Month: January 2005

80 tar -zcf /cygdrive/d/jrwren.win.backup.tar.gz –exclude “My\ Pictures”
–exclude “My Music” –exclude ache /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/jrwren/
{Application\ Data,Local\ Settings,My\ Documents}

my favorite cygwin command 🙂

perl -MFile::Glob -pi -e 'BEGIN{@list = File::Glob::bsd_glob("/usr/share/vim/vim63/colors/*.vim"); $i = int(rand( scalar @list)); $x = $list[$i]; $x=~s/.vim$//;$x=~s@/usr/share/vim/vim63/colors/@@;} s/colorscheme.*/colorscheme $x/;' .vimrc


Writing a fun perl oneliner (it will probably wrap to more than 80 chars) and listening to Stan Getz – The Girl From Ipanema.

Does it get any better?

the oneliner: I’m just getting started, but my thought it : File::Glob + perl -pie + cron means I can have a random vim colorsheme daily. 🙂

I heard about the comcast thing. I did speed test using one of those cool web browser speed tests. I didn’t have the fast speed the first time I did the test. So I pulled the power plug on the cable modem, counted to ten, plugged it back in.

I did the speed test again, et voila. The upgraded comcast speeds work. I’ll be hosting websites soon 🙂

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1e
DO NOT USE YOUR CONNECTION WHILE TEST IS RUNNING
click START to begin
Preparing Speedtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (upload) . . . . . 252.95Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (download) . . . . . . 3.22Mb/s

Your speed is 58.71 times faster than 56Kb dialup

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

click START to re-test
Preparing Speedtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (upload) . . . . . 323.34Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (download) . . . . . . 3.97Mb/s

Your speed is 72.29 times faster than 56Kb dialup

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

click START to re-test


Welcome to WordPress. This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

STOLEN
Distance: 69.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 hour 26 mins

How far?

1. Go To Mapquest.com
2. Click on Directions
3. Enter your Current Address and the Address of your Childhood Home (or at least the town if you don’t remember the exact address)
4. Put the time and distance in a post like this.
5. Don’t forget to repost these directions. (Not the door to door ones)

But I used maps.yahoo.com because I prefer it.

Distance: 69.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 hour 26 mins

Its also probably inacurate, because neither yahoo or mapquest are aware of my current residence. Our condo is less than 2 yrs old, in a tiny town of 3000people.

http://www.43things.com/twinkler/list/130304

and

http://www.43things.com/things/view/453

Searching in my drawer, I had to find a photograph of you. Were you really
quite like I remember? Cold Decembers on a pier, a can of beer between us.
We were dreaming on the railing of sailing on our own into the sunset: an
orange one with palm trees, dolphins bouncing round the boat. We’d live on
coconuts, I’d build a hut in wood and grass. Strong enough to last us
through the storm, keep us warm.
Why did our dream have to die? Tell me why.
You were out there with me. You felt the breeze past through your hair,
held a seashell to your ear, fearless, flying higher in a world built just
for us. No visitors, nothing there to hurt us.
So why did you run away? No explanation, no communication, not a word. Just
a square inch in the paper said you took your life – what a waste. Weren’t
you just a little hasty? God, what a pitiful waste.
Why did our dream have to die? I don’t know why.
You could have picked a graceful method: died like Cleopatra, where no
scars remain. A tube train just does nothing for your figure. My disfigured
princess!
Do you watch me through the night? Are you watching now? Well, I’d like to
join you, but I haven’t got the courage. But my dream lives on, will never
die, never die. On and on forever.