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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Looking for a Ghost Replacement
When describing the problems I was having configuring our new servers, I mentioned that I was going to try using Clonezilla to speed the process. The idea was to get Windows installed and all the other software configured on one … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Programming
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Another look at Cash for Clunkers
A few weeks ago I said that Cash for Clunkers is a wreck. Now that the program has ended, let’s see the results. The people responsible for Cash for Clunkers are hailing its success. I’m still having trouble understanding what … Continue reading
A few Linux nuggets
In general, it’s a bad idea to start a file name with a dash (-). For example, a file named –help is going to give you all kinds of trouble. Say you want to rename the file. mv –help help.txt … Continue reading
Posted in Computers
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A Dog and a Doodle
I ran across a little carved dog online and thought I’d duplicate it. After I’d finished and posted it on the woodcarving forum, I discovered that the original pattern came from Larry Green’s book, First Projects for Woodcarvers. My little … Continue reading
Posted in Carving
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Yahoo! Mail customer care stinks
I am currently engaged in a week-long struggle with Yahoo! Mail’s “customer care” about an email that they’re blocking. Since the beginning of the year, my server has been sending a daily report about crawler performance to me and to … Continue reading
Posted in Idiocy, Internet
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Software Upgrades
Firefox just notified me of the available 3.5.2 update. I figured what the heck and told it to apply the update. After the update was applied, Firefox restarted and then I got a notification that one of my addons, the … Continue reading
Posted in Computers
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Purple Teacher Eater
When I was in fourth grade, there was a kid named Gilbert (that might have been his last name) who would draw all manner of things. At nine, I thought he was an incredibly gifted artist, especially considering that I … Continue reading
Aliens Among Us
Either I was abducted by aliens and forced to carve a likeness, or my exercise in “sit down carving” (picking up a block of wood with no specific plan of what to carve) has revealed something disturbing about my imagination. … Continue reading
A diskette? What’s that?
We just bought some off-lease Dell servers locally and I’m tasked with getting them set up and installed at the data center. It’s not my favorite part of my work. I’m at heart a programmer, and fiddling with hardware always manages … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Rants
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A few carvings
I’ve been keeping up with the carving. Mostly, I’ve been carving those little bears and smaller versions of the wizards. But I’ve also done a few caricatures and some “found wood” pieces. The thing everybody seems to like the most … Continue reading