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Travelling – let the adventure begin!

(I wrote this on Sunday, July 15th, 2007…but it seems I never saved it…so here’s the recap!) The day has been quite interesting!  Points of interest: If you see some Netflix movies on the ground, return them.  The subscriber will … Continue reading

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Passport!

So I’ve been planning this trip to the UK for GUADEC as well as to visit the London office of my employer, and I fly on Sunday. I applied for my U.S. Passport a month ago, paid the rush fees, … Continue reading

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:w

Yes, that’s a VIM :w (not some new fangled creation), as in, I’m actually writing something here! I haven’t written in three months, and haven’t committed any code in four…as I’ve been a bit distracted by a few things, notably: … Continue reading

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Everything’s back online :)

I’m here in Chicago, IL now, safe and sound. I chose RCN as my internet provider and so far, so good. sting.vanstaveren.us is back up (and now accessable thru port 80), so all should be good. I’m happy to say … Continue reading

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I am moving! (Downtime for anything on sting.vanstaveren.us)

I will be moving starting today – Tuesday, August 29th – to Chicago, Illinois.  If you’re in Chicago and an open source hacker, drop me a note. Being that I am moving, my computers move with me too.  Thus, anything … Continue reading

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Xorg updates & such :)

So I’m pleased to announce that another linux user has had a smooth upgrade to the modular X.org.  I’ve spent the last 24 hours making a jump from xorg 6.8.2 to 7.1, and right now I’m in the process of … Continue reading

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