Monthly Archives: March 2007

Wizard’s First Rule

I just finished the book Wizard’s First Rule . I have to say, it was an excellent ride. Never ending adventure. If you like fantasy at all, I highly recommend it.

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C25K: Week 7 Day 3

Just finished my 3rd day of week 7. This week was the same as the last day of last week. 5 minute warm up, 25 minute run, 5 minute cool down. It was a great run. The first 4 minutes … Continue reading

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Another pipe

Similar to David’s pipe for Freakonomics, I made one for PennyArcade…since I don’t read the news entries there, I wanted to filter them. http://pipes.yahoo.com/

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China, new markets, money and human obligation

Yahoo Betrayed my Husband via Reddit. I just read that article. I am unsympathetic to Yahoo as a result. I understand their point “We are required to follow the laws of those countries and that’s what we’ve done” However, I … Continue reading

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I am at my marathon pace

I was just reading an article on running, and they were talking about pace, and that the marathon pace is the slowest (for obvious reasons)…so that is my new story to explain why I run so slow…I am at my … Continue reading

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C25K: Week 6 Day 3

Today was the last day of week 6. A couple of notes. 1. I can’t believe I have been running for 6 weeks. 2. Using this program was MUCH easier than going out the front door and trying gauge things … Continue reading

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Editing

Again tonite I find myself trolling various Emacs and Vi(m) sites. I was struck a bit by something I saw over and over…namely that Vi(m) has a steep learning curve because it’s modal. I don’t think I find that to … Continue reading

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John Mayer

I am not ‘in the loop’ as the kids say. I hadn’t heard of John Mayer until this morning. Then a buddy sent me a link to his blog. It’s really some of the funniest stuff I have ever read. … Continue reading

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emacs has made me a better vi user

In reading all I can about GNU/Emacs, I have run across a few vi references. The one, that I would have known worked if I thought about it but never did, is `ddp`. Basically it swaps two lines. `dd` deletes … Continue reading

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Well I don’t condone it…

The RIAA has set up a nice website for you to easily settle claims with them. Ya know…if you need it.

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