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Faber J. Fedor [faber at linuxnj.com]
On 04/02/08 00:27 -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> But I like keeping people in suspense, Faber. It often has pleasant > results - like getting you to come down out of the rafters.
"Arrgh! Curse you, Okopnik!" Faber wraps his cloak around him and slinks off into the shadows....
> Since you have asked, though, here it is: > > `` > http://okopnik.com/temp/vimrc # Temp location; will be available at > http://linuxgazette.net/148/misc/tag/vimrc # after 148 comes out > ''
A few minutes later, a bat is seen flying into the rafters carrying a sheet of green-bar paper.
Fin
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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:36:59AM -0500, Faber Fedor wrote:
> On 04/02/08 00:27 -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > But I like keeping people in suspense, Faber. It often has pleasant > > results - like getting you to come down out of the rafters.
[laugh] We got to see "The Phantom of the Opera" when we were in NYC a while ago; a wonderful production. You'd do well; at least my image of you slinking off into the shadows is just perfect for the role.
> > Since you have asked, though, here it is: > > > > `` > > http://okopnik.com/temp/vimrc # Temp location; will be available at > > http://linuxgazette.net/148/misc/tag/vimrc # after 148 comes out > > '' > > A few minutes later, a bat is seen flying into the rafters carrying > a sheet of green-bar paper.
That's got to be hell on the aerodynamics...
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Raj Shekhar [rajlist2 at rajshekhar.net]
in infinite wisdom Ben Okopnik spoke thus On 02/03/2008 09:20 PM:
> ``` > autocmd FileType perl nmap K "zyiw<c-W>n:set buftype=nofile<CR>:r! > \perldoc -tf '<c-R>z' 2>/dev/null <bar><bar> perldoc '<c-R>z'<cr>gg > '''
In emacs, add this to your .emacs file
(global-set-key [f1] 'cperl-perldoc-at-point)
(cperl-mode <http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CPerlMode> should come as part of the default emacs installation)
When Bats and lutefisk and press f1 to bring up the relevant perldoc page.
-- raj shekhar facts: http://rajshekhar.net | opinions: http://rajshekhar.net/blog Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will 'Borg? Sounds Swedish.' - Lily, Star Trek First Contact
Breen Mullins [breen.mullins at gmail.com]
* Raj Shekhar <rajlist2@rajshekhar.net> [2008-02-04 12:43 +0530]:
> >In emacs, add this to your .emacs file > >``` >(global-set-key [f1] 'cperl-perldoc-at-point) > >'''
There's always an emacs answer...and an emacs user to provide it.
xkcd did a riff the other day:
that prompted a few chortles from me.
-- Breen Mullins Menlo Park, California
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 08:38:20AM -0800, Breen Mullins wrote:
> * Raj Shekhar <rajlist2@rajshekhar.net> [2008-02-04 12:43 +0530]: > > > > >In emacs, add this to your .emacs file > > > >``` > >(global-set-key [f1] 'cperl-perldoc-at-point) > > > >''' > > There's always an emacs answer...and an emacs user to provide it. > > xkcd did a riff the other day: > > http://xkcd.com/378/ > > that prompted a few chortles from me.
[snort] I just love XKCD; a great combination of snarkyness and a gentle sense of humor.
> Breen Mullins > Menlo Park, California
Oh yeah - that reminds me. The Travelling Okopniks are going to be in L.A. for a few days starting on the 14th; then, we'll head up to Sacramento on the 18th and muck about there until the 22nd - and might try to slide in an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the next morning. Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and have some time to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest Baby in the World) are invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in the flesh.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Breen Mullins [breen.mullins at gmail.com]
* Ben Okopnik <ben@linuxgazette.net> [2008-02-04 22:21 -0500]:
>an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the next morning. >Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and have some time >to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest Baby in the World) are >invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in the flesh.
Oh, me! me!
[Love to finally meet you all for real - let me know if this works out.]
b.
-- Breen Mullins Menlo Park, California
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:18:33PM -0800, Breen Mullins wrote:
> * Ben Okopnik <ben@linuxgazette.net> [2008-02-04 22:21 -0500]: > > >an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the next morning. > >Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and have some time > >to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest Baby in the World) are > >invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in the flesh. > > Oh, me! me! > > [Love to finally meet you all for real - let me know if this works > out.]
My Social Director will email you - once she's fed The Michael.
Looking forward to meeting you!
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Ben Okopnik (ben@linuxgazette.net):
> Oh yeah - that reminds me. The Travelling Okopniks are going to be in > L.A. for a few days starting on the 14th; then, we'll head up to > Sacramento on the 18th and muck about there until the 22nd - and might > try to slide in an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the > next morning. Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and > have some time to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest > Baby in the World) are invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in > the flesh.
Delighted to have you stop by and have the family enjoy some traditional Scandinavian delicacies such as my home-made pizza and garlic bread. There are also persistent rumours of someone named Breen likewise living in Menlo Park, CA.
