http://life.jondick.info if you set something free, and it comes back, you own it. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:24:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, Ubuntu has this problem of maintaining outdated releases of Mono/MonoDevelop.  This sucks, but I really don't want to switch to OpenSUSE or Fedora.  I had thought about using the universal installer, but I really wanted to keep things going through apt, especially since there already is a mono version ... http://life.jondick.info/2007/11/06/mono-deb-in-ubuntu-keep-it-up-to-date/ Can they really stop an alpha-numeric code from leaking out over the internet? Of course not! In case you are under a rock, recently, an encryption key used in the encryption scheme for HD-DVD's (AACS) has been discovered and posted everywhere on the internet. This key basically ... http://life.jondick.info/2007/05/03/hd-dvd-key-fiasco-will-they-ever-learn/ I forget always what my Global Ignore pattern for my subversion client (like tortoise svn) should be.  I don't like having those pesky bin and obj folders in my projects getting in the way.  I saw another post on someone's blog, reminding themselves for their future self what that pattern ... http://life.jondick.info/2007/04/11/subversion-svn-global-ignore-pattern/ Twas after christmas, and birthday cash, too. I saved up enough for Nintendo Wii, all brand new. I called up the Best Buy, and to my dismay. No wii's are in stock, try again on monday. I asked him at once, will there be lines at the store? To which he replied, yes lines, out ... http://life.jondick.info/2007/02/19/in-search-of-the-wii-an-original-poem/ Ok, before you stop reading, I'm not suggesting they didn't sell any XBox360's, because I know someone who got one, plus, I got the Bike that was runner up. With that said, if you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm talking about Amazon's weekly customers vote deal. Every week ... http://life.jondick.info/2006/11/23/amazon-customers-vote-a-partial-scam/ This is the first of a series of articles describing my journey to keeping all my personal data synchronized. I think I have finally found a solid way to keep all of my data (Contacts, Events Calendar, To-Do List, Notes) across all of my devices. Of course, my ultimate goal ... http://life.jondick.info/2006/10/18/mobile-self-in-sync-part-1/ So, after months of stagnation, like that water in that thing on your deck that you never empty despite rampant warnings of west nile virus, I did it. I returned to facebook, this time stronger, bigger, and better than ever.  Well, let's just say somebody 'wrote on my wall' (who came ... http://life.jondick.info/2006/09/29/facebook-for-the-win-myspace-think-again/ So, recently I discovered the <!-- more --> tag.  I also discovered that it isn't the most friendly to work with, especially for bloggers on one of my other sites that aren't interested in knowing html. I've found that as an html comment, the <!-- more --> tag tends to be ... http://life.jondick.info/2006/09/24/wp-alternate-more-tag/