Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Chaetopterus pugaporcinus

Posted on 2008-03-16 by Stephan Sokolow

A worm like no other Anyone who enjoys reading about interesting species should take a look at this. Same for anyone who likes laughing at amusingly-named creatures. 🙂 Update: I’d also suggest checking out spongiforma squarepantsii and dracorex hogwartsia.

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Useful Stuff – 10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks

Posted on 2008-03-15 by Stephan Sokolow

10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks I’m a bit bogged down with work right now, but I can at least share something useful. Enjoy.

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Humor – If Version Control Systems Were Airlines

Posted on 2008-03-12 by Stephan Sokolow

If Version Control Systems Were Airlines Just a bit of geek humor that I ran across and felt like sharing. 🙂

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Interesting History – Charles Fraser-Smith

Posted on 2008-03-08 by Stephan Sokolow

Charles Fraser-Smith – The man who was ‘Q’ I can’t remember how I originally found this page, but I finally remembered to blog about it. For those who don’t know, Charles Fraser-Smith is the real life man upon whom Ian … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip – GTK RadioToolButton With All Buttons Unset

Posted on 2008-03-03 by Stephan Sokolow

In case you were unaware, GTK+ doesn’t let you set_active(False) on every single button in a RadioToolButton group. One must be pressed at all times. So, if you want to have a user interface where it’s possible to have none … Continue reading →

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PyGTK Tab-Completion

Posted on 2008-03-03 by Stephan Sokolow

PyGTK – EntryCompletion hacked up to give nicer tab-completion (PasteBin.ca) (GitHub) While working on a batch organizing tool, I found out the hard way that GTK’s EntryCompletion is not meant for people who want speed. (It’s a memory aid, not … Continue reading →

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Setting memory limits on Linux

Posted on 2008-02-27 by Stephan Sokolow

You might not be aware of this, but since some time during the glibc 2.3 era, Linux apparently doesn’t enforce the RSS memory limit. (ulimit -m) My tests seem to confirm this. As such, the only way I could find … Continue reading →

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