sourceforge

October 08, 2000 by Eric Richardson

I was downloading something from sourceforge today (MySQL RPMS), and noticed that the download was going insanely fast. When I say insanely fast I mean like 1200KB/sec. That's like 9.6Mb/sec.

Apparently it's not just my imagination:

--- sourceforge.net ping statistics ---
19 packets transmitted, 19 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.4/4.0/5.6 ms

The crazy thing? It's still 7 hops.

we're back... mostly

October 07, 2000 by Eric Richardson

Things are finally starting to return to normal some. As you can obviously see, the box is back up and serving. My email's working again, too, which makes me a lot happier than I have been. Still some stuff to get back into shape, but things are looking up.

clocks

October 07, 2000 by Eric Richardson

What is it with me and never being able to have a machine with the clock set right... I actually posted that sourceforge message now.

the looks of eWorld

September 28, 2000 by Eric Richardson

The other day I was showing someone some of the different looks I had created for this site in the past and realized I really should have a page which exhibited them. The looks page now links to many of the looks that has (dis)graced this site in the past. They're pretty raw, but they're there enough to get the idea.

shifting gears

September 26, 2000 by Eric Richardson

Yesterday it sort of sunk in that I'll be back in Michigan next week. Believe it or not, I'm actually glad for this. Australia's great, but I'm ready to go back to a normal life for a couple months.

Of course, going back means having to think about real life again. I've got a couple of things that'll be demanding my attention right when I return. — Continue Reading...