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the hidden value of processing.js

The ever wonderful John Resig finally posted his totally awesome processing.js code to the web. If you haven’t seen it, you should go take a look. The Wired Compiler blog said “…this might be the most impressive thing we’ve ever … Continue reading

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yes

Yes, it found you. It watches you. It listens. Even when you are asleep. Especially when you are asleep.

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installfest for kids and schools in the bay area this weekend

Paul reminded me about this and it sounds like Zak already posted about it. There’s going to be an installfest this weekend for kids and schools in the bay area. If you’re interested in helping out then sign up.

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profiling startup time

One of our internal kernel hackers at Red Hat, Dave Jones, recently did some profiling of what’s called through the kernel during startup. He traced stat()s, open()s, and commands exec()ed. There were some pretty amazing results. Some of the highlights … Continue reading

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chill out dudes

You guys need to learn how to take a joke.  Seriously.

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gtk+ printing

It’s awesome to see people finally getting serious about fixing printing in Gtk+. It’s long been a huge sore spot in Gtk+ and on Linux in general. Alex’s excellent post lays out a lot of the issues. I’m hoping that … Continue reading

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in hindsight

I realized after seeing responses to my post yesterday that I mis-named my post.  It should have been titled “beagle, f-spot and tomboy in fc5.”  It’s the apps that matter and they could have been written in any language.  Mono … Continue reading

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low risk cities

Someone should tell the Department of Homeland Security that renaming New York City to Buffalo fools no one.

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how I will remember nye 2005

I will always remember new years eve 2005 for the masturbating of the horses. Jacob, in concert with Tom Green, has poisoned this memory forever. OK, what I just said is a lie. Except for the horses part.

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why the AOL is annoying me

For a long time I've had the AIM screenname blizzard. Pretty cool. No numbers after it, no strange combinations of words, just a simple noun. Recently someone managed to change my password. Then they tried to change the email address … Continue reading

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