June 2006
Total Burnination
Posted by Stephen on June 29, 2006 in Computing
This story won’t mean anything to you unless you’re familiar with Unix. I was waiting for a friend in the lobby of the Hilton down at Union Square. Near me was a middle-aged woman speaking loudly into a pay phone. “Yes, yes, that’s right. You’ve got it. Now, here’s what I […]
The Gilded Age
Posted by Stephen on June 29, 2006 in Music, Twin Cities
Tonight, I went to Varsity Theater to see the debut of the Como Avenue Jugband’s new movie. The film was awesome, and so was the jugband, but as much as I love the jugband, the hightlight of the evening was one of the opening acts, The Gilded Age. They were just supurb. […]
Out of Town
Posted by Stephen on June 21, 2006 in Egomania
I’ll be out of town at a Lutheran Volunteer Corps retreat from Thursday, June 22 until the evening of Sunday, June 25. During that time, I will not have access to the Internet. If you know my cell phone number, you’re welcome to call me, but I don’t know what kind of reception […]
Markdown to the Rescue
Posted by Stephen on June 21, 2006 in Computing
I noticed after posting all that C code on my journal that WordPress was generating invalid XHTML. After struggling with the WordPress dashboard, I couldn’t fix the problem, so I installed a Michel Fortin’s Markdown plugin. Every works so much better now. Originally created by John Gruber, Markdown is a really sweet markup language. […]
Out of Town
Posted by Stephen on June 8, 2006 in Egomania
I’ll be at Wick’s wedding party this weekend, and will be away from the Internet until Monday morning (2006-06-12). Those of you that know my cell-phone number can reach me that way. Those of you that don’t can’t.