Pearls of Perl
The skeleton of a "For loop" # Initialization # Test condition # Modification I realized how much I depend on RStudio for learning R as I go along. I looked for a similar IDE for Perl, but none seems to be that elegant,…
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Fedora 16 - Easiest Upgrade Ever?
So far everything works. I didn't have to destroy anything. It has been the easiest upgrade ever. I will post any weirdness I find tomorrow. [code] sudo rpm --import https://fedoraproject.org/static/A82BA4B7.txt sudo yu…
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Glee and Sons Of Anarchy
Yes I voted for whom I think will do the least Damage as a Criminal Today..............................................................................HA Then got some BK..... Why is it that almost everything that is go…
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Hiking at Niagara Gorge
I can't believe how low the Niagara river is. I have been there 100 times and never seen the parts of the river bed that were unconvered this time. It was a good 15 feet lower which revealed a lot of interesting rock st…
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Hiking at Hunter's Creek
On Sunday e:matthew, e:tinypliny, e:yesthatcasey and I went hiking at Hunter's Creek in East Aurora. We started on Hunters creek rd and randomly hiked around some of the parts I remembered from high school. Having the p…
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But, WHY??!?!
So, if you've been following Our Hero lately, you'll know that I've recently deleted my Failbook account. Not because they did anything agregious or anything like that, but for an entirely different reason. Facebook, in…
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The DST Sunday breakfast.
I improvised on one of my Mum's recipes to come up with a tribute to the sorely needed extra hour. The steamed lentil and millet sunlight dumpling! 1 part green moong dal 1 part millets 1 part urad dal Soaked 3-6 hours …
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The Long Walk
The kids and I went for a walk yesterday, up to the Dollar Store (a blessing and a curse, that. Deets to come in a sub to come!). A trip that may take me 45 minutes, tops took 2 and a half hours. Bless the littlest one,…
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Gift of an hour
I LOVE it. It's only [center] 7:07 AM instead of an hour later. [/center] Whoever invented the ridiculous daylight savings time policy probably mused... [quote]Oh you know what, I will make them suffer for the major par…
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Cocoa Butter Vs. Soy Lecithin
Good way to find out if your chocolate is filled with the phony filler substitute for cocoa butter (otherwise known as soy lecithin): Hold it in your hands for around 30 seconds. If the chocolate starts to melt and smea…
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What a piece of transformed crap?!
That was the first expression that came to mind listening to Steve Jablonsky's soundtrack for the 3rd installation of the transformers movie. I admit that I watch movies sometimes mainly because I like soundtracks so mu…
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God bless America
and carrots. and tomatoes. and squash. and kidney beans.
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Exclusively Alaskan Good - Take 5
Headed back to my favorite fishmonger last night to pick up some more crab legs. The ones she carries are always so delicious. This time I cracked all the shells before I ate them in order to make the eating part effort…
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Carrots are people too
Went to the farmers market with Casey this morning. Afterwards we sat on the sidewalk in the last remaining warmth of the season. Here's to a mild winter.
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Been a minute...
Mmyeah, it's been a hot minute since I've been able to blog, as I've been dealing with life's nifty li'l vicissitudes as of late. But, I'm back. And I have a plan. Recently, I came as close to rock-bottom as one could g…
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Se Florindo è fedele...
I am appointing this opera as my signature tune this weekend. v=54UDdEwuoOQ Yeah, those ruins are not the point (Why play Scarlatti/Bartoli over some monastery in ruins?! Beats me.) Someday, I want to enroll in voice tr…
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PA Evening Numbers
I bought tickets for the Bloss Legion Auxiliary raffle and need to document the numbers somewhere. I have to check them against the PA Lottery's evening numbers (not quite sure what that means but Wendy's going to help …
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Airline fares
I hate it when I have just booked a ticket and find that I could have got it for $20-$50 less on a competing airline. In this case, the lesson learned is that Delta has cheaper fares coming back from NYC compared with J…
