Adventures As Me » Miscellaneous http://blog.tel-cor.com Programming, life, oddities Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:10:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linux 15 years on http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:28:11 +0000 telcor http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/ This month marks the 15th anniversary of my foray into Linux. It all began with the mention of the word Linux on a BBS I frequented in Bisbee, Arizona (I lived in Douglas, AZ at the time). Not long after that I chanced upon a book entitled “Using Linux.[*]” I bought the book and installed [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2010/09/16/linux-15-years-on/feed/ 0 Application Focus Amock http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/12/application-focus-amock/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/12/application-focus-amock/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:43:27 +0000 telcor http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/12/applicaition-focus-amock/ Applications that steal focus are the bane of my computer experience. Particularly egregious are the ‘sudo’ type authentication dialogs on the OS X platform. On a multi-monitor setup ( which I have at work ) these dialogs remove the focus to a place where one is not looking. It is too easy to continue type [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/12/application-focus-amock/feed/ 0 Posting from within http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/07/posting-from-within/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/07/posting-from-within/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:16:37 +0000 telcor http://blog.tel-cor.com/2009/08/07/posting-from-within/ Just a simple post. Emacs is still my main editor. The real question is: how much have I edited? Answer: very little.

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A mighty mouse A wireless mighty mouse

After using the Mighty Mouse for a couple months, I can honestly say this is the worst mouse design I’ve everused. Oh, don’t get me wrong, aesthetically, the mice [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2006/12/22/feed/ 0 The New Turbo Products http://blog.tel-cor.com/2006/08/08/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2006/08/08/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:21:47 +0000 telcor Recently, Borland announced the revival of their “Turbo” line of products. This was the line of products that made the company famous, in the day. TurboPascal, then TurboC, TurboBasic and other languages. Inexpensive, powerful development environments and toolkits.

Anyway, you can find more details elsewhere. What struck me is how humorous their TuborExplorer website is. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2006/08/08/feed/ 0 From here to There: Moving http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/11/07/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/11/07/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:56:58 +0000 telcor There are at least two ways one can go about relocating:

Pack up everything and go Get rid of all but the necessities/expensive items and go

Method one is great for small moves: across town, to a different county, moves less than a few hours distant. Otherwise the expenses start accumulating. Unless of course, someone [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/11/07/feed/ 0 1984: Who’s tracking YOU http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/08/16/1984-whos-tracking-you/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/08/16/1984-whos-tracking-you/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:57:55 +0000 telcor Kasia writes:

What’s tracking and keeping tabs on us?

Wherein she presents a nice list of devices, companies and more than exist to accumulate data on a person, his whereabouts and more. Here are some to add:

Company proxies and filters Biometric scanners Credit reports Demographic data wholesalers Any subscription service (e.g. XBox [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/08/16/1984-whos-tracking-you/feed/ 0 Strange thought of the day http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/04/21/ http://blog.tel-cor.com/2005/04/21/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:54:40 +0000 telcor What if Microsoft bought IBM?

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