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I had originally sat down to write a recap of this past year. I had planned on breaking down life, month by month, summarizing every important event. But, as I started to write, I realized that many of the things that happened were so important that I couldn't possibly summarize them. And other things, while [...]

Thanks to Justin and Bonnie, I got a Logitech Cordless Mouse and Keyboard for Christmas this year. However, I had some real trouble getting the mouse to work via USB under Linux. The keyboard worked fine on the first shot. However, the mouse would only move vertically on the screen and that was moving the [...]

Here are a couple examples of what I'm looking for in regard to prior art.
Blosxom (Perl): The hierarchy is right. The plugins system is great. Unfortunately, the templating system is no where close to a real templating engine and doesn't allow complete customization of all output without knowledge of Perl and the internal workings of [...]

While coding Inklog, everytime I run into a little problem that I don't know the best way to solve, I get sidetracked and start looking for other projects that may have used a similar concept to see how they did it. This never really leads to me learning anything because, for the most part, I [...]

Matt always makes me think, and today is no exception. He mentioned that I should add transcription abilities to my phonepost. I responded stating that I really didn't feel like kludging something new into bBlog when I was so close to having Inklog ready to use and then it wouldn't require a kludge. That's when [...]

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I believe in open source software and patent free technology. Because of that, I didn't even really have to make a choice when I implemented my phonepost system: I was going to use Ogg Vorbis, not MP3. However, my love for and belief in open source software and patent free technology doesn't surpass my desire [...]

I bought a new litter box for the cats yesterday, and when I filled it with litter, I was too lazy to put the lid back on.
Today, as Jess walks past the litter container she notices something odd. Apparently, one of the cats had to go, and couldn't quite make it to the bathroom where [...]

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Hopefully, this post will include audio, an image, and this text.

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