Skype just saved my butt.
So it was just another SNAFU at the office err I mean school, but somehow this one required me calling China. I’m sitting here staring at my VZW cellphone (asshats) which doesn’t do international calls (probably for the best, since calling China on it would be way over a dollar a minute) and this other school owned phone that, well, for obvious reasons balks at any attempt to dial 011-anything.
So quick thinker that I am I paypal Skype $10 and called China for just over 2 cents a minute. It took about 3 minutes to set it up (given that I already had a paypal and skype account) That’s pretty wicked. I’m not usually one to just plug a product for no reason, but this one saved my ass pretty seriously.
All this because of a typo in a MAC address. Sadly, the way my life is, I can look back and count at least a couple other times when a typo in an IP or MAC or line of code has sent me into a fury (and cost me $10…?)
So while I’m on the geeky tip, let me throw out a bit of uncommon OpenSSH knowledge, when a session hangs (you go offline, whatever) instead of just closing the terminal window, hit enter a couple of times and type in ~. to kill the session. Enter and then ~? will show you the other things you can do.
Note, ever see a livejournal post with the little mood icon, like “mood: chipper” or “mood: homicidal/suicidal” or “mood: hello kitty” or whatever (not to put all livejournal users into 3 groups, but… uh… I joke) anyway, what would this mood be?
Anyway, next time I’m sick, I’ll be sure not to go to work and get everyone there sick too. Sorry sorry sorry!
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Your mood is…”sweet baby jesus I’m insane”
Or…”nyquiled”
yeah, that’s looking sorta “Screw this Nyquil, I’m taking PCP!”
Duuuuude…you are living the life — taking pix at nerdy bicycling events, calling china to fix typos in address strings…you are the fuckin’ man. I’m up here tryin’ to turn the clock back to 1991, and you’re flying toward the future in a robo-ship.
Way to go.
Robyn – Thanks… I guess? :) I’ve totally stolen your comment replying technique.
Michael – So mood: dissociated… I can deal with that.
Ethan – Come now, don’t be jealous (especially since I still owe you some written words)… I’m actually about to bike up to echo park for some more biking geekiness (midnight ridazz)… but yeah, I envy you as well. We should trade sometime… you look almost like me, and vice versa. B would probably object though, huh? Oh well, I met a nice exotic dancer at a bar yesterday. (hi Mom, I know you read this… she’s actually a musician too, seriously) Yeah honestly, I spend most of my time checking myspace… why you ask… long story, but here it is in my comment… when I signed up, I wanted to be able to filter out myspace email so I signed up with rseymour+myspace[at]gmail and now, it’s like myspace can’t email me (because of the plus sign (which is an RFC regarding email sieve filters, seriously)) and so I have to check it religiously in order to see if anyone has made any insightful comments about me, sent me a message, etc. This takes up 65% of any given day. err… well just kidding… Whereas your day, as I see it 65% is taken up with ‘wine tasting’. Right? You win.