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Somebody should make a modern parody of ‘The Bone Collector’

Posted on September 21, 2014 by rm5248

Call it ‘The Drone Collector’.         *rimshot*

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GNOME 3 Plugins: Settings

Posted on August 11, 2014 by rm5248

This post is going to be based partially on the source of Coverflow Alt Tab, plus some of the source files that are already included in GNOME 3. Also, a few notes here: it appears at this time that there is … Continue reading →

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GSettings

Posted on August 8, 2014 by rm5248

So I’m working on this settings stuff for GNOME 3, and I attempted to compile a new gsettings schema.  So I make my XML schema, and run glib-compile-schemas, and it comes back at me: Okay… so I look at the … Continue reading →

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GNOME 3 Plugins: DBus

Posted on August 7, 2014 by rm5248

I’m currently messing around with GNOME 3 plugins, and there’s not a whole lot of information out there.  Like, almost nothing.  So, as I’m working on this stuff I will be posting up some information and some small plugins that … Continue reading →

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Israel and Palestine in 2014

Posted on August 3, 2014 by rm5248

As of today, Operation Protective Edge has been going on for almost four weeks.  There doesn’t seem to be a clear end in sight at the moment.  Here’s some thoughts on what it looks like to me. While Israel is … Continue reading →

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Website Hack

Posted on July 7, 2014 by rm5248

So, apparently my website was hacked. It doesn’t look like a WordPress vulnerability(although I can’t say for sure).  Anybody know where any logs are kept? Of course, passwords have been changed to 15+ characters in length, so that should keep … Continue reading →

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Gravity

Posted on May 9, 2014 by rm5248

How did Gravity get so many awards?  I didn’t think that it was a very good movie.   I mean, sure it was nicely made.  It had good effects.  But it was an hour and a half of Sandra Bullock … Continue reading →

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Odd Code

Posted on May 2, 2014 by rm5248

I came across this odd piece of code today: Can you figure out what it’s doing?  It took me a while as well. It’s doing a bitwise-OR of the data.  But this ONLY works because of how the bits are … Continue reading →

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GNOME 3 Hate

Posted on April 13, 2014 by rm5248

Can anybody tell me why people are hating on GNOME 3 so much?  I can’t seem to quite figure it out. The best that I can come up with is “Because it’s different.”  My Jack O’Neill response: “And? But? So? … Continue reading →

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How to compile a SINGLE kernel module on Ubuntu

Posted on March 25, 2014 by rm5248

  Today, I had to compile a custom kernel driver for Ubuntu, and it took me quite a while to do. There are a lot of guides out there, but many of them don’t seem to show the right way, … Continue reading →

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