Author: jdboyd

  • SunPCI on Solaris 9

    I just imported this page because I don’t want to forget the information. If you don’t know why you need to read this, then feel free to ignore it. About The SunPCI is a 400mhz AMD k62 card for running Windows in a PCI Sun. Never versions of the card are the SunPCI-II and the…

  • Poached Egg on Risotto with Spinach and Bacon

    The goal was to have something more than frozen pizza, or reheated spaghetti and meatballs, using only stuff on hand.  Using up the spinache before it went bad was a nice benefit.  I bought a lot of vegatables at the beginning of the week and haven’t been using them as quickly as planned.  Now, I…

  • Must have Emacs Mode

    If you ever edit javascript code, the only emacs mode to consider is Steve Yegge’s JS2 mode.  The official page for it is here.  The annoucement page is here.  This javascript mode is an example of what more modes should aspire to.  It parses your buffer into a javascript AST and uses that for syntax…

  • Making Soy Maple Salmon with Sauted Green Beans

    I had planned to make teriyaki shark tonight because shark was advertised on sale.  I bought the beans yesterday.  When I tried to buy the shark today, I found that they were sold out for the day (but might have more tomorrow, even though technically this was yesterday based on what the clock reads), so…

  • Soy-maple Glazed Salmon, with Sauted Green Beans, Recipe

    Soy-maple Glazed Salmon, with Sauted Green Beans. Including photos.

  • Hex in elisp

    ?\x48fc is a 16bit hex value in emacs.  So, for example: (- ?\x4ffb ?\x48fc)

  • Mail Configuration with Postfix and Dovecot

    (NOTE in 2011: This one post attracts enormous amounts of spam comments, so I’m closing comments on it, while still leaving comments on elsewhere.) Notes on configuring a SMTP/IMAP server with TLS, SSL, and SMTP AUTH, the least pain possible. The platform used was Solaris 10 with SunStudio 11. The notes should apply to any…

  • PostgreSQL Notes

    I don’t use Postgres quite heavily enough to remeber how to do certain administrative tasks. Having gotten sick of flipping back and forth between various sections in the manual, I’m making a page of notes here. Anything here is probably permenantly burned in the brains of heavier users, but perhaps this will be useful to…

  • eval-exp-insert

    I often want to calculate something quickly then stick it into the buffer I am currently editing. Previously, I would do something like type (+ 3 5) into the buffer, Type C-x C-e, see the result in the minibuffer at the bottom of the screen (are re-evaluate repeatedly if I didn’t quite catch it, say…

  • Lamb Chops

    This is a recipe where ingredient precision does not matter.  Just use enough to cover the meat. 1/2 Tsp mustard 1.5 Tsp dried sage 1/4 Tsp cayanne 1 Tsp dried chopped onion, or fresh finely minced 2 Tbs oil 2 Tbs balsamic vinegar 4 small lamb chops, about 3/4 pound total. Mix the above together and marinate…