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“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.” -- Khalil Gibran
*Even More On Mice* Been wondering what configuration I messed up in Ubuntu that caused the X11 “middle-button-pastes-current-selection” to stop working the last few weeks. Today, having re-installed the OS and finding the problem...
“It’s not always that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. Sinners can surprise you. And the same is true for saints. Why do we try to define people as simply...
“All parts should go together without forcing. Therefore, if you can’t get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer.” ― IBM maintenance manual 1975 This...
I used to think HP and IBM websites had pretty extensive online support documentation, but this just goes waaaaaaay back …http://support.apple.com/kb/TA40730 http://support.apple.com/kb/TA40737 This post was originally published publicly on Google+ at 2013-10-16 20:16:23+0800
I know it’s common tech, but the capacity vs physical size of microSD cards never ceases to amaze me.And to think when I first started playing with computers, we could only get 160K out...
A refreshing rearrangement of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”. It’s such a powerful song that it still stands tall after stripping out all the Kate-isms. Eee Yay Yay Yo. Julia Henning and band...
Tim Minchin, the former UWA arts student described as “sublimely talented, witty, smart and unabashedly offensive” in a musical career that has taken the wor… This post was originally published publicly on Google+ at...
Super epic! telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl and remember the days before youtube …! Comments (2): 2013-10-11 21:33:25+0800 shahada abubakar Even formats beautifully via ConnectBot on Android!And for those of you who’ve forgotten, it’s control-] q enter...
Here’s my take on this: Someone in Samsung decided to do something about the “problem” of gray imports. Whenever their phones are first released in North America and Europe, the phones are sold by...
“If the government does not increase its $16.7 trillion borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, it will not be able to issue debt to pay its bills, leading to a possible default”Wish I too could...
