Monthly Archives: January 2004

Moving to Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" from another UNIX OS

I’ll be giving a talk tomorrow (Monday, January 26) at MIT, 2-5pm, N42 Demo Center. I’ll be talking about the bits of Mac OS X that differ sharply from other Unixes: Directory Services, system startup, compiling source, and more. Update: … Continue reading

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UML and Patterns for Web Database Design

(making something from a while back a little easier to find): Web applications are complex entities with many interconnections that are not obvious. Often, these interconnections are added in an ad hoc fashion, and are poorly planned and never documented. … Continue reading

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Some Relief from MyDoom/Novarg

Part of my .procmailrc that looks for the virus (apologies for dropping legit messages that match this): :0 * > 30000 * ^X-Priority: 3 * ^X-MSMail-Priority: Normal /dev/null Here’s the part that gets rid of most of the erroneous server … Continue reading

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.NET Positions

I’ve heard about some full-time/permanent C# positions in the New York metro area that need filling immediately. If you come across this post within the next couple of weeks, and are interested, get in touch (bjepson at jepstone dot net). … Continue reading

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Linux Unwired Booth Demo

I’ve posted my slides from my O’Reilly booth demo on using Linux with GPRS and CDMA.

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Emerging Technology Conference Goes Mobile

MobileWhack: “this year there’s more mobility than you can shake an all-but ineffective flimsy pull-out handset antenna at.”

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Yellow Dog Linux On a Firewire Drive

I installed Yellow Dog on a Lombard a little while back, and found a cool HOWTO on migrating the Linux install to a firewire drive. I need to have Linux with me on the next trip I take, and I … Continue reading

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Couple of RI Hotspots

Bagelz in the Kingston Emporium has free Wi-Fi for its customers, and Emory and I just brought up Wi-Fi at the AS220 cafe for residents, volunteers, staff, and members (and with membership starting at $25/year, how can you go wrong?).

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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Found via IMDB.com: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath: A full-length feature film project by Guerrilla Productions, inspired by The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath Graphic Novel

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Frost

This excellent picture from Simon’s Living in Dryden blog makes me really feel the cold. I’ve got a frost picture of my own that might warm you up.

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