I managed to get one of my machines installed with a os version I didn't want, and no way to change it. Normally, this means it's time to koan/cobbler to get it re-provisioned. But I couldn't log into the machine to do anything. I could of reinstalled it from a cd/dvd, but I hate burning cd/dvd's for that. I could of written an image to usb key and ( Read more... )

If there is one skill I have with regards to music, it's that I make can make some really annoying noises ( Read more... )

I was having a discussion with michael over lunch, about other words for "thesaurus". I could swear I saw one used somewhere that was along the lines of "omnilexigraph" or the like.

Couldn't find anythough, so I created one. It's "lexibus".

Usage example: "'fabiform'? Thats not a real word! It's not even in the lexibus!"

I managed to get a picture of my gloved hand holding a oxy-acetylene torch and cutting through a metal plate into the Durham Herald Sun. It was an article about the Durham Tech Shop and was taken during the oxy-acetylene class. I'd post a link to the article, but the Herald Sun's website seems to be from somewhere in the past ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why, but it always annoys me when people confuse Talkboxes, vocoders, and auto-tune. So stop doing that.

I managed to get a picture published.


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Red Hat Magazine Spotlight on Func

Video put together by Red Hat in which Seth Vidal, Michael DeHaan and I comment intelligently about func.

Or at least, that's what the clever editing will hopefully lead you to believe.

Spent most of Sunday trying to learn how to use Blender (Blender the 3d modelling app, not the home appliance. I've already gotten my KACBO [Kitchen Aid Certified Blender Operator certification]).

I knew it was a fairly impressive app, just from seeing what the kids did at the Red Hat High blender course a few years ago ( Read more... )

I posted a small script I use to help manage the git repo's of func to github. It's named gum[1 ( Read more... )

I read a lot of mailing lists. Mostly for various open source software projects. Most of them for work.

It would be cool to have a mailing list summary page. The page would scan the mailing lists, and post the content most likely to need attention. For software projects, this is stuff like:

• Patches (http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/patchwork/ does ( Read more... )