Tag Archives: awesome

Compiling ConvertLit on Ubuntu Linux 9.10

December 31, 2009

So, ConvertLit seems to be a good solution for those looking to convert LIT ebooks into EPUB (well, into HTML, but then into EPUB…). Unfortunately, the developers seem to be unable to properly make a good source tarball for version 1.8. Here’s what I did: Download Version 1.8 source from here. unzip clit18src.zip -d convertlit sudo apt-get install libtommath-dev Download this to the convertlit directory. patch -p1 -i clit18.source.patch You should see the clit18/Makefile was patched cd lib && make [...]

Diving into OOC, a fun new programming language

November 12, 2009

OOC is cool. Yesterday I started writing some code in it after reading about it on the github blog. Here is the first result: I’m extremely happy with how well this performs. Using the latest ooc Java compiler from the github trunk to handle the each() functions, this compiles down to a bunch of C code, and then is automagically compiled behind the scenes into an ELF Binary! This is totally awesome, and I have to commend nddrylliog and the [...]

SMPlayer, Lirc, and IRExec on Ubuntu Karmic

November 7, 2009

I used to use lirc with mplayer to allow my Packard Bell crappy remote to work awesomely, but I have since lost that configuration and switched to smplayer, since it’s awesome. Today, I figured out how to control smplayer using similar means.

1,000,000th Fibonacci Number One-Liner in C

September 9, 2009

This is possibly the best one-liner I’ve ever written: gcc -x c -o /tmp/out – -lgmp

Reading compressed files with postgres using named pipes

September 4, 2009

Postgres has the same type of ability MySQL has to read in files, yet much nicer syntax. LOAD DATA INFILE from MySQL is just COPY in postgres. I decided to try having it read from a named pipe today, and it worked out nicely.

Using Vimpress

February 28, 2009

I’m regaining some functionality I haven’t had for a long time today. Back in the old days, I used to use [Flog](http://www.ralree.com/2006/09/02/changing-up-the-flogging/”) to post to Typo, but that all went away with Mephisto (I couldn’t get XMLRPC to work properly). So, I’m trying [Vimpress](http://friggeri.net/blog/2007/07/13/vimpress). Hopefully, I won’t need to hack together Ultimate Tag Warrior into WordPress 2.8 to get tagging from vim to work. ##Update It looks like it’s working, as a matter of fact. I installed the [Markdown for [...]

My New Duct Tape Wallet

February 22, 2009

I made myself an awesome wallet today. It’s made of Red and Black duct tape I picked up at Home Depot. I originally wanted a clear tape wallet to replace my old store-bought (I know, I know) duct tape wallet since it was super-bulky. But, I decided that if I kept it minimal, it would work out well. This post brought me to this post, and I set to work. It was difficult to create the duct tape fabric, and [...]

Greek Mail

January 31, 2009

I got this awesome letter today: I’m going to have to find more stuff from various countries just to collect the envelopes. My copy of Spore from India was also entertaining – it was wrapped in cheesecloth!

Don’t listen to the media; fly to Sudan yourself!

June 12, 2008

These guys are my new heroes. They objectively evaluate the situation in Sudan/Darfur simply by going there with a camera and asking people questions. It turns out that what most Americans believe is going on there may be a bit skewed… All the rest are inside…

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