So for the longest time I was always bothered by the fact that I couldn’t grep for files of a particular name that were buried several levels deep. For example, if you wanted to do grep -r nifty.java.property *.properties , then unless you had a *.properties file in your current directory, grep would assume that [...]

Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by herbcso
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Posted on October 20th, 2010 by herbcso
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So ever since I installed Windows 7, it bugged the hell out of me that I couldn’t use my beloved Win-Space hotkey anymore for my equally-beloved Launchy. That is, Until I found this post. Once again, the inimitable AutoHotKey comes charging in on its ugly white horse (the language is a bit of a pain [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2010 by herbcso
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So I was watching Buckaroo Banzai again after first having seen it way back when in college in the ’90s and I’m sitting through the opening credits when the following frame catches my attention (grabbed from 2m37s into the movie as it plays on streaming Netflix right now): Wait! What was that? That looks like… [...]

Posted on September 7th, 2010 by herbcso
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’nuff said… ;]

Posted on August 27th, 2010 by herbcso
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So I took apart my DVD burner today – no worries, it was already broken… ;] I have to say, I was simply astounded at the complexity of the mechanism. I mean, sure, I knew that it was complex, but the intricacies of the mechanism floored me. I had no idea that such am everyday [...]

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by herbcso
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This is kinda cool. It’s a new C64 (this time a 64-bit full Wintel computer) in the same form factor as the old C64. Not sure how practical it’ll be, especially with the keyboard being kind of thick, but it makes me go all nostalgic inside.

Posted on June 20th, 2010 by herbcso
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Wow – this is like cool beyond words! I kinda want a copy of Mathematica 7 now… ;] (click the image to read the blog post explaining the neat image processing capabilities of Mathematica 7). OK, yeah, I’m a huge nerd – what’s your point? ;]

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by herbcso
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