Archive for February, 2006

The Project

This semester, I’m taking a topics course of my own devising. Generally, there’s a required course for my major called “Web Programming Languages,” an insulting 200-level program about HTML and CSS. I asked the department chair if I could take something else instead, and suggested that I learn some PHP, as that is [...]

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Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

No, it’s not out yet (March 20th is the listed release date).
But GameSpot is running an article about the advance copy they got (Oh! How I loathe them!).

This feels like a much better Morrowind, and we’re not just talking about the obvious graphical improvements, but it also feels more streamlined for those who felt [...]

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Gentoo 2006.0

The first Gentoo release of the new year has hit mirrors. There are a number of improvements, of course, but the most notable is the addition of a graphical installer [screenshots]. I just finished taking Dapper Drake Flight 4 out for a spin, but I might have to putz around with this release, [...]

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DC++ v0.687

An incremental update to DC++ has been released. Get it. Or, if you’re feeling daring, fulDC 6.75 beta 1

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Exact Audio Copy 0.95b4

A new version of Exact Audio Copy is out, but I wouldn’t race to the mirrors. It appears to be a somewhat-crippled version: “[T]o eliminate any possibility of legal problems, I decided to remove that [the retrieval of native TOC] function.” Get it, if you want.

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Opera 8.52

I’m a week late, but an incremental update to the Opera browser has been released. Get it here or look for more info below the fold.

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K2, how do I love thee

After pulling r187 from SVN (the version still says r185, but SNV said 187), I spent all afternoon tweaking. I’m not as familiar with it as I should be, but I’m pleased with everything so far.
Except the funny bug with AJAX commenting wherein the comment count for a newly submiited comment is “1,” until [...]

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Female Chauvinist Pigs

See the rest of this year’s listings • What is 52 Books in 52 Weeks?
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Title: Female Chauvinist Pigs [$]
Author: Ariel Levy
Publisher: Free Press
Year: 2005
Pages: 240
I picked this book up on a whim. I was perusing the “New Nonfiction” rack at the library and, well, it was bright pink with a catchy title. After [...]

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Friday Random Ten LII

The “Rum & Coke” edition.

The Tea Party • Soulbreaking
Sigh • The Enlightenment Day
Damien Rice • Weatherman
Haggard • Prophecy Fulfilled
Rhapsody • Shadows of Death
Borknagar • Ruins of the Future
Yo La Tengo • Deeper into Movies
Arcturus • The Deep Is the Skies
Iron & Wine • Such Great Heights
Five Pointe O • Breathe Machine

Boy, there’s a lot of [...]

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