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I have been playing with Nexenta GNU/OpenSolaris to get familiarized with dtrace. This document is a good explanation of how to configure the system with a fixed IP address: docs.sun.com: System Administration Guide: IP Services
I would add the following: if the system is currently configured to use DHCP, you also have to remove the corresponding [...]

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I just released version 1.12 of GrabCartoons, a nice comic-summarizing utility. Check it out!

Technorati Tags: comics, grabcartoons, software

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This had been bothering me for a while. Due mostly to artifacts in synchronizing with my PalmOS device, a large number of duplicates had accumulated in my Evolution addressbook. Today I put together this short script to eliminate them. It’s crude, but it sort of works.
Standard disclaimer applies: use at your own risk, backup your [...]

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Some time ago I switched my server (a G4 Mac) from MacOSX to Gentoo Linux. In the process, the secondary internal disk (where I keep the mail storage, among other things) remained formatted as HFS+, because it made the transition easier. However, I kept having problems with it. For example, if the machine shut down [...]

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One of the things that drive me mad lately is the generalized misuse of powerpoint slides that double as documents. It works like this: someone puts together a set of slides presenting a topic, but because the slides will often be forwarded around far beyond the first time they are presented, they have to be [...]

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I only recently had the chance to actually read Vannevar Bush’s “As We May Think“, in which he describes the Memex, an “enlarged intimate supplement to his memory”, and usually credited as a description of a WWW-like system. Interesting read.

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I recently got a new work laptop: a very nice Thinkpad T43p to replace my older T30. My first act, as usual, was to wipe the preinstalled Windows and put Gentoo Linux on it. For the most part, things went smoothly, but I had to fight to get it to sleep properly.
There is a lot [...]

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