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Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:38 PM
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Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:07 PM
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This is a list of latest happenings that I want to blab about. If you find it interesting, then leave a message about your thoughts on it. However, if it wasted your time, just move along 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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My Toshiba laptop had Ubuntu 5.1 Linux distro running along side with Windows XP. All was good until I upgraded the wireless router to WPA from WEP. Ubuntu was not too pleased about it, nor was I when trying to twist its arm to work with WPA. I've seen some CPians discussing PCLinuxOS[^] and decided to give it a try. Downloaded the .iso, burnt it to cd, gave it a try with the LiveCD setup, liked it, and installed it over the old Ubuntu 5.1 partition.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Going to see if I can get it to work on a VMWare test box...
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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...and successful, though response is a bit pokey. Only running the virtual machine with 256mb ram. will have to increase to at least 512mb...
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The wonderful article by Marc Clifton on the introduction to XNA has sparked some interest from me to look at fiddling around with XNA. My desktop machine doesn't work with it due to the graphic card not supporting PixelShading 1.1. I will have to look into fixing this or just doing an upgrade 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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This is a list of websites that I find of interesting and helpful in my daily development tasks.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Code Project[^], I know it is redundant putting this one here, but come on it's the best
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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http://www.connectionstrings.com[^] for connection strings to many of the databases that are out there. The site saves me from loads of grief when trying to recall connection strings from the many different databases I work with.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Op Code Fields from MSDN[^] is a really useful site since I have taken up interest in analyzing the IL code that the .NET compilers generate.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Reportviewer - How To: Set Page Breaks[^] is really helpful since I've always wondered how to get page breaks to work in Report Viewer...
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Bacula[^] looks to be a very interesting and useful tool suggested by John M. Drescher [^]...
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Not much, other than being at a workshop all week, hence not really been around CP much since Monday...
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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When I first started out in computer programming, it began with a Timex Sinclair machine. I really took off with programming when I got a Commodore 64. One of my favorite authors of Commodore related work was a fellow, Jim Butterfield. I just googled around this morning to see what Jim has been upto, and found out sadly that he passed with cancer this past June.
All I have to say is: thanks, Jim, for getting me into computing ![Rose | [Rose]](/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Finally bought Guitar Hero II on Friday. The game/controller bundle from Target. Still at the Easy level, but have got a little ambitious with Medium.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Guitar Hero III stinks (not!)
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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We have been evacuated since Monday with another round of wildfires all over southern California. The Slide Fire[^] incident is the one that was threatening my home. From reports I have heard that it came less than 1/4 mile from my house. My town has been spared so far due to the outstanding efforts of our local firefighters.
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Back up on the hill
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Now that the school terms are winding down with teaching, going to get caught up on many computer related stuff.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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First snow of the winter today. Finally!
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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It is now Christmas Break for the next two and 1/2 weeks  Reading ( The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose), relaxation, family time, codeproject time, etc.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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The laptop was getting pretty trashed up. Backed up all my stuff and put Vista on the machine. Seems to perform okay considering it is a 3ghz P4 with 512 mb ram. Will see what happens after installing Visual Studio 
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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...and then the Realtek driver took a dump with Vista and the flash drives froze it left-and-right. Hence, I reverted back to XP 
"I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon
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too many whilst writing code. It is for my leisure 
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