Monthly Archives: June 2008

RegEx that will save your life

I copy and paste a lot of code off of various websites and back into gVim. Which is all good but most of the time that copy and paste comes with line numbers in front of every line. While that … Continue reading

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Why C++ is “hard” in 2 sentences

One of the best quotes I’ve seen in a very long time… In The Art of Computer Programming Don Knuth apologizes for not giving good examples of co-routines, because their advantages are not obvious in small programs. Many C++ features … Continue reading

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Goosh

I just found this website called Goosh. Its basically Google overlayed with a fake bash like shell. While at first this was interesting, it soon turned stupid, only to then turn into something that might be incredibly useful. A lot … Continue reading

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A new Mac OS X

A new version Mac OS X (version 10.6) is supposedly coming out soon. Yes Leopard is still very young and normally I would not care at all what Apple does but now that I own one I’m very concerned about … Continue reading

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Google and Privacy

I recently read an article claiming that Google does not properly display its privacy policy. According to California law it has to display it openly and conspicuously (a big word that means you can’t hide it). So without cheating, I … Continue reading

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JFS: So far so good

In the spirit of all things open source I like to give new things a try. I mean why not? This isn’t Windows or OS X. I can reinstall easily, get my data back fairly easily, reinstall as many times … Continue reading

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Irssi tip

Anyone who uses Irssi must know this. It will save you and your eyes. /ignore -channels #gentoo, #paludis * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS EDIT: That didn’t seem to work… I’ll try again tomorrow Enjoy the Penguins!

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The price of looking pretty

As I discussed in my last post I configured bitchx to run more or less as part of my background through various bits of trickery. Looked great, especially when all my windows were minimized and there was a steady stream … Continue reading

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