I figured that after all of this time with me messing around on the
net, it is time for me to highlight the coolest pages that I frequent
on
the net. These following links are essentially my little place to
stick all of the corporte stuff that most people stuff onto their main
page. Because of that their page is cluttered and very un-elegant
in my eyes. This seems to be a much more appropiate way to do
this.
Anyway, here are the links:
News Sites
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Nice site to be able to keep up
on the latest news that is going on in the world. It has
definatley replaced Slashdot.
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Slashdot.org was my main source
of news. I still visit
it, but I have found other places to go to get info before it's posted
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Kuro5hin.org is a discussion
site with a high signal to noise ratio. It kinda reminds me of
slashdot when the editors were still in college--and actually cared
about the site.
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Since I like Debian sooo much,
it helps to keep up on news on
Debian.
This is probabally the best site for that, next to Debian.org itself. |
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Solaris Central. Good site
to keep up with news/rumors
about
Sun and Solaris. |
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Another site that I've found
myself visiting quite a
bit. Guess
it's 'cause it's "nothing but UNIX." |
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I'll keep this link here, as the
maintainer has put this site
on indefinite hiatus. In case he ever brings it back, I already
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Comics / Humor
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User Friendly: the comic strip is one of those cool comics. I
think
it's a matter of time before it catches on in the newspapers and
becomes
bigger than Dilbert. Click on the icon and you'll be taken to the
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Yet another comic strip that I found that is based on being a
geek.
Must be something about my life that I tend to read stuff like
this.
If nothing else I just need to learn to draw a bit, and then start my
own
comic.
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S*P is another comic that I enjoy reading, it's dark view on
the world sets it apart from those on the lighter side, but it's still
funny at times. I found myself laughing at this a lot harder than
I have recently at Userfriendly or GPF.
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I ran across this comic via a ad
at S*P. After I read a couple I became hooked. I can hardly
say this comic is crap, it's so artistic and well, true in a lot of
respects. Read and enjoy.
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My favorite comic strip of all time. Calvin reminds me of me in some
ways, mostly in our endless bounds on our imaginations. Way to go Bill
Watterson!
Joe the Circle was an interesting comic. It gave me ideas to
draw my own comic at a former job. Unfortunatley when I left that
job the basis for that comic also went away. Joe the Circle is
being left here in case the artist ever decides to pick it back
up. But at least the archives are on-line so peruse and get a
good laugh or two.
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Segfault.Org was a great humor site. Unfortunatley
their server crashed and the admin never did get it back on-line.
He's got a holding page saying that it's going to be coming back, so
I'll keep this here just in case. |
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This was a very funny comic. Too bad it went
away. It was a funny view of BOFH's, PHB's, and Microsoft.
Too bad it's not around anymore. I really enjoyed reading this on
a daily basis. |
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Well here's a link to Dilbert. Overall a good comic and great
representation
on most consultants and business in general. |
Computer Stuff
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Sun is in my mind one of the best hardware/software vendors
out there
for UNIX. They make very stable and very nice systems. Out of the
commerical
UNIXes that I use, this one is by far my favorite. Of course I
may
be a little biased, as I used to work for them . |
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Debian GNU/Linux is by far my #1 choice in Linux
Distributions.
Mainly it stems from the completeness of packages and the elegance in
which
the packages take care of dependancies and upgrades. I've used 3
versions of Debian thus far and have been able to easily upgrade from
one
version to the next without the headaches of the RedHat upgrade. |
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This is the Debian IRC Channel's
FAQ done in a wiki. It has probabally the best source of info on
Debian outside of the channel itself. Usually you go here before
going into the channel and asking a question. I've found that
about everything is either answered here or with the bots on the
channel before having to ask a human.
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When you think of a secure distribution of any UNIX or
unix-like OS,
you think of OpenBSD. Four years without a remote hole in the
default
install sounds like enough reason to trust it. |
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RedHat Software, the maker of what I used to consider the
best linux
distribution. It's my recommendation for newbies to linux to
start
with, but if you know unix/linux, then head straight for Debian and do
not pass go.... :-) |
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The more I use their database, the more I tend to like
it. It's
even better now since they support Linux... :) |
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I rarely go here anymore, between working with Solaris at my
job and Debian at home, I have little need for the actual source
code. But it's a great site to see if something that I have a
need for has been worked on already by someone. Especially in the
rare case it's not already packaged in Debian.
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Misc Stuff
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BOFH
Server |
You never, know, you might encounter a situation in which you
need
a computer related excuse--no matter how far-fetched. Well, this
is the site for you! :) |
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I'll be honest, I don't visit this site
much.
But when I do it's an interesting read. |
Links back to a few other pages:
My Personal Page
My Circle K
Adventures
(Coming back soon!)
© 1998-2004 by Dennis
J. Behrens
Last Updated: 11-29-04 Version: 2.0
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