Overheard

When tailing a log file the appropriate verb to use when talking about the application writing to the log is ‘poop’. As in: I was tailing the log while trying to authenticate and with every request I could see it poop out an error message.

Listening between the lines

I’m guessing there are at least two other members on Metafilter that listen to Do or D-I-Y on WFMU. How else to explain this and this popping up as threads so soon after they were featured on the latest show/podcast? Or maybe it’s just a bit of synchronicity and the world really does appear to…

Possible build

Given the fun that my going on six years old laptop is presenting w/r/t the power management circuitry I’ve started looking at its replacement. I think I’m done with laptops as my primary workstation because they just don’t have it on the value for dollar front. I’m shooting for a relatively robust workstation able to…

Bindings

Usually the Windows key bindings are available in every installation of GVim I’ve played with. Not so on my Mint-ified MacBook. And, yes, I know the traditional vi bindings…I’ve just spent so long outside of vi and in a Windows/Mac universe that the muscle memory is just too damn great to overcome. I’ve spent a…

Canucks fans

We may occasionally burn down the city when things go awry in Game 7. We may be current owners of the longest running NHL losing streak. Half our team may be suffering from upper and lower body injuries. Our coach may be an angry freak of nature. We may have been gooning our way across…