The Geek Code is a convenient shorthand for representing one’s geekiness. Mine is:
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d+ s: a- C+++ ULSA++++ P--- L+++ E+++ W+++ N++ o+ K w--- O-- M- V-- PS++/-- PE++ Y+ PGP+ t--- 5++ X-- R tv--/+ b+++ DI++ D++ G+ e++ h+ r--/--- !x-- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Well, I think it’s cool …
3 February 2018: updated link
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emms is the Emacs Multimedia System; it allows one to play audio and video (hence the ‘multimedia’ …) from within emacs. Emacs, of course, is the Swiss Army text editor.
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emms is the Emacs Multimedia System; it allows one to play audio and video (hence the ‘multimedia’ …) from within emacs. Emacs, of course, is the Swiss Army text editor.
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Fed up with worms, viruses, spam and spyware, people are giving up their computers, or at least giving up the Internet. Well, that’s what they get using Windows. If you stick a petri dish out in an influenza ward, you’re gonna grow junk; if you stick a vat of Lysol out there you won’t.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t get worms; I don’t get viruses; I don’t get infested with spyware.
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Fed up with worms, viruses, spam and spyware, people are giving up their computers, or at least giving up the Internet. Well, that’s what they get using Windows. If you stick a petri dish out in an influenza ward, you’re gonna grow junk; if you stick a vat of Lysol out there you won’t.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t get worms; I don’t get viruses; I don’t get infested with spyware.
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Thinkgeek have a plasma mug: a glass mug which acts as a plasma ball. Extremely cool.
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Thinkgeek have a plasma mug: a glass mug which acts as a plasma ball. Extremely cool.
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Michael Wiedmann has a great reference for screen presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) tools which focuses on those which run on open platforms (and maybe Windows/Mac OS X as well).
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Michael Wiedmann has a great reference for screen presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) tools which focuses on those which run on open platforms (and maybe Windows/Mac OS X as well).
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I want a Neuros. Completely open; has a mike; transmits FM; plays Ogg Vorbis. A bit pricey, though: $280 for the full bundle of player, flash backpack, earphones, belt clips and a charger.
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I want a Neuros. Completely open; has a mike; transmits FM; plays Ogg Vorbis. A bit pricey, though: $280 for the full bundle of player, flash backpack, earphones, belt clips and a charger.
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Recently found How to Write Unmaintainable Code; it’s an amusing compendium of how not to write code. I’ve a nasty feeling I’ve done some of it, too …
07 February 2018: updated URL
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