-- Cheers, "I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate Rick Moen those who do. And, for the people who like country music, rick@linuxmafia.com denigrate means 'put down'." -- Bob Newhart
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:51:46PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ben Okopnik (ben@linuxgazette.net): > > > Oh yeah - that reminds me. The Travelling Okopniks are going to be in > > L.A. for a few days starting on the 14th; then, we'll head up to > > Sacramento on the 18th and muck about there until the 22nd - and might > > try to slide in an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the > > next morning. Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and > > have some time to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest > > Baby in the World) are invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in > > the flesh. > > Delighted to have you stop by and have the family enjoy some traditional > Scandinavian delicacies such as my home-made pizza and garlic bread.
Rick, that would be just wonderful. We'll even try to have a few special munchies along to share. I seem to recall that you like good hot sauce; we'll bring some crack^Wdatil pepper sauce, a Florida specialty.
> There are also persistent rumours of someone named Breen likewise living > in Menlo Park, CA.
Better yet! I'm willing to make the Sac-Menlo Park drive during the week (Tue-Fri); if you two can come up with an evening that works for all of you, we'll be there.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:04:42AM -0500, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> sauce; we'll bring some crack^Wdatil pepper sauce, a Florida specialty.
Oh, dear. Now you've done it, we're going to all be strip searched by those nice people at the lufthavn.
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@linuxgazette.net
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 08:27:45AM -0800, Kat wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:04:42AM -0500, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote: > > sauce; we'll bring some crack^Wdatil pepper sauce, a Florida specialty. > > Oh, dear. Now you've done it, we're going to all be strip searched by > those nice people at the lufthavn.
If they're going to strip-search all of us, then you should carefully
consider exactly when to feed The Michael... and then fill him up till
he bulges. I think the TSA deserves to get the full benefit of such
decisions.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Raj Shekhar [rajlist2 at rajshekhar.net]
in infinite wisdom Breen Mullins spoke thus On 02/04/2008 10:08 PM:
> There's always an emacs answer...and an emacs user to provide it. > > xkcd did a riff the other day: > > http://xkcd.com/378/
There is a joke hidden in the title tag of the comics " Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want. "
-- raj shekhar facts: http://rajshekhar.net | opinions: http://rajshekhar.net/blog Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will 'Borg? Sounds Swedish.' - Lily, Star Trek First Contact
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:26:45PM +0530, Raj Shekhar wrote:
> in infinite wisdom Breen Mullins spoke thus On 02/04/2008 10:08 PM: > > There's always an emacs answer...and an emacs user to provide it. > > > > xkcd did a riff the other day: > > > > http://xkcd.com/378/ > > There is a joke hidden in the title tag of the comics > " > Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the > universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want. > "
[laugh] Oh, how very XKCD.
Kat has noted that XKCD is pubbed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/), which means that we can reproduce whatever pertinent bits we want in LG. So - having sent a courtesy email to the author - we will now carry a selected XKCD comic strip in LG each month. A little more fun...
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:51:46PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ben Okopnik (ben@linuxgazette.net): > > > Oh yeah - that reminds me. The Travelling Okopniks are going to be in > > L.A. for a few days starting on the 14th; then, we'll head up to > > Sacramento on the 18th and muck about there until the 22nd - and might > > try to slide in an evening in the Bay Area before flying out early the > > next morning. Any of you folks that happen to be along the route and > > have some time to hang out (and would like to meet The Cutest > > Baby in the World) are invited to contact us; we'd be glad to see you in > > the flesh. > > Delighted to have you stop by and have the family enjoy some traditional > Scandinavian delicacies such as my home-made pizza and garlic bread. > There are also persistent rumours of someone named Breen likewise living > in Menlo Park, CA.
Oh, spiffy! I've already exchanged contact info with Breen. Perhaps we can make it a group event, then?
(I am somehow both relieved and disappointed not to be faced with something like...LUTEFISK!)
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@linuxgazette.net
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net):
> (I am somehow both relieved and disappointed not to be faced with > something like...LUTEFISK!)
I do have a cookbook with the requisite recipe. I fear this, deeply. It's kind of like having a copy of the Necronomicon.
Breen Mullins [breen.mullins at gmail.com]
* Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> [2008-02-05 15:26 -0800]:
>Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net): > >> (I am somehow both relieved and disappointed not to be faced with >> something like...LUTEFISK!) > >I do have a cookbook with the requisite recipe. I fear this, deeply. >It's kind of like having a copy of the Necronomicon.
[combining threads] Now I'm wondering what XKCD would make of lutefisk. I'm glad that Rick has the required dread... [/ct]
-- Breen Mullins Menlo Park, California
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:26:54PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net): > > > (I am somehow both relieved and disappointed not to be faced with > > something like...LUTEFISK!) > > I do have a cookbook with the requisite recipe. I fear this, deeply. > It's kind of like having a copy of the Necronomicon.
I originally misread that as "exquisite", and boggled.
Meanwhile, Ben notes with some relief that we do not have any lutefisk recipes in his extensive archive.
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor kat@linuxgazette.net