Patrick’s weblog, featuring posts dating back to 2002 on topics including technology, open source, networking, and various technical adventures.
Hot damn, it looks like I might actually finish the creation of Priblog that I’ve always been talking about. While I really like the idea of working with flat XML files, the fact of the matter is that performance matters to me. I hate how…
I’m in the process of getting rid of a bunch of stuff laying around the house. One of these things that I’ll never use again is my Parallel Port zip drive. In fact, I haven’t been able to use it for the last three years…
As part of the EPP Ph.D. program, each student spends a semester a manages an undergraduate student project. These are very broad projects and the final project is a 100-200 page report on the topic. In the past they’ve covered issues such as brownfields leeching…
My parents recently purchased a new house in the exurbs. So far out that Google maps doesn’t have any photos for the four highest settings. It’s 44 miles one-way to the nearest mall. Yup, that’s the middle of nowhere. My Dad built a nice set…
I was a geek and nerd back in High School. Yes, I played tennis, but only at the JV level, and even then I sucked. Most of my stuff was nerdy like Math Team, Science Olympiad, Oddyssey of the Mind, and Speech team. Yup, at…
It’s was a hot and humid weekend in Pittsburgh this weekend. On such a Friday evening what’s a group if mid-twentysomething married couples of graduate students supposed to do? Simple. Go see what sort of fun we can find out in Pennsyltucky! This last week…
Here’s a follow-up on the origin of my EFF hat. Apparently the EFF didn’t even consider where the hats were made when they started, which is pretty normal for most folks. They simply searched for the best deal. It sounds like they have a decent…
I’m a proud supporter of the EFF at a level that is probably much higher than my income should support. But in general, their work is really valuable and I appreciate all that they do. Last year when I made my donation, I even got some…
So it’s been a while since I wrote what I’ve been hacking away on. The biggest thing is that I’ve been trying to add license support to F-spot. It’s not that difficult to do, but the architecture doesn’t support changing the schema all that much.…
Over the last few years I’ve managed to rip quite a few of my CD’s to OGG Vorbis format. While it’s partially a political statement, it’s more just a technological issue. OGG is better than MP3 and it’s easier for me to get going under…