Recipe for thorx

mix one mad rush of idea through a brain premixed with random knowledge and strange imagination. Please avoiding zombies whilst brain is exposed. Baste with motivation and bake well in the oven of the wiki. Serve to blog.

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new $HOME days 3-6: Desktop Distro Distractions

Like I said, KDE has grown on me, but I’m not quite sure yet if it’s a beauty spot, or merely a wart. . . . → Read More: new $HOME days 3-6: Desktop Distro Distractions

new $HOME day 1: restoring my files

rebuilding $HOME: Days 1 and 2

The first thing to do with a new clean (empty) $HOME, is to populate it with my actual files. Not the configuration cruft that is of concern, but my actual “stuff”. Continue reading new $HOME day 1: restoring my files

but that was my $HOME

This is my $HOME. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I’m rebuilding it. . . . → Read More: but that was my $HOME

browser warts

Recently I’ve seen a few ‘if browsers were girls’ analogy pictures. Usually with IE being the ugly one, opera being the forgotten one, firefox being the former hot one, and chrome being the new hot one…

But I think it’s wrong. I’m not a fan of chrome, basically. This is how I see them…

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Multi quality JPEG hack

tl;dr: In which I attempt to montage jpeg which comprises areas of differing internal jpeg quality, for fun and, er… artistic geeky interest.
Continue reading Multi quality JPEG hack

getting to the core of the matter

Sometimes lazy bloggers just quote IRC…

<QuantumNinja> if I ever decide to start a queer core band I am making sure to do a tour entirely in katters district
<Screwtape> In *both* pubs!
* Screwtape wonders what kind of core “queer core” is.
* Screwtape checks: grep ‘ard$’ /usr/share/dict/words | sed -e ‘s/$/core/’ | less
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