Monthly Archives: November 2006

Java, Jogl installation

I installed Sun’s Java in Ubuntu and then installed the Java OpenGL (Jogl) libraries. I figured I would document that here in case others find it useful. First I followed this: The “correct way” to install Java (His words not … Continue reading

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Talking a good game

Periodically I check the ruby on rails site to see if it’s still written in PHP.  It is…http://rubyonrails.com/index.php Most people go to http://rubyonrails.com/ and it looks fine, I type the index.php in there just to check that they still aren’t … Continue reading

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Numb Thumb

Strangely my right thumb has been going numb lately.  I think it might be RSI related.  I am going to take some advil to see if it’s just some wrist swelling or something.  Anyone else have problems with this?

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Straight Outta Last Place

Finally, the Steelers dig themselves out of last place in the division.  Man do they stink this year…but hey, we aren’t last anymore :)

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When Advertising goes wrong

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Ubuntu

I wanted to reinstall and since I use the same machine for everything, including earning a living, I didn’t want to take the time to reinstall Gentoo.  I installed Ubuntu Edgy Eft – 6.10.  It hasn’t been that bad.  I … Continue reading

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Why are there still pop ups

I read a lot of news online…too much really.  However a lot of the sites I visit Firefox prints a little header across the top saying that it blocked a popup.   Who is still doing this?  No one allows popups … Continue reading

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Simplifying

Lifehack: I know it’s a little trashy to do, but I put an old beat up exercize bike on my sidewalk with a free sign on it. Someone took it! w00t. Now, I need to find other things in here … Continue reading

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The case for packing my lunch

I downloaded the QIF formatted checking account transactions from my bank this morning. I opened it in vi and was looking around…spent about 4 minutes looking at perl modules to parse it…spent 30 seconds thinking about writing a script to … Continue reading

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Just to be clear

I was watching a campaign ad for some politician. In the ad an opponent was dispariged for wanting to send more troops to Iraq. While I don’t know anything about either person in the race, I _do_ think that sending … Continue reading

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