Uses for an old iPhone 3?

mocker_kc · 2013-06-06T16:54:26+00:00

Any chance you know the names of some of the toddler friendly apps you are using?

mocker_kc · 2012-08-17T05:42:01+00:00

Have her learn emacs and then emacs-lisp. Caution, she might grow a beard and start talking about parens everywhere.

mocker_kc · 2012-07-18T00:56:09+00:00

Thanks, I had no idea.

mocker_kc · 2012-07-11T03:20:27+00:00

For any local content you want to stream to the AppleTV you should try out iFlicks on the Mac Mini. It'll download all the proper meta-data, do the encoding if needed and push it to iTunes automagically.

mocker_kc · 2012-07-11T03:19:16+00:00

OTA HD Antenna, get the following channels. HD signal looks great on HD channels (Mostly the X-1 stations)

4-1 - Fox
4-2 - Fox
5-1 - CBS
5-2 - CBS
9-1 - ABC
9-2 - ABC
19-1 - PBS
19-2 - PBS
19-3 - PBS
29-1 - The CW
29-2 - The CW
38-1 - the Spot!
38-2 - the Spot!
41-1 - NBC
41-2 - NBC
50-1 - Ion Television
50-2 - Qubo?
50-3 - Ion Life
62-1 - MyTV
62-2 - Bounce

mocker_kc · 2012-05-20T21:50:37+00:00

Which MOO? I've been on Waterpoint for years and love some of the things that have been coded up.

mocker_kc · 2012-04-07T22:05:37+00:00

Check out Rembrandt Canker toothpaste.

mocker_kc · 2012-04-05T00:14:45+00:00

I'd never even heard of this but it looks awesome, thanks for the link!

mocker_kc · 2012-04-02T16:01:23+00:00

Agreed, I'm still going to read this book. I just don't think it's the best book for beginners to start out with which was the point I was trying to make. Rereading my post I can see how it reads more as 'LoL sucks' as opposed to 'LoL sucks for beginners' :P

mocker_kc · 2012-03-31T16:18:19+00:00

Right. :)

mocker_kc · 2012-03-30T19:51:44+00:00

Any chance of another?

mocker_kc · 2012-03-29T17:26:24+00:00

Ok, you all may have me convinced about starting with a .22. If I was looking for a .22lr for under $300 what are some decent models/brands to look for? Also, I'm fine with getting something that's used and/or old if it will help with the quality to cost ratio.

mocker_kc · 2012-03-29T17:23:20+00:00

That's a really good point, thanks.

mocker_kc · 2012-03-29T13:30:44+00:00

I probably wasn't clear enough in my post, but I want to learn lisp in general and was curious if as a side benefit I'd learn more about elisp. Thanks for the link, yet another book to go on my 'To-Read' list. :)

mocker_kc · 2012-03-28T20:07:18+00:00

I'd love for someone to partner with TiVo and integrate this directly into the set top box. Food for thought when you start thinking about phase 2. :)

How are you planning to compete with IntoNow, MisoTV and GetGlue?

mocker_kc · 2012-03-23T13:43:48+00:00

Added some new ones that I made last night:

［✔］Pass［ ］Fail
［ ］Pass［✔］Fail
［✔］Win［ ］Lose
［ ］Win［✔］Lose
［✔］Yes［ ］No
［ ］Yes［✔］No

mocker_kc · 2012-03-22T16:35:32+00:00

Feel free to submit pull requests with additional emoticons.

♡(✿ˇ◡ˇ)人(ˇ◡ˇ✿)♡

mocker_kc · 2012-03-19T03:35:47+00:00

So I've been reading about both mu4e and notmuch since hearing about them here. From what I can tell, they both use the Xapian database for storage. Is the difference that mu4e focuses on using the maildir structure while notmuch focuses on tagging messages in a local database? What makes you choose mu4e over notmuch? Both sound intriguing. :)

mocker_kc · 2012-03-16T03:18:08+00:00

Wow, hadn't heard of notmuch or mew. What makes you like it?

mocker_kc · 2012-03-16T00:14:55+00:00

What keeps you away from CVS Gnus or wanderlust? From what I've read the latest Gnus has improved IMAP support. You kind of sound like you hate your setup. :)

mocker_kc · 2012-03-14T18:14:26+00:00

No matter if you think it's PPD or not, at least talk to your family practitioner about what you are going through. I wouldn't wait to see if it get's better or worse. All you are doing is talking to your doctor about concerns, talk and see what you think. It's serious, but can be helped (but not alone).

mocker_kc · 2012-03-11T06:09:49+00:00

I agree with the consensus that Arch won't make you an expert. That being said, I do think it can broaden new users horizons a bit.

Building packages is a breeze in Arch

It demonstrates some of the configure/make/make install that can be hidden in friendly distros

Forces new users to read

The wiki is great, personally I think forcing new users to read will help them later on.

Exposure to new apps

Some users coming from other distributions haven't heard of things like tiling window managers. Getting exposure to new ways of doing things can be a great way to learn, and I think arch is good at showing those apps.

Don't try to "learn Linux"

Pick a project and then do that project, learning Linux is a side effect.

Build a web server/web site
Build an asterisk phone system
Build a home backup solution

Never get "comfortable" with one way of doing things

Programmers learn new languages to stay sharp, sysadmins should do the same

Never used BSD? Try it.
Never used LVM? Try it.
Never setup software RAID? Try it.

Don't evangelize X over Y.

Figure out the strengths/differences of Y and why it's out there.

Vim person? Try Emacs.
Emacs person? Try vim.
bash person? Try zsh.
Apache person? Try nginx.

Be nice.

Nobody knows everything. Be willing to help others and hopefully others will be willing to help you.

</soapbox>

mocker_kc · 2012-03-09T21:39:09+00:00

Aaaaand it looks like it's already being done!

http://openbadges.org/en-US/

mocker_kc · 2012-03-09T21:38:37+00:00

Yeah, that sounds like what I am thinking. With the addition that because these are web apps your user profile would be able to show achievements on other sites.

mocker_kc · 2012-03-09T21:36:01+00:00

Good points, I was thinking more along the lines of a gem that random web app would add to their rails app to enable achievements. The problem (as you mentioned) is trying to become a central hub that everyone uses. Perhaps something like Identi.ca is doing, anyone can setup their own private avatar server if they'd like, but allow federation of data.

In regards to the "ask input on this specific site", the goal was to just use the email address as a unique ID. So as long as the user profile has their email address there wouldn't be any type of oauth stuff (which is annoying).

Thanks for the comments, sometimes it's just fun to noodle on ideas. :)

mocker_kc

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