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The Laptop-with-Roaming-Services Problem
This is a quick solution to the problem of hosting services on a roaming laptop that need to be semi-reliable and available. When switching connections from wired to wireless (or vice versa), services like ssh need to remain available and … Continue reading
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Saving Orphaned Terminal Applications
No longer does it require a degree in UNIX voodoo to save shell processes which have become detached from a controlling TTY. Meet reptyr.
Dedication to Open Source Software
Ran across this comment in Eye Of Gnome bug #78514: I would like to extend my thanks to the gnome team/community for a great last moment with my dad. Adrian Hands (my father) wrote the patch above to improve the … Continue reading
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Efficiency
A Slashdot gem: Oh, the jobs people work at! Out west, near Hawtch-Hawtch, there’s a Hawtch-Hawtcher Bee-Watcher. His job is to watch… is to keep both his eyes on the lazy town bee. A bee that is watched will work … Continue reading
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Sounds and Pictures NPR (Audio/Text via NPR Android app, Text via web feed on iGoogle, Audio via FM radio) TED Talks (via Ted Talks Boxee app) The Linux Action Show (Audio via web feed on Listen Android app, Video via … Continue reading
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Localization is a lot of work!
But satisfying. I’m finally calling elana.braun-jones.org localized enough and I have to say that it is cool to have an identical feature set in two fully localized versions (en_US and fr_FR). Just some of the tasks to get the site … Continue reading
World’s smallest USB drive… now even smaller!
The PQI i810 claimed to be the smallest drive on the market at one point (I’m not sure if they still do). But having just made a chicago screw compact keychain, I no longer had a spot on my keychain … Continue reading
Stop #@$!ing up my last name!
My last name is not: Braun-jones Braunjones Braun Jones Yet those were my options according the the person responding from info@reunion-specialists.com. I fully understand the problem they face1: Sorry about the limited options, alumni were entering their names with all … Continue reading