Author Archives: dreadpiratepj

About dreadpiratepj

I have been goofing around with computers since May 1978, when I was about seven years old. For the past decade, I've even managed to have people pay me for this! Suckers! :-)

My thoughts on the iPhone

Let’s cut to the chase: the iPhone is the most innovative communications and media device of the 21st century’s first decade. The other devices and manufacturers don’t even come close. Before the iPhone, you could think the competing devices had … Continue reading

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Tasers, policemen, and deer, oh my!

It’s more than probable pjtrix reader Ken is going to blog about this one, but I’m calling it before he does. Officers use taser to free tangled deer January 17, 2007 CANBY, Ore. –Confronted with a deer whose antlers were … Continue reading

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Say what?!?

I receive some mailings from Sun every month. And for the most part, they are entertaining. As in laugh out loud hysterical. But this one takes the cake. Easier, faster, and more secure the Solaris 10 OS is the only … Continue reading

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More tweaking

I’ve upgraded WordPress to version 2.0.7, and added a plugin. The Share This plugin by Alex King lets you share a link to any of my posts on Digg, del.icio.us, and many other social bookmarking sites. If you see anything … Continue reading

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Mid-January news brief :-)

The Secret Online Geekly Articles Site is … … rejecting one of my article proposals, because it is similar in subject to an article they had published recently (whoops!) I’m starting to like the idea of seeing my name online … Continue reading

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Cleared out some drafts I never published. :-)

It seems I had written out some silly stuff using the WordPress web UI in the last few months. I typically post from MarsEdit, a great weblog post editor, by the same developer as my favorite feed reader, NetNewsWire. I … Continue reading

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Funky fun with computers, #1

This sounds like fun! Whistle while you work: Use the open source sndpeek program and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events — literally whistling or humming at your computer — and run commands based on … Continue reading

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Trackback test for Ken

Something Else I don’t know about WordPress Ken wonders why, when his blog posts are quoted by other bloggers, the quoting posts don’t show on his blog as trackbacks. But when he quotes someone, his quoting posts show up on … Continue reading

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Slight change of plans

Before 2006 ended, I wrote a post here, where I mentioned I was going to be dividing my workday into three five-hour shifts. During the day, I planned to spend five hours writing for an online technical website, another five … Continue reading

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autossh and screen for remote login peace of mind

Unix server administrators everywhere are probably too familiar with connection timeouts when administering remote servers. There you are, dutifully editing that configuration file, when suddenly your text editor no longer responds to your cursor keys. A dozen seconds later or … Continue reading

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