Monthly Archives: May 2006

Using marks and jumps in Vim

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The second in my Vim series is up on Linux.com today. This one looks at using Vim’s marks command, and using jumps — that is, movements within a file, like G to move to the end of the file, or … Continue reading →

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They’re finally going to do it… Sun to open source Java

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The open source community has been pressuring Sun for years to open source Java, and it looks like they’re finally going to do it. Should be an interesting venture, though it will probably be quite some time before it actually … Continue reading →

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Diebold voting machines still shaky

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Computerworld has a good piece on the latest flaws found in Diebold computing equipment. Definitely not what I’d call reassuring: Finnish security researcher Harri Hursti discovered back doors in the systems boot loader software, in the operating system and in … Continue reading →

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Qworst no longer?

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

When the NSA phone records thing broke last week, I can’t say I was surprised in the least — but the fact that Qworst Qwest decided to hold out against the NSA has brought it some positive customer feedback in … Continue reading →

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Gentoo 2006.0 review

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I have a review of Gentoo 2006.0 up on Linux.com today. Overall, I enjoy playing with Gentoo, but I can’t see using it as my main distro. I enjoy being able to slap in an Ubuntu CD and have a … Continue reading →

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FUD on Net neutrality

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

The telcos and cable companies are hard at it to try to convince people that they should be allowed to start charging premiums for special delivery over their networks — and it looks like this AP writer has been taken … Continue reading →

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Statistics with Slimstat

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Want to track how many people are visiting your blog on a daily basis, where they’re coming from, etc? Slimstat looks very promising. Caught a reference to Slimstat on Silentbits, and decided I’d try it out. It took about a … Continue reading →

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