So last week I managed to destroy Soze (work laptop). This is pretty normal for me, its summer and the work laptop was the last piece of sanity I had left in the world. I followed the normal course of action and had a desktop student place a service call with IBM (or […]

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So yeah, I guess it got bumped up to July 21. From what I’ve read, it should be an alright movie. I try to force myself not to have expectations, so I also make reviews quasi-neutral.
In other news….I was playing with unixODBC and OpenOffice.org’s Base and discovered that a few people were commenting […]

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I have been advocating punishing users here for years. Now’s my chance.
(10:25:25) BatGirl: So you are in charge of Notes this afternoon.
(10:25:32) Self: ok
(10:26:00) Self: users will be punished for their insolence
(10:26:06) BatGirl:
(10:26:35) BatGirl: You can tell them: “No Notes For You”
(10:26:48) BatGirl: You can be like the Soup guy on Seinfeld

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When you research something on Encyclopia Britannica’s website, you expect them to say “No, we’re not going to give you this information unless you pay for it.” Turns out that when you pull up an article on their site, they will give you about a paragraph’s worth of information and then ask for you […]

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I don’t care if that’s a word or not, it feels right to use it at the moment. I’ve discovered a couple of things in the last few weeks that should be shared.
Interesting item the first. Liferea has builtin support for scripts. While I probably knew that at one point, it didn’t really […]

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Most people have seen it but in case you haven’t, Google is running Summer of Code again this year. There was a lot of good work that went into projects last year, and I’m quite happy with the list of mentoring organizations. Some real surprising names in there (like the Mars Space Flight […]

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My laptop has been showing its age lately. Luckily the warranty is still good through most of July. So since I’ve reached a point where it won’t turn on because the fan won’t spin, it’s time to place a service call. Anyone at work that has had to send their laptop in […]

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For the three people in the world that don’t know…I’m official. I signed my contract Tuesday stating that I am the new server admin as of Monday (hooray for time traveling pens?)
I guess that’s all I have to say. New computer at work, fresh mail database to corrupt with forwards, all that jazz. […]

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While this problem doesn’t get in the way, I find it incredibly annoying. I’m sure I could just create a new profile and start all over again, but that solution to things is getting annoying.
The problem is definitely somewhere in my configuration. In Firefox 1.5 on my linux laptop, when I go to […]

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This question has been going through my mind for weeks, and I can’t even begin to come up with an answer. So it’s my time to turn it around on the world.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I really hope to get some responses to this one. Especially from the people that […]

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