http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/ A digital record for [leading through, bringing along, from one point to another, bringing over to an opinion, inducing]; for [smearing over with a substance]. en-us Copyright 2006 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:18:02 -0800 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:18:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Meebo offers a browser-based cross platform instant messaging solution. It works well for people behind firewalls that don't allow IM. You know, it's not a huge revolution, but for some situations, this is exactly what you need.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/06/meebo_is_web-ba.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/06/meebo_is_web-ba.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:18:02 -0800 So I'm having a great time in Dublin, Ireland this week. I'm enjoying Pervasive 2006 and LoCA, and especially Ireland. I went to the Guinness brewery tonight. I've seen some amazing foam art in lattes in Seattle, but the... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/dublin.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/dublin.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Sat, 13 May 2006 15:27:19 -0800 Photo courtesy of pupski. This web site has an overwhelming list of Web 2.0/ Ajax-y sites that will help you take notes, write collaborative documents, wiki and do other text-based information management tasks. Uggh.. It's overwhelming.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/fifty_ways_to_t.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/fifty_ways_to_t.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:00:34 -0800 I found a house on fire while flying around Orange County with Google Earth. Click on the photo to get a .kmz file to see it yourself in Google Earth. Or go to Google Maps... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/google_earth_fi.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/google_earth_fi.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:41:07 -0800 So is it a directory or isn't it?... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/aaah_-_unix.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/aaah_-_unix.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:39:57 -0800 Here is a cool website that will find copies of two websites. Valuable if you are worried that people are ripping off your content and claiming that it is thier own. Copyscape... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/finding_copies.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/finding_copies.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:37:06 -0800 Life is changing. Part of the changes in my life have been a reorganization of my computing resources. I had a Pentium II desktop computer at home that has become unused now that my family is running off of... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/craigslist_is_a.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/craigslist_is_a.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:00:05 -0800 Samorost2 is a beautiful Flash based video game. It's not the type of game that gets the adrenaline pumping. It's more like Myst in that it is a puzzle game. But the enjoyment of this game comes from watching... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/samorost2_flash.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/samorost2_flash.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:59:54 -0800 Photo courtesy of StefZ Some handy anti-marketing help for you below. Here is a link to get yourself off of the credit card company pre-approval lists: https://www.optoutprescreen.com/opt_form.cgi And to not get telemarketing calls go here: http://www.donotcall.gov and here: http://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offtelephone... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/get_rid_of_pre-.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/get_rid_of_pre-.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:56:52 -0800 I just want to give out some props to the people who wrote Fink Commander. I needed to install Ruby, a new language that is taking the geeks by storm (sort of). Normally this would be a huge pain.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/fink_commander.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/fink_commander.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:53:09 -0800 Note: I'm resurrecting this story because I thought this had stopped working, but it started working again on my new laptop: Invert the color on your screen and send it into black and white mode by pressing Control-Option-Command-8.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/mac_os_x_screen_1.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/mac_os_x_screen_1.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:40:03 -0800 Photo courtesy of FngKestrel Jim Gilchrist is running for Congress for District 48 in Orange County, California. This is where I live and includes Irvine, CA. He bugs me because his entire platform is based on a negative outlook... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/11/jim_gilchrist_c.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/11/jim_gilchrist_c.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:55:08 -0800 Photo courtesy of ChrisWiegand This is the coolest Mac thing I've ever stumbled on. I always have printing problems. Today my problem is that the closest printer is on the fritz. Unfortunately I had a bunch of things in... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/09/mac_os_x_print.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/09/mac_os_x_print.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:04:29 -0800 I recently finished listening to the audio book version of David Allen's "Getting Things Done". This was a really good motivator for how to deal with the constant interruptions of modern information work. Not just external interruptions but also... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/06/card_based_time.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/06/card_based_time.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:25:52 -0800 I was getting so sick of typing in passwords to log on to different machines using various terminals. At the same time we recently had a break in at the University of Washington featuring hackers from Romania. So I... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/05/ssh-agent.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/05/ssh-agent.html Stuff That I'm Messing With Thu, 12 May 2005 08:32:48 -0800