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Anime!
Because it's been a while since I watched anything, I watched Dog Days and Guilty Crown the past few days. Marathon style, whee ( Read more... ) -
Misogyny
Source: http://mattgemmell.com/2012/04/20/misogyny/
Cherry picking some points to discuss:
Confidence is bred from privilege and security, two things which women lack - in both cases, sadly, due to men. It’s difficult for men to understand a woman’s perspective on ( Read more... ) -
iPhone 4 Dock connector replacement
Sweet, sweet success! Completely disassembled my iPhone 4, replaced the dock connector port and reassembled it. Total cost: $8 for the part, 40 minutes of my time. As a side bonus, my iPhone 4 now works in my speaker system I picked up during Black Friday. Huzzah ( Read more... ) -
Removing xattr from files in a directory
Here's a one-liner to remove xattr from files in a directory on MacOS X. (Mostly to quickly strip out the annoying quarantine flag set on downloaded files ( Read more... ) -
MacOS X Surround sound 7.1
Huh. For some reason, MacOS X has the surround sound channels set differently than what VLC expects ( Read more... ) -
Bah, Ikea, you win again.
Bah. Ended up scrapping my pitiful plans to build a set of stands for the front speakers and going with an Ikea shelf (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29871804/). Having something that'll be adjustable and actually stable and straight (heh) (and not ( Read more... ) -
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http://www.autostraddle.com/the-lifespan-of-a-lesbian-heartbreak-130370/
This was pretty... And sad. But somewhat uplifting at the same time. -
Oh poop, external hard drive failure.
Something happened to the first few KB of one of my external hard drives ( Read more... ) -
Oh poop
Something happened to the first few KB of one of my external hard drives ( Read more... ) -
Sink Garbage Disposal Replaced!
Yay, that was.. not terribly bad, surprisingly. Some parts didn't quite fit, so I had to use the preexisting pipes instead of the new pipes they gave us.
Thankfully, the gasket / thing that connected was compatible across brands. That was my biggest worry - I didn't want to have to pop that out and replace it.