Author Archives: Jeff Fitzsimons
Better GMail Causes 100% CPU Usage in Firefox
For the last several weeks, I’ve noticed excessive CPU usage whenever GMail (GAYD-hosted email, specifically) is open in Firefox. By turning off add-ons one at a time, I found that this is caused solely by Better GMail 2. Firebug, FireGPG, … Continue reading
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Tearing on MythTV with VLC
After updating to Ubuntu 8.10, I started to get tearing artifacts. This crop up especially badly during scenes that involve panning. The MythTV Wiki explains the fix for tearing: echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/hpet/max-user-freq Well, it works for me, anyway. I … Continue reading
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Can’t Log in to VMware Server Console on Ubuntu
As usual, I sped through the VMware Server installation, just using default settings. I then found myself unable to log in to the VMware Server Console. I would always get an error: You do not have permissions to login to … Continue reading
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Making OS X Command Line Behave More Like Linux (GNU)
The command-line oddities of Mac OS X’s BSD heritage drive me insane. I much prefer the behavior of the GNU toolchain, as provided by Ubuntu Linux. To begin, first install MacPorts. MacPorts Installation Variant +with_default_names With several MacPorts packages, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Auto-Completion, Autocompletion, bash, gnu, MacPorts, Port
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Queue Implemented Using Stacks
Here are two solutions for using stacks to emulate a queue. The first always keeps one or both stacks empty, shifts the set of values back and forth as the caller switches between enqueuing and dequeueing. The second maintains an … Continue reading
Getting to Thailand: Good News!
Now that it’s Thursday (well, entering Friday in Bangkok), this welcome news has arrived: Bangkok airports to be fully operational by Friday Thai officials say Bangkok’s main international airport will be fully operational again by Friday, offering hope to tens … Continue reading
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Getting to Thailand: Better News?
On December 2nd, things begin to look simultaneously better, and worse: Thailand’s government has been disbanded and the Prime Minister barred from politics for five years in a court ruling that has prompted fears of a slide into civil war. … Continue reading
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Getting to Thailand: Bad News
While I was shopping for tickets, I began to see some worrying news about Thailand: Governments have warned their citizens about traveling to Thailand during the current wave of protests and blockade of international airports. And while few governments have … Continue reading
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Getting to Thailand: Taking the Plunge
I’ve wanted to go to Thailand for several years now. The warm weather, world-renowned climbing, beautiful beaches, and unlimited mango sticky rice have been calling to me. But with a nearly 24 hour flight time over, it’s just not worth … Continue reading
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Mountain Bike to Cyclocross/Touring Conversion
I need a touring bike, and I’m on a budget. My old Barracuda AM2, aluminum-framed mountain bike frame is tapped for rear pannier mounts, so perhaps a conversion is in order. As I quickly found out, there’s a lot more … Continue reading