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Press any key to continue... (in Linux, using C)
I didn't realize this was at all difficult. I just want a program which waits for user input before terminating. Just like any old Windows console program, where there's just enough output to warrant the user looking at it, but not enough to generate a whole graphical UI or a logging interface for it ( Read more... ) -
xfonts-jmk under Debian
Holy mother of God.
If you want to install xfonts-jmk, notable for its wonderful Neep (and my personal preference, "Neep Alt") fonts, under Debian, and actually have these fonts available to use in your Gnome/X applications, or say, from the Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts menu, *don't just sit there scratching your ass wondering why everything ( Read more... ) -
Debugging pfSense on a Soekris net5501
So your old router died (it was a custom build box using components from LogicSupply, not known for their robustness, which died in a thunderstorm). You replaced it with a Pentium II-400 that you cobbled together from spare parts, which is now on its third CPU fan and making hideous grinding noises - and where do you find replacement fans for a ( Read more... ) -
Shopping for dress shoes
"So, do you think I should even look at these ones? I mean, they're $50 cheaper ( Read more... ) -
In unrelated news...
It appears that if I view my own entries without signing in, there are ads in my journal.
ADS.
In my journal.
Despite years of ad-free service, it appears that Russian management is the same in this day and age as during the 18th century: expansionist, imperialistic, and willing to stamp their dominance on people ( Read more... ) -
The B.C. HST initiative: stop believing the rhetoric and think for yourselves
That does it. Today, I received something like the 500th invite to join some dumbass Facebook group from wannabe concerned citizens attacking British Columbia's initiative to enact the HST. Instead of actually joining such a group, nor joining a group that says "stop fucking bugging me with your misspelled and ignorant pleas," I decided to take ( Read more... ) -
Waking up on March 1, 2010
I don't actually recall the amount of time I slept the night prior, but it couldn't have been more than 7 hours, and was probably objectively less. John called me at 3:06 AM to ask if I had seen Victoria's cell phone anywhere, and I snoozed through the call and passed out contentedly ( Read more... ) -
Allowing users to delete Windows files when they're open (in C)
Another day, another update. This is almost too frequent for me. Where do I find all this time? After a few presentations and such, things have quieted down a bit over at EQL Data, so I'm back to my "usual" (ie. maniacal) rate of development ( Read more... ) -
EQL presentations
Hey team. Team here is of course figurative, unless you consider "the set of people who might read this posting" to be a team.
It's getting quite later than I'd hoped, and I was still going to send out more emails. There are exciting things in the works, and, as most of this past year has gone, they deal with EQL Data, aka the company which ( Read more... ) -
RSS test
Time to move into the 21st century.