The Wisdom of Calvin
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best
of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and
refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their
heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles! -- CalvinMy Updates
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Author Archives: Jason Mock
Blockbuster Quietly Reinstates Late Fees, Continued
So, Blockbuster.com’s customer service give a less the spectacular response regarding the late fee’s I had been charged. My Message To Them: I do plan on returning to the store and discussing this with a manager, but I’m a little … Continue reading
Blockbuster Quietly Reinstates Late Fees
For almost two years now I’ve had a Blockbuster.com account for renting movies. The main reason I’ve had a Blockbuster.com account as opposed to Netflix is my ability to use the movies from Blockbuster.com for free in-store rentals. Additionally, for … Continue reading
Happy Halloween
I know it’s a little delayed, but I’ve finally had a chance to go through my pictures from Halloween, and one of the slow exposures of a jack-o’ lantern came out really well. I’m finally getting back to post production … Continue reading
QOTD: Real Software Quality
I came across this quote from Linus Torvalds today that really struck a cord with me: “Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they’re involved and taking it personally,” – Linus Torvalds, … Continue reading
OpenOffice.org 3.0
The latest in the OpenOffice.org offerings has been released today in all it’s server busting glory. I’ve actually been using the beta for about a month now, and have been quite happy with the new version. For those of you … Continue reading
Advanced Bash Redirection + Logging
Just the other day I came across a great post by Travis B. Hartwell regarding how to redirect stdout to stderr to a file while still displaying that output. Not only does he show how it could be done, he goes through … Continue reading
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Tagged Bash, Logging, Redirection, STDERR, STDOUT, Travis B. Hartwell
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Stackoverflow.com – Knowledge Sharing on Steroids
While I do feel that I have learned a great deal in the past three years as a software engineer, there’s still much more for me to learn. One blog to that I read on a very regular basis is … Continue reading
University Study: Most Users Don’t Pay Attention To Dialogs
OK, I’m definitely being nicer with my title than Arstechnica’s Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots. Regardless of the title, the study about user responses to error or warning dialog boxes is quite interesting. In the study, conducted by … Continue reading
Yarr!
All ah kin recommend ye is that ye best be speakin’ like a proper pirate, or yer booty will be becommin’ the property of yours truly. You who don’t be follow the current events best be readin’ up, cuz this … Continue reading