WiFry

[roadrunnertwice]

I've been getting pretty damn good long-haul wi-fi results using a 6-inch double cylindrical parabolic reflector rig on top of some basic Linksys rubber duck antennae. It was cheap, it's non-invasive, and it turns a hacked $60 router into free internet for life, regardless of your computing hardware, home network size, or operating system. But. If you were going to be using a USB adapter anyway... the Chinese deep fry basket looks like the way to go. (Via Street Use.)

EDIT: Okay, dump post. THIS is the smart playlist I've been looking for:

• Rating is greater than 3 stars
• Date added is within the last 3 months

EDIT: The Unix command "yes" is just about the funniest thing ever.

What does it do? It repeatedly prints the letter "y" (well, or something else, but "y" is the default) at an incredibly rapid rate. Forever. (Or until you hit ctrl-C.) It basically emulates a cat sitting on the keyboard.

What's funny about that is that necessity tends to be the mother of Unix commands. I mean, "Unix" isn't really even an operating system--it's a consensus-shaped framework, a big pile of useful rocks to smack against other rocks, worn smooth over time by use and re-use. So the fact that yes exists in a modern Unix like Mac OS X means that the ability to barf out an appalling amount of y-age is in high demand. I mean, I can think of a few cases where it'd be useful, but man... a whole program for that.

Comments

[kuryu.livejournal.com]

whoami is my favorite command ever.

[roadrunnertwice]

"I... I can't remember anything!"

I've also long been a fan of using man to generate horrible puns. man yes. man bash. man jobs. man wc. man date. Etc.