District 9
I like the science fiction premisis but I don’t like what the trailers hint at: it’s gonna be a long movie (> 2h).
Time Traveler’s Wife
I think it’s time to give in and watch a sci-fi(ish) romance for a change.
The Final Destination
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Just a quick post but the readline library keybindings are very interesting -
you just don’t need the home|end keys anymore. For the uninformed, here’s the
excerpt I’m talking about (man readline):
Emacs Mode
Emacs Standard bindings
“C-@” set-mark
“C-A” beginning-of-line
“C-B” backward-char
“C-D” delete-char
“C-E” end-of-line
“C-F” forward-char
“C-G” [...]
Even though my virtual workspace is pretty minimal: dwm+urxvt+screen+irssi+firefox, that doesn’t mean that it can’t look good. Here’s what I’ve done to make my setup visually appealing without adding bloat.
- Change default cursor [http://antonyjepson.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/changing-the-default-x-cursor/]
- Change default icon theme (I choose Tango).
- Change system font (by editing gtkrc-2.0):
#include “/usr/share/themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc”
gtk-icon-theme-name = “Tango”
gtk-font-name = “Sans Serif 12″
style “user-font” [...]
I’m still looking for a good distribution for my new desktop and I’m becoming increasingly attracted to FreeBSD. I like the ports system and how integrated it is. I think I will like the community so I’m going to keep my eye on the forums, mailing lists, and IRC for a bit.
Microsoft has been hard at working preparing for the Windows 7 RTM release in October.
Their latest build of Windows 7 is Build 7232. This build was quickly leaked to torrent sites as a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk), just like the previous iterations: build 7201, 7227, 7229, and 7231.
Another important development is the ‘Microsoft Security Essentials [...]
16 December, 2008 – 02:59
During my daily browsing of the web, I read about a concept that I have never considered before: atomicity. This concept usually refers to database transactions and means that the transaction will either completely succeed or completely fail. Journaled filesystems make use of this system in the event of a crash. Before [...]
When writing a blog for an audience, it’s important to establish an identity for your viewers. Since this is a technology orientated blog, I can think of no better way then by introducing myself with a screenshot.
Over the next few posts, I’m going to break down this screenshot with descriptions and, of course, [...]
Hey.
Welcome to my blog.
This is basically my effort to solve my dilemma: How do I keep track of various discoveries (you know, the little hacks and tricks you find after pressing random keys or trying different coding practices) in the event of a total computer crash? Well the answer is simple: let someone else [...]
