Archives for April 2004
I want my Xfce4
26 April 2004 | Jargon | No Responses
Unlike the TV station with a similar catch phrase, calling your cable operator won’t help you solve this problem.
As you may have read, I recently installed TurboLinux 10 Desktop on my computer. Aside from it being the only Linux distribution that even attempts to properly handle Asian languages, and being the only one to support fair hardware detection, the prospect of getting to use Xfce4 again really attracted me to the package.
Playing with Linux
24 April 2004 | Rants | No Responses
I decided to install Linux on my computer earlier this week. Since all my hardware is listed as supported, I figured it would be easy.
For the record, I currently use:
- Aiptek HyperPen Tablet T-6000U (USB mouse compatible)
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (Crystal Sound System 46xx chipset)
- 104-key Memorex Keyboard
- WinTV PCI capture card
- AMDTek (forget number) network adapter
- ATI Radeon 9200 AGP
Can you guess which didn’t work? If you guessed everything, you’re almost correct–that’s what worked in FreeBSD 
Notice for anyone running Mambo
20 April 2004 | Jargon, PHP | No Responses
I recently found and fixed a bug in Mambo’s RSS streams. My fix also changes a few other things, which may or may not be helpful to you.
I submitted it to the MosForge bug tracker (IS #471) with the problem, cause and fix. It’s a simple enough cut-n-paste fix where any users should be able to do it themselves.
You might be surprised what Mambo is (unintentionally) doing to your RSS stream …
The best Google match ever
12 April 2004 | Rants | No Responses
Google led to my page when someone searched for “bar.”
This is indeed a proud moment. Almost as good as when I was the #1 match for “magna carta porn.”
Chinese news needs English speakers
8 April 2004 | Rants | No Responses
Beijing to Hold 4th World Computer Expo
4th World? Would those be the countries that make African countries where they’re chopping people’s arms off seem developed?
I hate the internet
5 April 2004 | Rants | No Responses
Here’s a challenge for you, don’t ponder it too long. What do the following words have in common?
there, their, they’re, its, it’s, your, you’re, then, than, whose, whom, capitol, capital
If you answered they’re all homonyms, you’re wrong, because only some of them are. The correct answer is they will be dead in American English by 2030, thanks in no small part to the Internet.