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Monthly Archives: August 2012
More rbenv notes
My last post on rbenv mentioned some things you need to do to get ruby to build on Mountain Lion. Here are a few more things. This guy Jacob Swanner didn’t want to use either Xcode or gcc. He just … Continue reading
rbenv notes
I used to use rvm to manage my ruby environment, but the latest hotness seems to be rbenv. Here are some tips about using it. They’re aimed at me, because by the next time I need to use it, I’ll … Continue reading
Tab Sweep
Khan Academy launches a program to teach Computer Science. Frank Fleming’s FAQ on Christianity for the unbeliever.
Sync iOS Calendar with Multiple Google Apps Calendars
In a previous posting, I said I had problems connecting with more than one Google calendar per Google app. I assumed that was a misfeature of the syncing capability of the iOS calendar apps. But I was wrong. The problem … Continue reading
Syncing Calendars in Mountain Lion
Update: I’ve figured this out. The problem wasn’t with Apple at all. I was wrong to assume it was at their end, and even more wrong to assume the problem would never be fixed due to the poor state of … Continue reading
Blast From the Past
I found this program called Cathode that does an incredible job of recreating the experience of writing code on a CRT display, ca. 1980–83. Many was the hour I logged on the Lear-Sigler ADM-3A — in those days time was … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Technology
Tagged adm3a, baud, cathode, computers, crt, history, mainframe, programming, vt100
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Neil Peart Interview
Interesting (but brief) interview with Neil Peart about Clockwork Angels and other topics. …I’m less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you’re guarded. Certainly there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Life
Tagged canada, clockwork angels, drumming, drums, introverts, jesus, republican, rock and roll, rush
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Lit Nights Lead to Dark Days?
Depressed? Turn off the lights and go to sleep. That’s the conclusion of a study recently announced in Time magazine: A study from Ohio State University Medical Center found that hamsters with chronic exposure to dim light at night showed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Technology
Tagged depression, electricity, hamsters, illumination, leds, light, lights
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“This was not a boating accident!”
…well, actually, it was a boating accident, according to the Anchorage Daily News: Two women are dead after their canoe capsized on Eagle River on Wednesday afternoon, police and fire officials said. They had PFDs and other people were with … Continue reading
More on Passwords
In my previous entry about passwords, I didn’t say how hard it would be to crack my passwords. Beats me. I didn’t even say how many bits of entropy they represent, which is apparently what all the cool crypto cats … Continue reading