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A new message queuing system
First, why a new one? Because I haven’t found any that do what I need and look simple and well supported. Besides, it seems like a reasonable learning experience. The initial summary of what I need is a light weight method for PHP (in the form of scripts running in mod_php) to send messages to…
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Thread Worker Pooling in Python
The worker pool pattern is a fairly common tool for writing multi-threaded programs. You divide your work up into chunks of some size and you submit the to a work queue. Then there is a pool of threads that watch that queue for tasks to execute, and when complete, they add the jobs into the finished queue.…
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Braided Cinnamon Bread
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Follow a basic milk bread recipe (flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water, milk, shortening) through the first kneading and rising stage. Split dough into three equal portions Roll out each portion, into a roughly 4:3 shape. Cover with a mixture of sugar, butter, and cinnamon, then roll into a tube. Fan…
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Making Miro work with USB sound devices on Ubuntu
On Ubuntu (and possibly other linux distributions) Miro refuses to work with a secondary sound card, it will only work with the primary one despite what the ALSA default is set to, unlike most programs which offer some way to override the default. Potentially, the second sound card in question could be a PCI card…
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Seeking
I am now looking for a new job and am no longer with Sigma Electronics. My first preference would be a position writing software for post production or visual effects at either a software company or a post production or visual effects company. Other than that, I am also interested in positions or contract work…
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A few Solaris 10 notes
Actually, these are primarily Solaris 11 notes, but they will probably all apply to Solaris 10 when the next release comes out, which I understand to be scheduled for sometime later this month. First, recently a lot of SCSI hard drives I’ve gotten have been a little mysterious about being used by the Solaris installer…
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Flash on Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64
I run Ubuntu 8.04 AM64 on a laptop at work. I’ve been doing this since Ubuntu 6.10. This has not been a smooth ride. Ubuntu 6.10 i386 on my old laptop (I only “upgraded” because the old one was stolen from the plane on a busines trip) worked flawlessly for me. Things have gotten a…
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Vanilla Extract
I made vanilla extract. Since I just followed the directions, here is the link. I can’t try it for 4 weeks, and it won’t really be done for six months. I hope it doesn’t come out weak. I dropped a bit of the seeds on the floor and decided to trash what was on the…
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Pesto Tilapia on Tomato Risotto with Roast Asparagus
I made enough for 4 this time because I wanted left overs to pack for lunch. The tilapia was 1/2 pound rubbed with pesto from a squeeze tube, then fried. I didn’t love the flavor, and if I were to try fish like this again, I’d pick a different white fish, possibly haddock. Otherwise I…
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About ReferURL
ReferURL.net is a link shorting service I created. You paste in a long URL (say to an eBay auction or newpaper article) and it gives you a short URL to use (http://referurl.net/123). You also have the option of picking an alias for a referurl, something like http://referurl.net/r/xxx. Also, a common usage pattern is a bookmarklet…