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February 27, 1999 by Eric Richardson

Code snipet of the day:

while (my $field = shift(@{$types{$input{type}}})) {

I love Perl...

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February 23, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I'm getting really pissed off at RealNetworks for their second-class additude towards anything but Windows. I think it's time to investigate alternatives. If anyone knows any good ones with Linux code, send 'em to eric@ericrichardson.com.

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February 21, 1999 by Eric Richardson

Progress is starting to get on my nerves. Why do I constantly have to upgrade half my system just to compile a library? Everytime I turn around, something new is requiring a new version of something else, which in turn requires you to upgrade something else, which then causes your old apps to require recompiling in order to link with the new libs... and by the time you're done there's a whole new version out that requires you to do the same fscking thing all order again. I know... it's the price you have to pay for being at the cutting edge, but it's getting old really fast.

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood... I ordered a 4.3gig hard drive and a SCSI adaptor for our home machine a while ago, and when it came (a month or month and a half ago), the SCSI adaptor (an actual adaptor between the drive and the cable, not the card itself) burned up (literally). I finally got the replacement for the adaptor about a week ago, and when I go to install it today I find that when the adaptor burned it must have fried the drive too. Why me? Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to try, the computer's just going to find a way to screw me up.

I better leave before I get mad and break something...

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February 20, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I just redid the "about eric" page, so click there to get insight into my wacky life.

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February 20, 1999 by Eric Richardson

(note the new archived news link at the bottom of the page. it'll display the last 20 updates, compared to the 5 that show up here.)

As soon as Gimp finishes re-compiling (I linked it to the wrong gtk the first time, so it had problems), I'm going to rework this design some to add in new content (woo-hoo). I'm playing with stuff like hourly snapshots, web cams, what I'm listening to right now, etc. Should be some interesting stuff.

If anyone knows a Linux mp3 player that prints out what file its playing somewhere, let me know. I love x11amp, but I want something that I can grab the filename from to put here.

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February 19, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I'm finally getting around to taking some old records and transferring them to mp3. Right now I'm recording the Muppet Show. Some things get a lot funnier once your older... This is great stuff.

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February 15, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I just found a great use for my Rio (I bought one in San Diego). You know how quiet it is when your machine's rebooting? Just flip on the Rio. Sound quality's great, and it holds plenty to survive even the longest fscks.

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February 15, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I'm back (as if you cared). Now time to figure out how impossible all the crazy ideas I came up with out there are. Lots of cool RealMedia stuff coming if I can slap their messed up system into compliance.

In other, completely unrelated news, I think I'm going to mess with some new dynamic content here in the next couple days. Cool stuff, too. check back soon.

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February 09, 1999 by Eric Richardson

I'm about to take off for San Diego for a couple days. Gospelcom hosts a bi-annual conference, and I'm teaching a seminar on RealMedia. Should be interesting. I can't wait, I love San Diego.