scrolls off the front page, but isn't this thing too complex already? Do I want to know how long it takes to load on a dial-up?

Oh, and I looked for some common four-letter-words, and you people make me sick. God, do you kiss you mothers with those, um, fingers? Some of the language. . . wait, most of those are the entries, not the comments.

Never mind.

Update: And another thing. The search link opens a new window, because I've not yet bothered adding navigation to the page. Should links normally bring up new windows, or is everyone cool with the whole middle-mouse-button/context menu thing if that's what they want to do? Or should I steal the code that lets you check such behaviour as an option?

Or should I just do whatever the hell I want and ignore your input? That one sounds good, too, actually.

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