Monthly Archives: May 2007

LSU to PETA: Please mind your own business

Posted on May 29, 2007 by jcole

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has an article on their website urging LSU to not replace Mike V with another live tiger mascot. I respect PETA’s right to disagree with me about Mike, but I don’t like … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu, KPilot, and my Handspring Visor

Posted on May 17, 2007 by jcole

Here’s a helpful tidbit for Kubuntu 7.04 users. It took me a while but I’ve finally managed to get my Handspring Visor Deluxe syncing with Kontact using KPilot 4.9.0 on KDE 3.5.6. The trick is to load the visor kernel … Continue reading →

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Open Access Publishing, etc.

Posted on May 11, 2007 by jcole

Last night I got an e-mail from the Journal of Animal Science announcing The Journal of Animal Science has added Open Access publishing… To address scientists’ needs for open access (OA) publication, the Journal of Animal Science (JAS) has added … Continue reading →

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One Day, Two Bowie House Fires

Posted on May 8, 2007 by jcole

While ITGuy sorts out the problems with a remote file system I need to use I can report on the goings-on of Friday. On the way home from work about 4:20 PM I saw a column of thick black smoke … Continue reading →

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Mmm…Gummi WordPress 2.1 de Milo…

Posted on May 3, 2007 by jcole

Well, I’ve finally updated This Blog to use WordPress 2.1. I still need to get a few plugins installed (I’m looking at you, GeoPress and Ultimate Tag Warrior) and a theme (Tarski) to get things looking normal. That’ll probably happen, … Continue reading →

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