Montage: Diablo 2, Broadcom Linux Wireless, Stupid Car Computers
Vacation is over, and I’m headed back. Diablo 2 expansion pack has helped me stay sane. My god (is there a patron god of lonely programmers?) how many hours have I logged in this game over the last 8 years? Must be hundreds. And I’ve never played a druid before. Man, rabies rules. (How often do you get to say “rabies rules”?) This game is so fun.
discontinuity
And now, after two years, I finally have wireless network access from my linux laptop. (“HP” Compaq, you put a windows-only chip in my laptop, you suck.) Big props to the b43 project, and to the previous bcm43xx project, and to the people who reverse engineered the hardware. I imagine something like an order of magnitude more development time went into developing the Linux drivers than went into the Windows drivers, and the donations page lists a total of ~1500 euros. Easily an order of magnitude less than you’d charge to develop such a driver. (Mental note: donate.)
discontinuity
When I picked up my car from the body shop ($4000 for bodywork and paint and it STILL HAS DENTS), the check engine light was on. Well, too bad, I drove it about 1000 miles to visit family. Light still on. Took it to a garage, emissions system error… it’s the gas cap. Who designs this crap? What do I have to do to reset the “check engine your gas cap is loose” warning? I’ll shut up now.
August 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
/applauds