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  • 2008
    • June
      • Shorewall Local Device Address List
        06/02/08
        If anyone uses shorewall for their firewall needs, and uses a dynamic IP, then this is definitely the most useful tidbit ever. This grabs a list of addresses bound to the local host with ipv4 devices (ipv6 can be added by replacing inet with inet6). This comma-separated list is then stored in the $S

      • RedHat/Fedora/CentOS: Display Running Services
        06/01/08
        This is a quick lil one-liner to display which services are running currently versus which are running by default. It is helpful when you have a server running for a while, and you need to restart but you forgot which services you've manually started.


        vimdiff <(for i in /etc

    • May
      • Using mercurial's hgweb.cgi and hgwebdir.cgi with thttpd
        05/08/08
        I figured I'd share this gem to get hgwebdir.cgi working with thttpd, as I needed this for a light user-space server for a while. I don't use it anymore, but people are more than welcome to try this out to get hgwebdir.cgi working with thttpd. Just stick the following lines of python in th

    • March
      • Settling down in my new home
        03/12/08

        I have time to write today, as I'm home sick :(. Anyway, I'm very excited to have finally made the big move to Chicago. I purchased a condo in Lakeview at the very end of my last semester in college, and have been moved in since January. It has been a long time since I've posted

      • Downtime possibly justified...
        03/02/08
        For whom it may concern,

        I have recently upgraded my server, including web, e-mail, etc. This action has been brought about due to a broken motherboard, and many other sever reasons for needing a new system.

        The new machine is not completely set up yet, but e-mail and webspac

  • 2007
    • November
      • AI Interest Piqued (yet again...)
        11/14/07
        I have had an off & on interest in many, many different aspects of technology (most specifically electrical engineering and computer science), but I find myself coming back around to AI. I've always been absolutely fascinated by the human mind, and the biomimetics derived from the mind in m

      • National Adoption Awareness Month
        11/07/07


        As a tribute to my sister Amy, and anyone else out there who has adopted, I am temporarily changing my site's color to purple. I have a 'thing' for adoption, personally.. I'd much rather see children in need being taken care of than more children not taken care of. I

      • D-Day: 12/13/2007 10:00:00 EST
        11/04/07


        Ever look at your calendar and say... "Holy $&*#" ???

        This is my feeling as I stare at this approaching date. This is when my last final ends. I plan to move to Chicago, buy Christmas presents, go to Mexico, and start my job in 30-some days after this hour. Live

    • October
      • pNFS: What they beat me to...
        10/31/07


        A few of you already know this, but I worked on a research project called DMDR last year at Purdue, under Dr. Kihong Park. It was an awesome experience. I highly recommend doing some sort of research project if you're an undergrad.

        This story is about a project I discover

      • The Job Front - Fin
        10/31/07


        As of a few hours ago, I have verbally accepted the offer from Allston. Therefore, I am also planning to move to Chicago, and will being my job on Jan 21, 2008. I will be spending the week before that in Mexico, as a 'fair well' party for collegiate life.

        I plan to i

      • Welcoming Owen Gates
        10/29/07


        I would officially like to welcome a new friend by redundant proxy into the world. Please give a warm welcome to Owen Gates :). This ultra-cute baby was recently birthed on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. The lucky newlywed (as of Sept. '06) couple would happen to be my best friends, Brad

      • The Job Front - Coming to a Conclusion...
        10/29/07


        After my bout at FOSScamp, I realized my destiny. I have been presented with on offer from Allston Trading as a software engineer, and have found it impossible not to accept. For at least the first few years following my elongated education, I currently plan to work in the finance indust

      • FOSScamp 2007
        10/29/07


        I was invited to join the FOSScamp conference in Boston this weekend, which is hosted by Canonical in support of their operating system, Ubuntu. This meeting is directly prior to the UDS meetings, which go on during the entire week for the Ubuntu developers. The purpose of this meeting w

      • Norwalk CT: Factset Interview fun
        10/07/07

        On a happier note than my last entry, I'm right here for tonight and tomorrow. Across the street is FactSet, my first second-phase interview. I find it entertaining that it is so close to Long Beach / New York. I'm interested as to what people think about the location...

        A

    • September
      • A Solemn 'Goodbye,' for Jim Hawkins
        09/29/07


        Dear Jim,

        Thanks for my first electronics kit. Turns out, I really got into electronics, and thanks to you, my career and goals got a jump-start. Thanks for being there for my Mother; eating lunch and dinner with her, and always lending her a hand. You were, after all, her fa

      • The Job Front - Part 1
        09/22/07

        This may be the most anxiety filled three months of my life. Searching for a job, trying to get a decent career path in line, I feel overwhelmed constantly. My current aspirations include linux kernel platform engineer at Google, software developer at Allston Trading, FactSet, and a few others

    • August
      • OMG school 4 t3h win y0
        08/20/07

        Ok, I'm starting to feel desperation. Today begins the last and truly least semester of undergrad education for me, but yet I feel like I'm done already. I'm probably going to sit in on a CS class, thank God.. otherwise I'd go mad. I'm going to set off on my job search

      • The Return to the Most Humble Abode
        08/18/07
        I'm back. OK, I've been back now for about a week. School starts in two days, and I'm completely unprepared. The good news is that I have hired help cleaning my apartment right now. You would understand why this is such good news if you saw what I moved in to find!!!

        In oth


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