AJ Slater
10AM
The AIM FishBot Phenomenon
This explains some random AIM contacts I’ve had that resembled robot ‘eliza’s but made more sense. The sentence diversity and construction is smarter than an eliza bot, but very very non-sequitur. Because its an actual confused person on the other end. Just like you.
July172009
via imgur.com
7PM
Squee! This animal is called a Slow Loris
and is hunted for its eyes :(
6PM
Time Machine Exclusions
So Time Machine is a pretty convenient way to backup your machine, and I use it to backup my laptop to an external FireWire drive. Although Time Machine backs up the “whole system,” I assumed there had to be some exclusions, such as cache files or /dev, for example. After a short bit of digging, I discovered that these paths are specified in a standard property list at/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist
The full list is some 57 items, and is available below. Besides the expected cache items, the list includes some items I thought interesting
July142009
A Hidim turns a torrent into a regular PNG image.
You save the png yourself. You can post it anywhere. People can decode it, but it can’t be searched for… it won’t turn up in searches for those torrents, unless you provide text that matches (via hid.im )
July92009
Spinning Teeth
Spinning diamonds for your grill. As seen in SoMa SF in 2004.
June252009
Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?
The AIM FishBot Phenomenon
This explains some random AIM contacts I’ve had that resembled robot ‘eliza’s but made more sense. The sentence diversity and construction is smarter than an eliza bot, but very very non-sequitur. Because its an actual confused person on the other end. Just like you.
via imgur.com
Squee! This animal is called a Slow Loris
and is hunted for its eyes :(
Time Machine Exclusions
So Time Machine is a pretty convenient way to backup your machine, and I use it to backup my laptop to an external FireWire drive. Although Time Machine backs up the “whole system,” I assumed there had to be some exclusions, such as cache files or /dev, for example. After a short bit of digging, I discovered that these paths are specified in a standard property list at/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist
The full list is some 57 items, and is available below. Besides the expected cache items, the list includes some items I thought interesting
A Hidim turns a torrent into a regular PNG image.
You save the png yourself. You can post it anywhere. People can decode it, but it can’t be searched for… it won’t turn up in searches for those torrents, unless you provide text that matches (via hid.im )
Spinning Teeth
Spinning diamonds for your grill. As seen in SoMa SF in 2004.
Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?
