http://riskable.com Riskable's home on the web Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:24:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hardware detection I love how fast the hardware detection is.  In Windows when you plug in some new piece of hardware you have to wait for that "ba-doop" sound (and the driver to load).  It can take an especially annoying length of time when booting up with new hardware attached (especially ... http://riskable.com/2008/10/15/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things-about-linux-desktops I’m posting this because I know someone out there will find it useful (or at the very least, a time saver). What is FoxyProxy? FoxyProxy is a great add-on to Firefox that lets you define multiple rule-based proxy servers.  It lets you do things like define a rule that loads all URLs ... http://riskable.com/2008/09/17/tip-regular-expression-to-match-any-ip-address-in-foxyproxy There’s this idea floating around in people’s minds regarding oil that I feel compelled to dispel:  That if we just drill more oil, build more renewable/nuclear power plants, and sell more energy efficient vehicles we’ll be able to go back to Business as Usual (BAU).  It is a myth.  We’ve ... http://riskable.com/2008/06/30/the-myth-of-business-as-usual We’ve all heard the term, “Best Practices” but what they entail tends to vary from person to person.  Especially in the realm of Information Technology (IT).  I’ve been involved in IT for a while now and I’ve decided to share a few of my own, “Best Practices”: Non-technical people should never ... http://riskable.com/2008/06/24/my-it-best-practices I was reading an article on CNN.com saying that in March we lost 80,000 jobs (according to the Labor Department) when I came across the following text right in the middle of the story: But some other experts said that while job losses are climbing, the job market is still relatively ... http://riskable.com/2008/04/04/cnn-bullshit-some-other-experts-think-the-job-market-is-strong-roflol If you ask someone filling up their gas tank, “At what point will you stop going to the gas station to fill up?” they will respond in a confused manner, “What do you mean? No matter how much you cut back you still have to get gas sooner or later.”  ... http://riskable.com/2008/03/15/the-american-delusion-diminishing-supply-will-reduce-demand Oil hit $104/barrel today. This comes right after OPEC met to talk their usual talk about how much oil they want to pump out of the ground. OPEC is not going to increase production and they claim it is because “supplies are sufficient”. They’re blaming “speculators” for ... http://riskable.com/2008/03/05/is-today-the-beginning-of-the-permanent-oil-crisis My Representative in Congress sent me a disturbing email recently so I replied with the following. Enjoy. —BEGIN EMAIL— The message below has been held in our queue with status LOW PRIORITY. Your message will remain in this state for 48 hours after which it will be delivered via our ... http://riskable.com/2008/02/14/my-letter-to-representative-ander-crenshow Oil hit $100/barrel today. Why? Oil inventories are plummeting. Could this be the beginning of the hydrocarbapocalypse (Note: I invented that word)? Probably not, but it could be our first taste of it (beating my original July estimate by ~6 months). I’m going to explain ... http://riskable.com/2008/01/02/oil-predictions I’ve been running Gutsy for a few weeks now (including pre-release) and I just recently figured out all my java problems. I googled all over the place and couldn’t find these fixes ANYWHERE so I did what any Linux geek would do: I debugged and fixed them myself. ... http://riskable.com/2007/10/23/java-7-icedtea-on-ubuntu-gutsy-problems-and-fixes