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Distracts Others: Music
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Goodbye Grooveshark, hello Spotify! Some months, I make a playlist to keep track of the new and interesting things I'm listening to. Sometimes I spend enough time on it to make something coherent; other times it's all over the place. Most of it started in Grooveshark, and I'm still copying things over. BC 1990s http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/4Hl7ziIBNSrnskEq0O6iRZ. BC 2010 http:/ open.spotify.com/user/1266586855/playlist/0Zwr9T3XFd42UtJkq5gm25. BC 2014-09 http:/ open.spotify.com...BC 20...
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Distracts Others: April 2015
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Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac). I hate desktop-cloud synchronization applications. Googles Drive Sync application is only available for Mac and Windows. I dont care. I have about two terabytes of files in cloud storage. I have several different machines with very different purposes—desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices—and I only want to store files locally if Im actually going to use them for something. I need a command line tool. Google, through unofficial channels, has delivered. Don't b...
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Distracts Others: February 2015
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Upgrading RAM in a MacBook. Surprisingly, upgrading the RAM in MacBook Pro. Is as painless as upgrading the RAM in pretty much anything else. No trip to ifixit. No heating/hammering/drilling/exposure to gamma radiation, and no special tools required (except a very small screwdriver). If your older model is a bit sluggish and youre still rocking 4GB (2x2GB), consider dropping $60 to upgrade to 8GB. To look up your specific model for the real, experimentally-determined capacity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Distracts Others: Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac)
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2015/04/google-drive-app-for-linux.html
Google Drive App for Linux (and Mac). I hate desktop-cloud synchronization applications. Google's Drive Sync application is only available for Mac and Windows. I don't care. I have about two terabytes of files in cloud storage. I have several different machines with very different purposes—desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices—and I only want to store files locally if I'm actually going to use them for something. I need a command line tool. Google, through unofficial channels, has delivered. You can...
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Distracts Others: Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux
http://blog.brandoncurtis.com/2013/11/installing-google-earth-in-64-bit.html
Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux. Google does provide 32-bit and 64-bit .deb files. For installing Google Earth in Ubuntu. Unfortunately, the 64-bit version does not work in newer (12.04 ) versions of Ubuntu. The solution: run the 32-bit version! Running Google Earth from the terminal, you will more than likely get something like this:. 0424/142332:ERROR:net util.cc(2195)] Not implemented reached in bool net: HaveOnlyLoopbackAddresses(). Google Earth has caught signal 11. Come say, "hi".
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Distracts Others: November 2013
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Installing Google Earth in 64-bit Ubuntu Linux. Google does provide 32-bit and 64-bit .deb files. For installing Google Earth in Ubuntu. Unfortunately, the 64-bit version does not work in newer (12.04 ) versions of Ubuntu. The solution: run the 32-bit version! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). An interesting opinion piece appeared in the New York Times today, suggesting that we supplement the drinking water supply with small doses . Student, teacher, engineer, investor, writer, scientist. Come say, "hi".
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Distracts Others: Quotes
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Yeah, about the test. The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged, and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in schools, and bars, and hospitals, and dorm rooms, and in places of worship. You will be tested on first dates, in job interviews, while watching football, and while scrolling through your Twitter feed. 8212; John Green, CrashCourse History. The following are some of my favorites quoted in. A great book on business). 8212; John Wayne. 8212; Bill Allin. The best e...
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Distracts Others: August 2014
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The police should not have the heavy weapons used by the military. It invites excessive force and its psychologically provocative to a population that already distrusts the police—by all accounts they should be seeking to do their jobs with as little force as possible, not rolling down the streets in armored personnel carriers like an occupying army. Why do the police have armored personnel careers now? 160;Thank the federal 1033 Program. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Come say, "hi". Life, it's bigger.
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Distracts Others: Modifying, Building and Installing From Source in Ubuntu
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Modifying, Building and Installing From Source in Ubuntu. Sometimes, you encounter something in Ubuntu that you'd like to change. Most of the time, you can do this by opening some sort of preferences menu and checking a few boxes. Other times, you might need to fire up dconf-editor. To manually modify keys in the dconf and gconf configuration databases. This works well and is relatively simple, but it's up to the developers what settings you can change this way. Which is arguably bad design! I included '...
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Distracts Others: March 2015
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Music In Our Schools. Oops Looks like there's already too little music in our schools. In other news, April is National Car Care Month. Google Chrome Remote for Linux. You can even connect from your phone! Linux has always been available, but I just realized that connections to. Linux computers are now supported! Not sure how I missed this: apparently this beta download was first announced on 2014-07-07. For Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems, there are both 32-bit. If all you want is terminal access:.
