grep is amazing
you pretty much can’t live without grep. this is a nice grep for windows (works fine under WinXP).
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Computer Help in Demand
but is it what I want to do? Last week, I helped to fix Gersh’s sound. It wasn’t working; I checked the connections, and he had it plugged into the wrong jack – the line in rather than output. The plug was incorrectly color-coded; both connections were green, but they’re actually not matching. I spotted…Continue Reading…
Essential tools
WD-40, duct tape, and a towel. When I was hiking Half Dome (Yosemite), I used a towel for shade, to keep dry, to dry off, to cool off (just dip the towel in water), to ward off bugs, to warm up, to clean things, to sit on, to block the wind, and more. I’ll add…Continue Reading…
Legos, IBM, Nintendo, Apple, AMD…
A selection of interesting stuff from around the web (mostly Slashdot), all in one day… Haven’t had time to digest it yet…
Adventures at USC
This morning, I went to breakfast at EVK and talked with Bob for awhile. I had some cereal with soy milk, along with one of those famous waffles topped with strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and whipped cream. Then, I went out to the Hedco Neuroscience Building to get an access code and request a room key…Continue Reading…
Power Outage at USC
We had a blackout Monday at about 12:40 pm PST. I was in my Math 126 (Calculus II) lecture with Professor Ko Honda. When the lights went out, our first thought was that the motion sensor hadn’t seen any movement – but it soon became clear when we noticed that the lights in the hallway…Continue Reading…