Monthly Archives: October 2011

Fanon And The Hazards of Source Amnesia

Posted on 2011-10-26 by Stephan Sokolow

a guest post by weebee Fanon is a rather odd entity. It’s often looked down on entirely, with those who think themselves the ‘best authors’ sneering at any use of it and claiming that you should never resort to such … Continue reading →

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Functional Programming Concepts for the Lay Programmer – Part 2

Posted on 2011-10-25 by Stephan Sokolow

After languishing in the drafts folder for over a year and a half,  Functional Programming Concepts for the Lay Programmer – Part 1 now has a friend. The Easy Stuff,…After languishing in the drafts folder for over a year and … Continue reading →

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Just a Few Little-Known REAL Mysteries (and other interesting things)

Posted on 2011-10-17 by Stephan Sokolow

Around the time I wrote “A Few Suggestions/Pleas to Authors of Mystery-oriented Fiction“, I started work on a little post about some of the real mysteries that don’t get much…Around the time I wrote “A Few Suggestions/Pleas to Authors of … Continue reading →

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Floating Flattr Buttons in TiddlyWiki

Posted on 2011-10-16 by Stephan Sokolow

As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’ve started to add Flattr buttons to my various creations. However, given that none of my other attempts to get other people to pay for…As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’ve started to add Flattr buttons … Continue reading →

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about:config Tweaks for Firefox 7 (and up)

Posted on 2011-10-04 by Stephan Sokolow

A couple of days ago, it finally occurred to me to look for a way to turn off the sluggish (on Linux, at least) drag-and-drop previews in Firefox. So, while…A couple of days ago, it finally occurred to me to … Continue reading →

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Information-richness in a compact zsh Prompt

Posted on 2011-10-03 by Stephan Sokolow

Note: While this post focuses on zsh, everything I do should be possible to implement in bash too. When I look at people’s shell prompts, the first thing I always…Note: While this post focuses on zsh, everything I do should … Continue reading →

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Installing a new Ttk/Tile theme

Posted on 2011-10-01 by Stephan Sokolow

On a lucky coincidence, I discovered that PySolFC comes with a Clearlooks pixmap theme nicer than the built-in one I was using. Unfortunately, there seemed to be no documentation on…On a lucky coincidence, I discovered that PySolFC comes with a … Continue reading →

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