Monthly Archives: November 2008

New Kindle on the way

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/25/2008
TechCrunch reports that there's a new Kindle on the way for "early Q1." Looking at the redesign, it certainly looks nicer than the first generation devices, but on the other hand... I don't see anything that's going to inspire me to purchase the new one while my existing Kindle works just fine. Totally agree with the post, [...]
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Lazyweb: Vim to gist.github.com?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/24/2008
Dear Lazyweb: I'd like to sync drafts from Vim to gist.github.com. I suspect that this is a problem someone else has solved. Anyone know a good site with scripts or tips on how to do this? Basically I want my workflow to be something like this: Create document in Vim, sync to gist.github.com (preferably private unless [...]
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Lazyweb: Backing up chat / IRC logs

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/20/2008
The problem: I use at least three different computers on a regular basis (my desktop machine, a ThinkPad, and a massive Dell notebook). I do a lot of my work in chat and IRC, and I log everything -- I want the logs backed up and searchable in one convenient location. Any good ways to do [...]
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TV and happiness

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/20/2008
Jeremy Zawodny posts on TV watching and happiness: In one of those "well, duh!" moments the other day, I came across a headline on Slashdot that said Unhappy People Watch More TV. Given that I mostly stopped watching TV quite some time ago and consider it to be one of the more rude devices in [...]
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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-19

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/19/2008
@joewilcox IMHO, Yahoo! loses a lot of value if it becomes part of MSFT. in reply to joewilcox # @awafaa It'd be a pain to lug around, sure. But, it's great for backups pre/post-trip. I have a smaller portable drive for traveling needs. in reply to awafaa # @rikkikite Tina Fey? in reply to rikkikite # Loving the [...]
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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-18

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/18/2008
RT @abock Great article at Ars from @segphault on Banshee 1.4. http://tinyurl.com/ars-banshee-1-4 # Unemployed? Five reasons to build your resume with FOSS contributions: It looks like we’ve gone from sp.. http://tinyurl.com/6cma4l #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-17

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/17/2008
@awafaa Yay for meh! Hmmm... That doesn't sound right at all. in reply to awafaa # @awafaa I refuse to buy BluRay anything. I hope the format dies, I've no reason to "upgrade" or pay the premium for BluRay over DVD. in reply to awafaa # External SATA Dock Rocks: Got my ThinkGeek fix Friday, [...]
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