Author Archives: bturnip

Before you criticize, what are you doing?

Posted on March 2, 2006 by bturnip

Sometimes people get their art thing going, to the frustration of other regular “non-artsy” folks. I consider myself pretty much in the latter camp, but I can see how it would kind of interesting to observe what happens when an … Continue reading →

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voo2do

Posted on February 27, 2006 by bturnip

It was on my to do list to write a nice little web app to track my to do list. Fortunately, there is one already available at [voo2do]. No download, this is completely web-hosted, meaning that data resides on somebody … Continue reading →

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.emacs addition

Posted on February 21, 2006 by bturnip

Long drought of posting- been very busy with a baby and the way and lots of home remodeling to be done. Here is a snippet from my .emacs file, put here for my own reference more than anything. If you … Continue reading →

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Grep-tastic!

Posted on January 9, 2006 by bturnip

Simple problem: Show me the lines of code in a file that have opening parentheses without closing parentheses. Nested and multiple parens need not be considered. My solution: grep “(” testfile | grep -v “)” Better solution: grep ‘([^)]*$’ testfile

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Do you know what an octothorpe is?

Posted on January 7, 2006 by bturnip

Know what an octothorpe is? (Hint: It is one half of a hashbang) What about an arroba? No? In that case, while away a couple of trivia filled minutes at [ AskOxford: Symbols ]

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Paying for MMORPG games

Posted on November 19, 2005 by bturnip

I don’t want to pay $13.95 a month! Continue reading →

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(Audio)Book Reveiw: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Posted on November 5, 2005 by bturnip

One of the most satisfying books I have experienced in some time. Continue reading →

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Cereal goodness!

Posted on November 5, 2005 by bturnip

I like cereal and I like cartoons, so this is a no-brainer. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Neverwhere

Posted on November 4, 2005 by bturnip

Pocket review of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Continue reading →

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The Worst Jobs in Science

Posted on October 28, 2005 by bturnip

#3 on this year’s [Popular Science] list of worst jobs in science: Kansas Science Teacher. This job was rated worse than other notables: #10- Orangutan-Pee Collector #7- Semen Washer

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