Monthly Archives: October 2007

Miracle in Mississippi

Football Rugby at its finest:

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Post Barn Dance Calamity!

Okay, calamity is a bit too strong of a word. Mishap would perhaps be more apropos. On my way back from the annual Cornerstone Barn Dance (which was quite a lot of fun) my beloved Auto Von Bismarck (ie the … Continue reading

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Yay for competition!

iTunes Plus (that’s the non-DRM iTunes music downloads for those not in the know) are getting cheaper! This is surely due to the competition from Amazon’s excellent MP3 store. Go capitalism! Show those pro-monopolists what for! My remaining question: will … Continue reading

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White House To Telecomms: Talking to Congress Is Illegal!

According to Bloomberg the telephone companies are resisting Congress’ calling to talk about what the NSA asked of them. How have we gotten so far away from the checks-and-balances upon which our nation was founded? The executive branch has the … Continue reading

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Lazyweb Request

Dear Internet, I would like a way to use a TCP service through my user account. I don’t wanna bind to localhost:nnnn I want localUser:nnnn that is only accessible by the user that opened the port. Thank you. Josh Peters

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Those Interface21 Folks Are Smart!

At work we’ve been doing a lot of Java code and I’m knee-deep in SpringMVC. I really like how Spring does its validation (you create a separate validator class for a class you want to ensure is good for processing). … Continue reading

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There’s Terror Sympathizers In Washington?

Looks that way, why else would you blow the cover of an intelligence agency ferreting out al-Quaida for over a year? Oh yeah, total incompetence, that’s why. So government of the country I love, which is it: are you incompetent … Continue reading

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Great video, sadly edited

Why this isn’t the full lecture I have no idea, but I found it inspiring. Good quote: Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

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Street View on the Moon?

Yep, thanks to a new version of Google Moon. Where’s Neil Armstrong picking his nose?

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