Have a laptop that refuses to wake up after falling asleep? Try this!

If you’re trying to deploy a large-ish binary file somewhere, you might find this useful

This is another attempt at a blog. If I can manage more than 140 chars per day, this will have been a successful experiment.

Pro-tip for booting Linux via a USB stick for computers that don’t allow native USB booting

A mildly interesting anecdote involving a noob cyclist and a road bike.

In which I whine about Linux not working for me. Being a sucker for punishment, I’m typing this from a laptop running Linux. Stockholm syndrome, perhaps?

In which I experiment with turning off push email and check email occassionally instead. I’ve moved devices since I wrote this and haven’t disabled push, yet.

Pro-tip to prevent accidently hosing your home directory. If you’re too smart for your own good, this may not be sufficient.

Some tips on doing batch things well. I will follow this up some day with my daily workflow which involves being as lazy as possible and letting the computer do all the work.

Some thoughts on using the MIUI ROM for Android. I’m currently on Cyanogenmod and quite happy with it.