Monthly Archives: February 2007

Archival and Optical Media

Posted on 2007-02-22 by Stephan Sokolow

Have you ever worried about the lifetime of your stored data? You should. Google did a study that has shown an hard drive reliability to be even lower than previously thought. Professionally pressed DVDs and CDs have a shorter lifespan … Continue reading →

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udev and evdev: Removing devices

Posted on 2007-02-22 by Stephan Sokolow

Yes, there is a legitimate reason for removing devices, and a special way to do it. In my case, I needed to because my cheap USB numpad exported two evdev-compatible devices with the same name. This confused evdev-plug… especially since … Continue reading →

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Recent downtime

Posted on 2007-02-20 by Stephan Sokolow

Well, I’ve finally got my blog back up. It seems that there’s some kind of bug (impossible to trigger in the default configuration, I’d assume) in the newest version of PHP 5 which causes ./ and ../ includes to fail, … Continue reading →

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udev and evdev: Permissions

Posted on 2007-02-17 by Stephan Sokolow

As programs start to take advantage of the evdev interface for input devices, it’s only a matter of time before you trip over the default permissions. The big problem is that you can’t just edit the default udev rule for … Continue reading →

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The Idiocy That Is MySpace

Posted on 2007-02-09 by Stephan Sokolow

*sigh* I just spent the last two hours helping my brother customize the look of his MySpace page and my only conclusion is that the MySpace developers are either idiots, or coding with their hands tied behind their backs, metaphorically … Continue reading →

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Some more geek humor

Posted on 2007-02-03 by Stephan Sokolow

Languages: How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot Programming Humor: Hunting Elephants Two of my favorite list-form jokes: How to shoot yourself in the foot using various languages, and how different kinds of people in the computer industry go about … Continue reading →

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