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Quick Picture Post II

Posted in April 29th, 2005
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Summer Project

Posted in April 29th, 2005
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Now that we’re dangerously close to the end of the school year, I have claimed my summer project.
A .NET module-ized multi-protocol instant messenger program
Why? I refuse to touch AOL Instant Messenger with a ten foot pole, gaim is very very nice and I’ll probably model it somewhat after that, but there’s still some things I’d [...]

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Trackbacks

Posted in April 28th, 2005
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I have turned off trackbacks for awile because I got tired of getting trackbacks from online casinos.
Spammers suck and are the bane of society. If you are a spammer and I see you on the street I’ll stab you i the face. Or something. Because you suck.
Thank you.
~Jaker

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Quick Picture Post

Posted in April 27th, 2005
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I saw this in my Information Systems Project teacher’s office on his wall:

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Dick Citale’s Popapalooza 2005

Posted in April 23rd, 2005
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http://www.drewmarlowe.com/pictures/brackets.jpg
The picture should speak for itself. Surprisingly Ratzinger was sixth seat. Way to go!
~Jaker
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Technically Fluff

Posted in April 23rd, 2005
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Check this site out? http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/scigen/
It randomly generates papers. Go ahead, print them out and impress your friends. The papers this thing spits out are complete garbage though. Still, the language used is way over most peoples? heads, so they won?t know. They may look at the pictures, which look pretty scientific. An excerpt from my [...]

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Best Buy Application

Posted in April 23rd, 2005
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It seems as though there’s some major confusion that needs to be settled with this website and Best Buy.
I was reading through the recent referrers to this site and saw that “Best Buy Application” was still popping up. People will leave comments that look like letters asking for a Best Buy application (which are somewhat [...]

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Real Men of Genius

Posted in April 21st, 2005
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I was relieved to hear that the “Real Men of Genius” commericials are still airing. I was driving to school and heard the “Mr. Overzealous Foulball Catcher.” I’d like to shake the hand of whoever invents these commercials. For those of you who love the commercials as much as I do, or if you’re just [...]

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Too little too late

Posted in April 19th, 2005
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It seems as though I missed out on a money-making scheme that is sadly working quite well. There is a site by the name of http://www.savetoby.com that states the scenario and why this person wants money:
Toby is the cutest little bunny on the planet. Unfortunately, he will DIE on June 30th, 2005 if you don.t [...]

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X.Org ATi/ALPS

Posted in April 15th, 2005
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I finally got the scroller to work on my touchpad on my laptop in Gentoo. The only thing I need to figure out now is battery-saving stuff like the screen turning off when closed and I should be set.
~Jaker
PS–If you’re itching to see the xorg.conf file, here it is. Do an emerge synaptics, make sure [...]

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