Patrick’s weblog, featuring posts dating back to 2002 on topics including technology, open source, networking, and various technical adventures.
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I seem to have a lot of documentation on my computer. This comes in the form of text files, man and info pages, HTML files, a few word docs, some powerpoint slides, and a bunch of PDF documents. The problem is that while each of…
According to 720 ILCS 5/16-19 2B (scroll down the page some), my roommate commits a class A misdemeanor on a daily basis. How is this you ask? Well, at our apartment we have my desktop acting as a router for all of our Internet traffic.…
Well, for those of you not in the know, I’ve been working on an updated version of Peekabooty. This one is written entirely in Python because it makes development a lot easier. Right now it’s not fully working yet, but a lot of the components…
I’ve been considering getting a digital camera. I almost bought the Kodak LS443 and even went out to Best Buy to look at it. In the end, I think that God was saying no because my order didn’t go through at Buy.com. Ho hum. So…
So I’ve made my decision. Next fall I’m going to be starting the Ph.D. program in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon. The problem is that Pennsylvania is ass backwards and has a law that says that I can’t bring my hedgehogs with me.…
So I went out and saw Spirited Away and must say that it was a most triumphant movie. It was so interesting how it tended to blur the lines between good and evil. The animation was pretty impressive too. This is the first anime that…
My blog has been rather quiet for the last few weeks. I’ve been out and about visiting universities, my parents, and generally being sick. During that time we ended up going to war with Iraq. Oddly enough it was on March 20th, if you count…
I’m sure this has got to be a violation of some sort of law, probably related the FERPA. I got this email from some random people outside of IIT today: Hello, Welcome! You have been registered in your university/college ELMS for MSDNAA online software system.…
It’s more than a little ironic that the MPAA said that the broadcast flag was about “Keeping Honest People Honest”. Felton makes a good point about the whole definition of honesty. It’s even more interesting when on considers some of the things that the MPAA…