Archive for December, 2006

+5 Things

Ef vanlandw for starting this. Here are TEN things you probably didnt know about vanberge.

I met Anthony Kiedis of the “Red Hot Chili Peppers” when I was in the 8th grade. He is genuinely probably 5′4”
I learned to juggle while sitting in the ‘dugout’ being a designated hitter on my highschool baseball team. [...]

Posted on December 26, 2006 at 2:03 pm by Vanberge · Permalink · 4 Comments
In: Journal

Sheer Holidays

I’ve had a couple of days off this week, just to burn up the rest of my vacation time before the year’s end – and it’s been nice. Yesterday i loafed around and watched a few movies. “Jurassic Park” (hadnt seen it in awhile and i own it.), “Dirty” with Cuba gooding Jr., [...]

Posted on December 19, 2006 at 9:57 pm by Vanberge · Permalink · One Comment
In: Journal, Misc

Beryl and Linux

Probably two or three times a year, i make an attempt to migrate to linux. I install fedora, red hat, suse, ubuntu, mandriva… Pretty much whatever I feel like at the time. I use it for a while, then i switch back to windows after a couple weeks. [...]

Posted on December 15, 2006 at 6:40 pm by Vanberge · Permalink · 4 Comments
In: Tech

“Real” Detroit Lions Update

The Real Detroit Lions have just completed their regular season play.  As such, here is a brief overview of stats and highlights for the team and some standout players.

Steve Vanbergs – Wide Receiver:  NFL MVP, Offensive Rookie of the Year, Pro Bowl Selection.  3,080 yards on 126 catches, 36 touchdowns, 24.4 avg yards per catch, [...]

Posted on December 9, 2006 at 8:22 am by Vanberge · Permalink · 8 Comments
In: Misc

Rockbox slash Wordpress Upgrd

Edit: Got some Rockbox screenshots from my ipod.
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I finally got the motivation to upgrade to wordpress 2.0.5. Yay. Obviously it is only a bugfix/security fix release.More importantly, I stumbled across possibly the coolest thing on this entire planet: Rockbox for the Ipod. Rockbox is an open source firmware replacement for alot of [...]

Posted on December 2, 2006 at 9:19 am by Vanberge · Permalink · 13 Comments
In: Tech