Monthly Archives: September 2006

I hope the Saints keep bringing hope to New Orleans

For the first time in about forever I actually watched Monday Night Football. How could I miss the Saints’s first game in the newborn Louisiana Superdome? The thrashing the Falcons received made it even better. Perhaps M-Dog can correct me … Continue reading

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Mile high club

Ha — I had you for s econd there, didn’t I? I’m now in scenic [sic] Denver, CO for the in-residence portion of my management class. The flight was uneventful but it did take me a whike to get my … Continue reading

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Perl without tears, the perils of revenge

A couple of days ago I needed to install html2latex on the server because it’s part of the documentation toolchain for PyPedal. Which meant a long, strange trip into Perl-land which required that I install packages from CPAN without root … Continue reading

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(Not) pass interference, Auburn style

Okay, I only mostly meant it when I said I’d written all I had to write about the 2006 LSU-Auburn game. I’ve decided to weigh in again because a picture is worth a thousand words. This is how “(Not) pass … Continue reading

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LSU-Auburn 2006, flotsam and jetsam, star maps

I don’t have much to say about LSU-Auburn. No one would be talking about how terrible the officiating was if we’d won. But the harsh reality is that championship-caliber teams find ways to win games, zebras be damned. Matt Zemek … Continue reading

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Rockbox can’t play AAC files on my iPod correctly

Just a little word of warning. It plays MP3s just fine, and most of my collection is in that format because I ripped it myself, from CDs I own. I’ve only bought one or two songs from iTunes. For some … Continue reading

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iPod Correctors and Rockbox saved my iPod mini

Regular readers are aware that I dropped my iPod mini two days before I left for Brazil in August. Apple would do nothing for me because I was out of warranty, but a sympathetic Genius Bar staffer pointed me at … Continue reading

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The final word on the dog breeding fiasco; Windows XP and Scientology

The dog thing. I’ve been completely stressing about people accusing me of being unethical, a copyright violator, and a liar. A list moderator took me to task for writing about something list-related outside of the list, which apparently falls under … Continue reading

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A more civil discourse on dog breeding

Some people on the canine genetics list found my earlier rant through the Power of Google ™ and were unhappy with it. I was called a number of things, including unethical, unprofessional, and unscientific. Hey, rock the ad hominem when … Continue reading

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