Nastrodamus time. Not really. Anything I’m about to write should be pretty obvious to anyone. BTW, this is another post that many of my friends will deem “really technical” and not read, so BE PREPARED. First off, I got a Xoom. I’ve had it since a couple of days after launch and I really like …
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GNU Screen quick tips
I use GNU Screen [henceforth: “screen”] every single day in a variety of contexts. I’m by no means an expert, but I’ve met a few people who aren’t as familiar with some of screen’s more oblique features, so I’ll give you a walk-through of my setup. If you’re new to screen, this isn’t likely the …
Advancing in the Bash Shell small update
I updated Advancing in the Bash Shell a bit. A new link at the bottom, some very small wording corrections and a syntax highlighter plugin to make the examples a bit easier (I hope!) to read.
Nexus One
I used to be the guy who hated cell phones. I never ever wanted to own one. I used to actually get annoyed when people would send me SMS messages. Of course, I had a RAZR so the idea of typing something out using T9 just seemed so not worth it. Now I can’t shut …
Putting the F back in Art
I’m really bad at expressing myself, especially in regard to things about which I’m passionate. In the past I’ve tried to explain my approach to and appreciation of art and I’ve done a really awful job of it. It’s just one of those things that one understands very well, but finds difficult to express to …
The blood it won’t wash off
So my Apple adventure ended yesterday. Five long months. I purchased a Sprint/HTC Hero yesterday. So far, there’s good and bad. The Bad It’s pretty buggy. Like the iPhone, the Hero has “virtual desktops” (to use a parlance I’m comfortable with, that’s not what they call them) but on the Hero each of the 7 …
Aw hell, I lost my train of thought here.
In no order. I’m a colossal sell-out. I own an iPhone. Trust me that no amount of hassle you might send my way will be greater than the amount of hassle I send my own way about it. I love having a real browser and some fun games all in my phone. I don’t love …
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sheesh
I make blogging too hard. I always think I have to be writing something important and that’s just untrue. So here’s a small collection of thoughts since I last blogged. Yaketystats 2.1 is out. I feel like we’re floundering exposure-wise. I really think we have the best product out there, but no one seems to …
YaketyStats Released!
A lot like real excrement, it’s a lot harder to give shit away than it is to make it! It’s hard to believe just how much work we put into being ready to give this software away. You see, when you write something for yourself –and remember that YaketyStats has been in use for 3 …
Type less, smile more
How many times a week do you type /etc/init.d/blah start and then you realize you’re on HP-UX and it’s /sbin/init.d/blah Forget it. # Turn on extended globbing and programmable completion shopt -s extglob progcomp export MYOS=$(uname -s) if [[ “${MYOS}” = “Linux” || “${MYOS}” = “SunOS” ]] ; then INITDIR=’/etc/init.d’; else INITDIR=’/sbin/init.d’; fi export INITDIR; …