Eclipse 3.3.2 and Debian
So I wanted to install Eclipse at home, the version that comes with Debian is 3.2.2-5 and I wanted to try 3.3.x and install WTP and some other plugins that aren’t packaged with Debian (anyone know...
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RAM, (Remote Area Medical) a US charity group originally started to provide health care to remote regions in the Amazon is now doing 6o% of it’s work in the US:...
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Tres cool computer case
http://funlok.com/index.php/crazy-pics/kooooooool-pc-cases.html As Ilya said, who sent me the link: Don’t take the first case to Boston’s Logan’s airport! Of course they don’t tell you where you can...
View ArticleOLPC for Birmingham, Alabama?
I just submitted this to Slashdot, as I think it’s interesting what the end result will be? Will the OLPC get squeezed out? Will US kids like ’em (I think they will). bettlebrox writes “Birmingham,...
View ArticleIf your in Miami
Go visit my friend’s newly opened Irish pub, (Yes they are Irish) in South Miami: The Irish Times Irish Pub & Eatery is officially OPENING FOR BUSINESS today at 8:00p.m.!!! Just in time for St....
View ArticleToshiba Laptops & Linux
Toshiba has a site dedicated to using Linux on their Laptops: http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/index.htm Toshiba supports the Linux community with the TOSHIBA Digital Media Engineering...
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Google apps for Linux
Specifically for Debian, see here: http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/apt.html I’m not sure what software is in their repo besides Picasa, Google Earth might be there too, but I’ve been using the...
View ArticleXSLT & 1.5 JVM’s
Oh bugger! [junitreport] ERROR: ‘Unrecognized XSLTC extension ‘org.apache.xalan.lib.Redirect:write” BUILD FAILED Errors while applying transformations: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unrecognized XSLTC...
View ArticleItalian Police seek Hypnotist thief?
Weird and unusual news! Italian police are looking for a man supposedly hypnotising people and making them hand over money: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7309947.stm In every case, the last thing...
View ArticleLight bulbs
Drat! Seems those energy efficient CFL’s (Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs) contain just enough lead that the bulbs could be a problem when they’re put in the rubbish (link found via Slashdot):...
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Robin
A pic I took today when walking home along the Fens in Fenway after having the Irish breakfast at the Squealing Pig: Later in the day while walking the Dog along Commonwealth Ave, we saw this hawk in a...
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George
The first George the President: Taken on a cool night with a full moon. I don’t like how my Panasonic takes nights shots, they seem to noisy (specklie) to be. I still think my 6 year old Canon S200 did...
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Bertie’s Gone
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern resigned, reminds me of this photograph I took while home in January: I’d guess some people think he’s lying!
View ArticleToday’s Links
Regularly drinking coffee may help prevent or reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7326839.stm And binge drinking can affect memory recall (at least in young...
View ArticleThat Pizza will be 2.6 million …
That Pizza being pizza.com! Some lad bought the domain name in 1994 at the “dawn” of the internet age, and has owned it ever since. After seeing how much vodka.com sold for (about 3 million dollars) he...
View ArticleSpirit of Uganda
Went to see “Spirit of Uganda” at Berklee. Very enjoyable, inspiring, and entertaining. If they’re playing in your city or part of the world I’d recommend going to see them. Some news coverage at the...
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Chapel Doorway
I took this a few Sundays ago, the same day we saw this hawk in the trees.
View ArticleTesting YAPB
Testing YAPB plugin for WordPress. WordPress is the Blog software that this blog runs on, YAPB is “Yet another Photo Blog” plugin for WordPress to help one manage photographs. After this one test post,...
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e17 on Ubuntu Revisited
Ever since my original post on installing Enlightenment E17 on Debian and Ubuntu things have changed, such as the server that hosted the package repositories for both Debian & Ubuntu going off-line...
View ArticleUpdate on Enlightenment E17 for Debian
Update: I’ve decided to use Falko’s packages, see my posting here: http://timony.com/mickzblog/2008/04/24/e17-on-debian/ If you want to run E17 on Debian you have 4 choices (as of April 2008): Wait for...
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