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CPAN: Terminal does not support GetHistory (No ReadLine support) 27 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
Surprised to see these messages come up again, I thought this had gone away in the 90's. Disk is cheap now; why not just include all these packages? Or at least: grab my personal [developer] profil...
Annoyances for 18 August, 2013 19 Aug 2013 | 05:45 am
Actually, these have been building for a long time; I've just decided to collect them now, and ideally, find some answers. Bitcasa: Opaqueness of Bitcasa: it says "513kb to go" or "788 bytes to go"...
Macbook external monitor loses sync, goes into loop flashing blue 4 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
Symptom: External monitor (connected via mini-port to hdmi adapter) loses sync or doesn't display, Macbook screen flashes blue like it wants to show the external display but can't. Keeps doing this o...
My Camera Buying Strategy 27 Jul 2013 | 12:06 am
I tend to over-research purchases like this; here's my strategy: The last couple times I was in the market for a new camera I spent 8 or 10 bucks for one of those "Digital camera buyer's guide" you s...
Aquamacs Emacs color themes 24 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
Mostly a crude note to myself so I remember--this is just something I started trying and haven't commited to memory or .emacs yet. Expect updates (post a comment to get an email I think, or remember...
My LinkedIn policy for connecting 3 Jul 2013 | 11:19 pm
I often get requests to connect from recruiters, etc., which I appreciate. However, this is my policy and the email I send them: Thanks, but I make it a rule (99% of the time anyway) to only connect ...
(maybe it's your proxy?) Cisco AnyConnect: Secure VPN connection terminated locally by the client. Reason 403: Unable to contact the secure gateway. 25 May 2013 | 10:14 pm
[from 2010, bit me once and stole an hour or two of my time..] Caution: technical networking discsussed From the Cisco AnyConnect vpn software: Secure VPN connection terminated locally by the client...
keyboard shortcuts: Disable front row (OSX), NetBeans 25 May 2013 | 09:58 pm
I use the keyboard far more than mouse.. cmd-tab to switch applications cmd-` for windows, Aquamacs buffers ctrl-tab for tabs in browsers, buffers in NetBeans Occasionally I miss and hit cmd-ESC, ...
org-mode says: Warning: Bug in outline-mode: it forgets to call `run-mode-hooks' 25 May 2013 | 09:39 pm
Warning: Bug in outline-mode: it forgets to call `run-mode-hooks' I just encountered this error when visiting a .org file and finding I was in outline-mode. No changes to any of my init files... M-x...
Comparing computer benchmarks 3 Dec 2012 | 12:51 am
Get the geekbench program-- this will give you some kind of performance number for that laptop: http://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/ After that, you can search http://browser.primatelabs.com/ and....
