Jonathan Franzone

Freaky Site is NOT Fedora

August 17, 2017August 25, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Ever been looking for the RedHat Fedora (Linux Distro) site and type in the wrong address? If not, then you probably haven’t run across this somewhat freaky site. The address is http://fedora.org and they must be used to the wrong hits, because there is a disclaimer that they do not have anything to do with …

Pop It Like It’s Hot

August 17, 2017August 25, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

This is some of the most insane and crazy dancing that I have ever seen. Can you even call it dancing?

Bash Script Init Style Status Message

July 17, 2020August 25, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Have you ever wondered how the OK and/or FAILED messages are printed out in the initialization of services on a Linux system during bootup? Well… I have. Anyway, I’ve always thought that it was really cool how the OK and FAILED messages printed out at the same column on the screen and in different colors. So of course I wanted to know how to do that so I could use it in my own scripts.

Win a $2,000 Amazon.com Shopping Spree

August 17, 2017August 23, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

PCWorld is giving away a $2,000 shopping spree at Amazon.com just for participating in a survey. The survey is very simple and extremely short; I completed it in just a few minutes. Just go to www.pcworld.com/pcwsurvey and tell PC World about your experiences with PCs, cameras, printers, TVs, and other electronic devices. The sweepstakes is …

Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Trailer

August 17, 2017August 22, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Oh boy! Blizzard has unveiled the cinematic trailer for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. And it does NOT dissappoint. Blizzard raises the bar on the quality of their cinematics every time they release one. Also note, that they usually only unveil the cinematics when the release of the product …

SourceForge.net Updates Website

August 17, 2017August 22, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

I was just browsing for some software and happened along one of my all-time favorite spots for finding free utilities… SourceForge.net. I noticed that they’ve updated their website to have a much more Web 2.0 look. Very nice!

Friday Song Of The Day – Disturbia

August 17, 2017August 22, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Today’s Friday Song of the Day features a song off of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. This is Disturbia by Rihanna, which can be found on the Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded album. Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum (Whats wrong with me?) Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum (Why do I feel …

Link Bundle – August 20

August 17, 2017August 20, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know This is a very well constructed article on some basic principles of software engineering; very well worth your time to read. Brought to you by none other than Alex Iskold. Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines Smashing Magazine has a great article to help you …

Michael Phelps Reported In Blizzard Forums For Gold Farming

August 17, 2017August 18, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

A good friend of mine just pointed out this hilarious post on the official World of Warcraft forums. The original post was as follows: I have evidence that a character named MichaelPhelps has been farming gold. I also have proof that he is doing this in China. He’s been doing it for about a week …

How To Create A Bash Install Script

August 17, 2017August 14, 2008 by Jonathan Franzone

Have you ever wanted to create an installer program on a Linux system, but didn’t want all the hassle of an actual install builder? I have. I recently had need of a simple, no frills installation that could: ask the user a few questions extract some binary files and do some stuff with those binary …