I know! I haven’t written anything here in ages, and what I have, has been incredibly short, or just silly. This isn’t horribly easy, but at least I’ve made it easy for you.. and compared to doing some things in Linux, it is actually quite easy.
Entering the 20th century (in the 21st, natch), I’ve...
It’s good to see that those folks who used to write Cliff’s Notes have found work – They’re now writing movie descriptions. Note that you are allowed an unlimited amount for the description – I’ve seen over 10 pages worth for a Law and Order episode. I guess poor Marie just doesn’t stack up, the n...
I can’t believe I am still running a self-serving tech/nerd blog this many years later.. I’ve gone from a text based personal resume, to an Open Source system I created to share my ported software (to unpopular platforms, such as Solaris x86 and MacOS X (at the time)), then eventually opting to no l...
An often-overlooked Linux distribution (likely due to being purchased by Novell, whom many self-professed Linux users find a reason to detest) is openSUSE; a free distribution, supported and partially developed by Novell.
I tend to be fairly software-eclectic: I’ll try anything once, because cha...
I remembered this being a ‘never heard more than twice’ song from the 70s. However, it’s become incredibly popular. First, it was remixed for a GAP commercial, then for a commercial advertising anti-allergens.
For the rest of you who just wanted the song, and can live with generic jeans while taki...
This was originally posted by Bret Hubert nearly 6 months ago, but it’s saved me a LOT of time, since he’s rehashed, well, common sense:
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Additionally, our database interface needed to offer an extra feature: every once in a while a query comes along that we DO need to wait for, and because o...