Monthly Archives: July 2007

Learning to code

My very first programming language was actually some kind of files that had file extensions with a b in it. It was crude and I only spent about hour working on it back in the Windows 98 days. It wasn’t … Continue reading

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A Salute to a Gentoo hero

Warp Zero, who ever you are, where ever you are. I’m writing this post in honor of you. For standing and screaming what everyone else was thinking. Without your courage Gentoo would not be the place it is today. So … Continue reading

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Whole lot of Ruby

I have taken a new infatuation with Ruby. I’ve been asked why Ruby several times now and I don’t know why. Well, I do sort of. But I don’t have any reasons that someone would take without making a snide … Continue reading

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Ruby + Printing

Yesterday I bought a new a printer. A HP 5610 to be exact. Does it work in Linux you ask? Of course it does! Does it work for me? Not yet. Why not ? Because I haven’t plugged it in. … Continue reading

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Crossdev me

Just when you thought you would have to quit reading me because all I wrote about was news you thought wrong! Shame on you. No I was actually worried myself. I have found that I now have a renewed interest … Continue reading

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A new day

While yesterday sucked for your’s truly (thats me) today is a new day and things appear to be looking up. Well not for everyone. Gentoo is still in the midst of crazy problems with its governing practices. Its sort of … Continue reading

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Some advice

Now that I’m an IRC regular hanging out in #gentoo and #tuxforums I’ve come across one very disturbing popular trend. Well, let me restate that. I have no doubt this is not a trend as much as a standard but … Continue reading

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What does the future hold?

So, the new hot topic in the Gentoo blog mill is *drum roll* the future of Gentoo *symbol crash.* Way to be original! Whoot! No seriously though our future is once again in question. This time it appears though we’re … Continue reading

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A little C++

Since school is starting in roughly a month I’ve been trying to do as much programming as possible to refresh my brain. It has, after all, been a while since I’ve done any serious programming. The only real problem is … Continue reading

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Lots of news today

First off, I hate the press. I have very little to no respect for most of the journalists I’ve met. I can’t say their all bad, but most of the one’s I’ve met are. A lot of the ones I … Continue reading

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