…like you can tell where they're from. By listening to what they call things and how they speak. ! = pling (or exclamation mark) ” = quotes # = hash £ = pound sign $ = string ^ = hat (or up-arrow) & = and (rarely, ampersand) * = star _ = underscore @ =… Continue reading you can tell someone's computer background…
Some Linux/Unix commands worth knowing…
It seems like not a day goes by when I don’t run across someone’s blog listing “top 10 Linux commands you must know” or something like it. I get the feeling these are mostly posted by people who switched to Linux recently and want to share the experience. I switched to Linux 12 years ago,… Continue reading Some Linux/Unix commands worth knowing…
it's old, but it still works!
Having played around with DosBox lately, I decided to do some more digging in my archives and found some stuff from the early 90s, pre-university era. Back then I was programming in QuickBASIC, which was awesome at the time. I found a half a dozen programs: a game of Yahtzee that I wrote and my… Continue reading it's old, but it still works!
more linux fiddlings
Some things I’ve tried over the past week or so: Getting Second Life to work on Linux (compiling from source). Well, it worked in a very limited way, after a fashion. I didn’t get any sound (had to compile without FMod because v3.75 isn’t downloadable for 64-bit Linux). And there were some graphics artifacts too.… Continue reading more linux fiddlings
97X… Bam! The future of Rock and Roll
Over 70% of radio listeners listen while in the car. What are your stations set to? Mine are: 1. KCBS 93.1 “Jack FM”. Used to be Arrow, a classic rock station. Now seems to be some sort of chain (I've heard one in the SF area called “Bob”) which makes a big deal of not… Continue reading 97X… Bam! The future of Rock and Roll
getting stuff working on Linux
Inspired by ‘s recent wibblings on Linux, I decided it was time to iron out my own wrinkles. So after a very little googling, I was able to get a bunch of stuff working that for one reason or another had broken when I upgraded from Dapper to Edgy. Sound works on the desktop again… Continue reading getting stuff working on Linux
A large picture
And not a very good one at that, but the first time I've tried stitching together a panorama. On the far left, the Pacific Ocean (almost visible!). On the far right, that tiny white thing on the hillside is the Hollywood sign. In between is mostly downtown Culver City, with the high-rise offices of Wilshire… Continue reading A large picture
the email project part 2
Well, after a crash course in perl I hacked together something to parse the text files and create mbox format, which I then managed to import into Evolution. So now I have recovered email from my early days at Bullfrog (95-96). Still working on the .pst which isn't readable by readpst. Maybe I'll have to… Continue reading the email project part 2
the email project
In a further effort to consolidate and preserve data, I've made a start with getting all my past email imported into Evolution (from whence I shall more easily be able to propagate it in future). The email of the past dozen or more years is scattered on several CDs which I've tracked down, and in… Continue reading the email project
The Amen Break
If you're watching the Aussie Open on ESPN2 this week, listen out for the Amen Break in the Nissan commercial. It's the first time I've heard it “in the wild”.