Author Archive: topher

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I upgraded my work box to rh9 the other day, and I’m finding more little oddities than I did at home. For instance, the volume control on my xmms doesn’t appear to work anymore. I started up gnome-volume-control, and the terminal spit out: Warning: This version of the Gnome Volume Controlwas compiled with OSS version […]

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but that’s because so much has happened. How odd. I didn’t get a motorcycle My father-in-law gave me one of his old farm trucks (it’s cool) We took our kids to their first movie in a theatre (Finding Nemo). They did wonderfully, and had a great time. The […]

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6 points to the first person (other than Nathan) who posts what poem it is. MORS IABROCHII Coesper erat: tune lubricilesz ultravia circum Urgebant gyros gimblculosque tophi;Moestenui visae borogovides ire meatu; Et profugi gemitus exgrabuere rathae. O fuge Iabrochium, sanguis meus! Ille recurvis Unguibus, estque avidis dentibus ille minax.Ububae fuge cautus avis vim, gnate! Neque […]

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So, I decided to stick my email address at the top of my blog. I’ve got some pretty good filters in Pine, and I haven’t had a problem with spam in years, I figured this was a good time to test things out. It took about a month and a half for the spam to […]

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So, last week I got a ViewSonic PT813 21″ monitor. Unfortunately, at 1600×1200 it was too blurry ro live with. šŸ™ So, now I’m going for the Sony GDM-500PS. Here’s hoping it’s cooler.

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So, I was sitting at the Cheshire Restaurant the other day, facing Plainfield, and a cool motorcycle went by. It was quite loud. Then another one by right behind it. And another. I quit counting after 60 had gone by. 10 minutes later, they finally quit. As the wait staff came away from the windows […]

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First off, let me just say that I like seeing movies in the theatre. I enjoy the bustle, the previews, the big screen; it just adds an element of fun for me. So, my wife and I went to see Bulletproof Monk the other day. I read the review on IMDb, and knew that it […]