If I’m going to have a productive day, it usually means spending it in a shell. I use GNOME Terminal as my xterm clone of choice, simply because it’s a default. If you don’t know what terminal you’re using, it’s probably gnome-terminal if you’re running GNOME. I recently started making some productivity tweaks to my [...]
I’ve used top for years to monitor machine activity. It’s grown some new features and behavior in the last few years that you might not be aware of. Good ol’ top. For years it’s been the cornerstone of process control. It’s the first place we turn to hunt down a rogue process, or just to [...]
Functional Programming is old. Ancient. Like right after FORTRAN. But it’s the future. Trust me, I’m named after the dude who knew about Jesus 700 years early. Seriously, it’s not going to take 700 years for FP to go mainstream. Some would argue that it already is. Python, Ruby, and others have adopted a number [...]
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I just bought a brand new highly juiced Lenovo R61 laptop for $760. This post documents my selection criteria, and I hope it will help you with your next purchasing decision. Some guys over at Hacker News were recently discussing laptop criteria, so I figured I would add mine here. Some people really care about [...]
A look at automating setup for every new Ubuntu; and maybe even a meme. Linux distros these days tend to be pretty minimal in their default install mode. Many of us used to be in the habit of checking the “Install Everything” box in the earlier Red Hat days. But then the box disappeared, and [...]