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Let the record show that my parents' ISP is Comcast. It's crazy that Comcast apparently blocking git. (Wow, what a crappy ISP.)
my parents' ISP seems to be blocking git!?! cloning any repo over git:// is epic FAIL with connection refused, no matter the host. *sigh*
oops! I forgot to allow ssh on the firewall after reinstalling openSUSE on my laptop. I think I'll visit the office tomorrow & fix that. (;
wish there was good fuse integration with git somehow, for GUIfied git action. there's a CVS server for git repos, perhaps that's a lead?
@jimmac: if it were possible to harness the power of time compression for files... imagine how much we'd save on bandwidth and storage! (;
Hmm. There's a "Facebook Virus" which is spread by than more than Facebook, and it only affects Windows (of course!) http://is.gd/balH
Inkscape _can_ work w/ relative paths. You have to edit the SVG. This facilitates sharing docs w/ linked bitmaps. rSVG breaks, so no thumbs.
found a useful hack to associate documents w/ wine apps, so you can double-click your way to happiness: http://is.gd/bmDX (works w/ ArtRage)
openSUSE 11.1 seems to ship fast & simple packagekit UIs for package management as alternatives. "software sources" & "add/remove software".
@pdo: this probably fixes it for ~70% of your computer time: http://www.calmar.ws/firefox/ (vimperator, a vim-like extension for Firefox) (:
git, as a translator's tool: http://tinyurl.com/6cp9dm (neat blog post)
today was a stressful day. machines should have feelings and apologize for misbehaving. (somehow)
geek questions demand geek answers. what's your git branch (most active project) to IRC channel ratio? rhetorical, but you can answer
at least one machine at work likes me today: the snack machine. veggie sandwich ftw! (my laptop? notsomuch.)
in ur china shop, beein the bull. (caused a catastrophic coffee cup cascade. nothing broke, thankfully!)
in addition to keeping in touch (in some sense), I get to see unbelievable stories & pictures. (they're unbelievable for a reason though.)
it seems my grandpa and I mainly communicate through hoax emails these days. he sends 'em; I refute 'em. it's communication, at least?
@jimmac: ouch! hope everything is fine.
@awafaa: true; I guess I can run Epiphany for non-dev browsing, but I really wish they'd release a WebKit-ized version. It's been > a ...
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