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Mac OSX stale manpages
So, I recently noticed that I had a number of out-of-date manpages on my laptop - apparently in the upgrade o Leopard, they switched from uncompressed to compressed manpages, and the old ones were still getting used. This (rather unwieldy) command cleans it up nicely (and frees up a whopping 40M, which is more than the entire size of my first hard ( Read more... ) -
Only a month behind!
Okay, finally got summer vacation pics up - http://picasaweb.google.com/ermuller -
A First!
So, yesterday we tried something we've both generally decided to usually avoid, after too many disappointing experiences - ordering a steak outside the Americas. And, sure enough, it was GOOD. Okay, a decent chunk of filet mignon doesn't need gravy or sauce or any of that, but that didn't detract from the overall experience either. Yes friends, ( Read more... ) -
Who'd have guessed it doesn't suck?
Volume 1: Omaha
There are places that you'd never even consider visiting normally. If asked, I would always have generally put Omaha squarely in that list, probably even near the top of it. Turns out it's not such a terrible place - or at least, it isn't in mid-May ( Read more... ) -
unclear on the concept
It amazes me that city council people can be calling this a "conservation penalty": http://www.ajc.com/obits/content/metro/stories/2008/04/16/water_0417.htmlRead more... ) -
Plea for sanity
It gives me some hope that in the minute between when I started reading
this petition to fix Georgia's blue laws and when I signed it, 16 other people also signed it - and another 20 had when I went to grab the link for this post. I still can't believe that we have such religion-centric laws on the books. -
Too much of a good thing
Sometimes you have good luck for a long time. Maybe that makes you take it for granted, and you get sloppy ( Read more... ) -
Holiday Reflections
Having just returned from spending Christmas in Switzerland (and the surrounding pair of weeks in Spain, France, and Germany - pictures are up, http://picasaweb.google.com/ermuller), a few thoughts ( Read more... ) -
update time again
Let's see, I've been slacking...
recent news - just completed this year's instance of the Great Canadian RoadTrip (though it was more US than Canadian this year, with an itenerary of Everett, Tri-Cities, Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle). Brandon blogged the first half of the trip, then we got lazy. Unlike in previous years though, pictures are ( Read more... ) -
Happy Healthy Gardening Tips
(Today's episode is brought to you by the letter "B" and the number "lots ( Read more... )