Author Archives: bturnip

Wonderful World of Emulators

Posted on September 5, 2005 by bturnip

My old playstation games have been gathering dust, but not for much longer… Continue reading →

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Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam

Posted on September 4, 2005 by bturnip

Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam Bumper Sticker.

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unknown dog has a favicon

Posted on September 4, 2005 by bturnip

15 minutes of my life gone, but I have a favicon Continue reading →

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java: look and feel & forced error checking

Posted on September 2, 2005 by bturnip

more tidbits from studying java Continue reading →

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Netbeans & jar files

Posted on September 1, 2005 by bturnip

After several months of picking up and putting down my “Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days” book, I am back at it again. I am forcing myself to put my beloved emacs aside and attempting to learn to love Netbeans. … Continue reading →

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Hummer-brand laptops

Posted on August 31, 2005 by bturnip

So I am reading this piece on [Hummer branded laptops] on CNET. And the article is talking about how this laptop can survive six seperate drops from a height of 30 inches, blah blah blah. The whole point being that … Continue reading →

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David Gray live

Posted on August 26, 2005 by bturnip

NPR’s Live Concert series continues… Continue reading →

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Korn Shell Krankiness

Posted on August 25, 2005 by bturnip

Why isn’t is simple and straightforward to extract substrings in ksh? Continue reading →

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Monty Hall problem – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Posted on August 25, 2005 by bturnip

I recently tried explaining [Wikipedia] to the lovely wife and some family members. While I am mostly enthusiastic about the idea, it was a hard sell to the rest of the family. The lovely wife even declared that it was … Continue reading →

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Google Talk

Posted on August 24, 2005 by bturnip

Acting on a Slashdot tip last night, I managed to connect to the Google Talk IM using [Gaim], an awesome Linux instant messaging client. Didn’t actually do anything with it, but it was neat to see it up and running. … Continue reading →

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