Monthly Archives: December 2006

Videos: The Mock Family Christmas 2006

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Jason Mock

Meara Playing Around with the Cat Cubes Meara Crying at America’s Funniest Home Videos Opening the Gifts Delayed by the Blizzard in Colorado

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Unexpected Library Behavior: Part 1 – QCheckBox setCurrentText(QString&)

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Jason Mock

Anyone using the Qt 3.x libraries have probably run into the occasional oddity, however what I’ve discovered is a little too odd to not mention. When dealing with combo boxes, you generally find helper functions that provide accessors / modifiers … Continue reading →

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Next On Nightline: Government Recommends “Hand Holders” for Taking Pain Meds

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Jason Mock

Tonight on Nightline, we aired a report regarding persons unknowingly taking more than recommended doses of pain medications, by means of “combination drugs”. After this report the government panel investigated this issue further, and has recommended that every American be … Continue reading →

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How to get ‘find ./ | xargs’ to work with files that have spaces…

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Jason Mock

Many times I have found myself in need of a one line command involving ‘find ./ | xargs’, however every now and then I run into an instance where the files I’m looking at have spaces in them. Anyone who … Continue reading →

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