Category: General

Too frail for execution?

Now that Tookie is behind us, the next guy on Death Row in California is Clarence Ray Allen, a 75 year old legally blind guy in a wheelchair. Apparently his lawyers are planning to argue for clemency, based on the fact that is he...

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Movable Type hosting available from Yahoo

Jeremy Z. reports that Yahoo has started offering Movable Type web hosting. More info from SixApart

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FOCUSFactor

If there were a supplement that could increase your brain's performance, who wouldn't be interested? That's why when I heard commercials for FOCUSFactor on the radio, my feelings were a mix of interest and extreme skepticism. I...

GeneralProgramming

The Art of Unix Programming

Online version of Eric Raymond's "The Art of Unix Programming"

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RRDtool

RRDtool is a useful tool for logging and graphing data that is collected at regular time intervals and kept for a limited amount of time. Whereas with a traditional database, you would need to periodically remove old entries to...

GeneralMac

My first Automator workflow

Something I've been doing quite a bit lately on my Mac is downloading new software in the form .dmg files and copying the .app file in the disk image to my Applications folder. I wanted a nice little shortcut for quickly copying...

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In-N-Out biblical verses

My colleague Todd mentioned yesterday at lunch that American west coast burger chain In-N-Out Burger prints the notations of biblical verses on their soda cups. This was wacky enough that I felt the need to check it and get more...