Cybernethics / Cybernéthique

My friend Mahesh had this PB3400c with 80MB of RAM and 2.5GB of harddisk, that he wanted to transform into a jukebox. A few weeks ago, he asked me to install Linux on it, to play music off the network, and so I did. I learnt much more than I ever wanted to know about Macs, in the process, yuck, but it's incredible how Linux can turn an old computer into something able to use the latest intercommunication standards to do useful things. Here are steps to follow if you too want to install Debian GNU/Linux on a similar computer.

In a previous post, I told you of a door hack one of my colleagues did, and what social concepts it illustrated. Mind you, when I was younger, I also did my own door hacks. My former clubmates from the Club Informatique of Lycée Louis-le-Grand may remember one that I did long ago, back in High-School. In retrospect, I realize this anecdote too may illustrate a number of interesting social concepts.

La semaine dernière, j'ai perdu pas mal de temps chez mes parents à faire marcher des ordinateurs. Lecture réservée aux amateurs de solutions hackeuses ayant l'estomac bien accroché.

Whether they are in their teens or their thirties years old, I like to watch photos of their naked front and back; and when I can't touch them myself, I enjoy watching the action, or reading the best that was written about it.