Monthly Archives: March 2007

Hackergotchi

Alright, I’ve finally created a “hackergotchi” of sorts. I don’t really like the idea of putting my face all over the internet. I figure having my name all over the internet is bad enough. So without my face I suppose … Continue reading

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My laptop loses Gentoo

Okay, I have to admit that despite the many attempts by new distributions to dethrone Gentoo as my favorite Linux distribution (liveCDs aside) no one has yet succeeded. On that note though my laptop is starting to age. Compiling is … Continue reading

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Spam

Like all good computer users I hate spam. In fact I rarely forward mails, even ones that might deserve it because I really hate spam. On that note I have noticed one interesting trend. It would appear that the Chinese … Continue reading

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Grad School and D

So I’ve been looking around at graduate schools. So far I’ve applied to three schools, gotten into one, rejected by another, and still waiting to hear from a third. For most of the major universities the admission for the Fall … Continue reading

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A new version of Beryl and Glade

A new version of Beryl has been released, but unless you use the overlay, it hasn’t been released into the wild yet. That is since my last sync at 3:30PM (EST) March 15. I’m anxious to upgrade to the newer … Continue reading

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Gentoo’s infigting becoming famous

Surprised? I’m not. Gentoo’s infighting has become notoriously bad. Take this current article on distrowatch.com entitled “Gentoo in crisis.” I think that pretty much sums it up. Whats the article say then? That Gentoo is basically on the road to … Continue reading

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Google Maps Super Zoom

Privacy concern? Maybe… have a look. Link to Google Maps How do you do it? Pick a location, select the “link to this page” option to create a permanent link. Then replace the “z” value to make it higher than … Continue reading

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Beryl freeze ups and Gnome icon woes

Okay, I have quit using Beryl now, though it is still installed, because it appears to be the cause of random freeze ups. The kind of freeze ups you’d file a report on but there doesn’t seem to be anything … Continue reading

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DELL Considers Selling Linux Desktops

What on earth would make DELL want to do something like that? Thousands of Linux users according to this Yahoo! News article. Apparently over 100,000 people claimed they wanted to see DELL sell Linux computers. They’re number one requested feature. … Continue reading

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Beryl is Crazy!

Alright. After switching back to Metacity and then reseting all values to default in Beryl. And then switching back to Beryl all of menus now work as they should. This was really weird and I hope was just a one … Continue reading

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