Acerbic Resonance

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Category: Techie Mumbo Jumbo

  • Win32 Error Codes for LastErrorCode

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    I am not a windows programmer.  I just play one at work. Actually, I write apps for both windows and the mac, but I do it all on a mac using RealBasic – it will cross-compile. Today I ran into a problem on windows with one of my projects – I was trying to read…

  • Recursively Change Line Endings

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    So, very rarely I need to change the line endings for a large set of files scattered across a bunch of directories.  Sometimes there are few enough files that I just do it manually, but today I really wanted to do a large batch of them recursively.  I wound up using this in a terminal:…

  • 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.…

  • Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon – Home Server Setup

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    So, Ubuntu Gutsy came out a few days ago, and I’ve got a new server that I’m going to be using at home.  This server is actually an old desktop machine – used to be Christine’s Windows XP box (before she saw the light and let me buy her a MacBook last year) and has…

  • Cambria

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    So, I found an article today on the new core web fonts that Microsoft is bundling with Windows Vista.  The full write up is here, but anyone who knows me and my family much will recognize that Microsoft just stole the name of one of my kids for a font.  That chaps my hide.  Now,…

  • 2007 Sysadmin Of The Year

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    Last week there was a story on slashdot pointing to www.sysadminoftheyear.com, a site where folks can go to nominate their IT staff for Sysadmin of the Year.  They were offering free T-Shirts to the first 2500 nominations, so I asked Adrian to nominate me.  Here is what he sent in: "Though he’s not as fat…