Well, it’s true. My linux machine is dead. Dead-dead-deadski. After one last feeble fsck attempt, I will reinstall Mandrake 9. Don’t know when though, with the anklebiter countdown started.

Posted on April 30th, 2003 by admin
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The new job has been going well. After a day of extreme programming with a co-worker, I’ve been set loose on the application. Despite the overall complexity of the framework being used, I’ve got a decent handle on things. My only complaint so far is that my mp3s aren’t playing so well on the machine….lots […]

Posted on April 30th, 2003 by admin
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Slashdot has posted an article (well, two, actually) about the release of the Unix-Haters Handbook (Note: the PDF has disappeared from the above page, thanks to being Slashdotted). Regardless of what you think about Unix (or any *nix), it’s a good, funny read. I’m about halfway through it, and so far, the funniest part has […]

Posted on April 27th, 2003 by admin
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I finally got the sound working on my linux machine at the new job today. The secret, you ask? Well, if you have a Soundblaster Live 5.1 card (shipped with many newer Dells), save yourself a lot of hassle and go directly here and download the Open Sound System driver for that card. Sadly, the […]

Posted on April 22nd, 2003 by admin
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I’ve started the ramp-up to my new job over the past few days. Mostly I’ve just been setting up my workstation….a Dell Dimension with a Pentium 4 2GHz processor, .5 GB RAM, running RedHat 7.3. I’m not too chucked about RH 7.3…my preference would have been Mandrake 9, since it seems to be better suited […]

Posted on April 21st, 2003 by admin
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This is a headline from Sport Illustrated: Kansas receives permission to talk with Self I wonder who they had to ask?

Posted on April 16th, 2003 by admin
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Betcha never thought you’d read something here about the University of Pittsburgh basketball team….but here it is, my $.02 about the new team’s new coach. While it’s good for Jamie Dixon that he was named head coach (and the players, who lobbied hard for him), it’s a bit odd that a team that is now […]

Posted on April 15th, 2003 by admin
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It looks as if life can return to normal (did ever leave?). Most of the major news sites have toned down their emphasis on the war in Iraq and said that the major military action is now over and the coalition will now work on rebuilding Iraq. This is great, but where is Saddam Hussein? […]

Posted on April 15th, 2003 by admin
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Jen and I went to Cooper’s Rock yesterday. I’m fairly sure it was my first time on rock since our trip to Bishop last year. That has to be a record. It was fantastic day….warm sun, cool breeze. Oddly, there’s not a leaf to be found on the trees in the forest. It was so […]

Posted on April 14th, 2003 by admin
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Marcus Gronholm has won the Rally New Zealand over Peugeot teammate Richard Burns. Subaru’s Petter Solberg took home third, almost two minutes off Marcus’ pace. It was an odd Rally New Zealand, with many retirements (including all of Hyundai and Ford’s Markko Martin). Skoda had a fine rally, with Toni Gardemeister finishing fifth, and Didier […]

Posted on April 13th, 2003 by admin
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