Tim’s Blog
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Get Name of Current Directory
The following gets you the full path… pwd example: /home/tim/my_project What if you just want my_project? This comes in handy when writing backup scripts for coding directories. pwd | sed ‘s/.*\///g’
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Smoking at the Pump (part 1)
I saw something crazy this morning. And it lead me down an interesting train of thought. First, I thought I’d detail the event. Later, I’ll post on the thought train. I pulled up to the pump to fill up my car for a cool $36, and I notice a woman at another pump smoking while […]
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Please…
Never compare the Bengals with the Steelers. It pops veins in my head… http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/03/16/sports/steelers/doc47ddede3232a3317711311.txt
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TV
Tired of lazy service from your cable company? I was. No NFL Network, no Big Ten Network, and poor boxes and software. I switched to U-Verse (AT&T) and really like it. Pricing is in the range of cable with 3 boxes in the house ($5 per add). The internet speeds are good, you can remotely […]
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Email Blogging
WordPress supports posting via email. Combine with an iPhone and mobile blogging would be pretty easy.
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