Acerbic Resonance

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Author: kimball

  • As Usual, Scott Adams Is Right

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    This is particularly funny to me as I’ve recently begun to read up and attempt to practice some of the agile methods.  The basic gist of agile programming is that you make small, rapid, incremental changes to the software you build, and receive feedback on each change as you go from your customer.  So, instead…

  • Christmas Lights

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    The turkey has been cooked, consumed, and caused us to go into a coma.  The pie is almost gone.  The relatives are getting ready to head back home tomorrow.   Sounds like it’s time to hang up some Christmas Lights!

  • Wouldja Pass Me That Spoon? It’s Time For My Sandwich

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    At work I occasionally get so involved in whatever I’m working on (usually really ugly code) that I don’t realize just how long I’ve been at it.  Sometimes I am rescued from this near stupor-like state of staring at my computer monitor by an interruption – someone popping into my office to play with my…

  • find + rm = disaster

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    Some time ago I wanted to to detach a working copy of some code I have been working on for several years so I could import it into a new repository on a different server.  I did something similar to this: find -name “.svn” . | xargs rm -rf Which did *almost* what I wanted.…

  • Shopping with 2 Year Olds

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    Sometimes when I’m at the store to pick something up, I get to see the most entertaining things.  Ever watched people try to pick out vegetables?  Fascinating.  Sometimes, when I’m at the store I provide great entertainment for those around me.  For instance, last night I took my daughter to a local department store to…

  • Microsoft Vs. Apple OS Quality?

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    With the latest release of Vista from Microsoft and Leopard from Apple, comparisons are inevitable.  In fact, there have been dozens and dozens written by folks far more qualified to comment than I.  However, I had a conversation at work the other day that gave me opportunity to pause and think. (Always dangerous). In the…

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: My Dinky Review

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    Some Introduction So, Leopard came out this past Friday, and there have been many, many reviews of all the spiffy new features and how they’ll make you lose 10 lbs, grow your hair back (but lose your back hair), and generally just be the spiffiest thing to come out of the cupertino mother-ship ever since the…

  • Real Programmers Don’t Eat Quiche

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    Upon reviewing my story about Programmer Mel, I took the time to read the following article about how Real Programmers Don’t Use Pascal, and nearly shot milk out my nose: (Note:  I found this article here) [ A letter to the editor of Datamation, volume 29 number 7, July 1983. I’ve long ago lost my…

  • Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon As A Smalltime DNS

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    I have several domains – kimballlarsen.com, hugegrocerysavings.com, twigglesgiggles.com, ourpioneerhistory.com – for which I host DNS.  Until recently, this has all been done via my ISP’s hosting services, etc.  A few months ago, I decided to finally learn Bind9 and figure out how to set up DNS for my domains at work (30+ of them) and…

  • Gutsy Gibbon Initial Setup

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    So, Gutsy Gibbon has arrived (It’s an operating system for those of you who don’t follow ubuntu – and it’s a "computer thingie" for the rest of you), and I’m going through the ritual initial setup tonight.  Here are my notes for all the things I do initially when setting up a fresh Ubuntu box.…