A while back, I wrote about how I was under-utilizing (e:strip). (e:tinypliny,54394). I am constantly making notes all over the internet and it becomes so crazy to keep track of everything. So I have decided never to log out of here and make all those notes here (except work) - which is still at citeulike.

I can't transfer all work here because then (e:strip) would also have to be my reference manager and store my million pdfs... Yeah, not very practical.

The thing is the search function of (e:strip) sometimes does not play well with my blogs. I don't know what to do about that. My one big request/feature-suggestion for (e:strip) would be to make search results somehow more accessible and context-sensitive along with the ability to use more search-modifiers... maybe.

And while we are on the subject of search, one more suggestion would be to turn up blog-numbers, or cite-able referral links along with the blog titles and excerpts in the search results. For example

Using (E:strip) To Its Potential...
06/01/11 @ 11:20 (e:tinypliny,54394)
excerpt with keyword visible here

Cross-referencing would become so much easier. Currently, I hover my mouse over every post to find out the number and then string it to the name of the (e:peep) who wrote it. Makes for a longer workflow.

(or how Google is everyone's mother(tm) (e:Paul), 2011)

I think (e:mrdeadlier) did this once but there is now a site for finding out what Google thinks of you.

Let's see: Who is tinypliny?

tinypliny is the network based installer
tinypliny is the minimalistic one that does not even
tinypliny is the
tinypliny is an unknown quantity at this point
tinypliny is offline
tinypliny is that a sweater with the shorts?

Who are you according to Google? Find out at this

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PS: Who or what is Binky?

I kind of like being on Linux, now that my wireless is functioning. It's a lot of heartache but somehow it gives you more power over what's going on in the recesses of your computer. It's as if you have found that you can split open a blackbox and are able to look at the virtual software connections and wires that make your computer tick.

Linux = 85% pain + 5% revelations + 10% knowledge everyday.

I just have to decide if the 15% of useful stuff is worth the 85% pain...

Google search... evolving right under your noses (or in front of your noses, as the case may be).


And (e:Paul). Hee Hee. Someone was spying on i2. ;-)

Some stuff you can do for a faster boot time on Crunchbang.

1. Enable autologin.
Open the terminal and type

gksu gdmsetup

You will need to enter your administrator password. Go to the "Security" tab and check "Enable Automatic Login".

2. Decrease grub menu timeout.
Edit the /etc/default/grub file and change the grub option menu timeout to 1 or 0

GRUB_TIMEOUT=1 (or even 0).

Additional random but useful notes that might be helpful to people struggling with existential queries on Crunchbang:
a) Prevent Iceweasel from weaseling in.
I like Google Chrome beta on my OS. But uninstalling the default Chromium compulsorily installs something called iceweasel. One way around this is to install the iceweasel-dummy package to avoid installing iceweasel when you remove chromium. Apparently, there is some java dependency on this neverending it's-either-chromium-or-iceweasel vicious cycle on crunchbang. What a mess.

b) To check if JRE (Java Runtime Environment) successfully installed on your laptop, type the following at the terminal:

find / -iname java -print 2>/dev/null