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Happy Birthday Ryan!
I am writing this blog to wish myself Happy Birthday! From this day on I will be forever 28!
I would like to mention that I failed to make the 27 club, which is a good thing (though I’m not a musician so I guess it comes as no surprise). Here’s a quick rundown [...]

Changing the application that opens link in Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0, as I recently discovered, is not trivial (at least not in Linux). I’m doing this using Mandriva 2007.1 Free, so other distributions may handle this differently.
Here’s what I had to do to get Thunderbird to open URL’s in Firefox.
1) Open Thunderbird, then go to the [...]

Recently I’ve become tired of the default KDE start menu button that comes with Mandriva 2007.1. It’s HUGE and ugly:

After doing some research, here is how you can change the icon displayed for your KDE start menu (these directions should work for just about any distro using KDE with a few minor differences).
Edit or create [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I thought now is a good time for me to post some useful information. I just recently updated my Mandriva 2007.0 to 2007.1 Spring Free. I’ve ran into several problem which I wish I had known about before getting into it as it has caused me several [...]

It’s been 1 week since my nose surgery. I went to the doctor today for the 1 week checkup, and get the packing out of my nose, and stitching cut. There is a big improvment, and I feel 95% better, though things are still a little sore. Anyway, it was totally worth the 1 week [...]

When I was around 10 years old I used to play baseball. I manage to catch a ball to the face and proceeded to bust up my mouth, teeth and break my nose. 17 years later (today) I finally got my nose fixed. This morning I went into surgery to have some corrective surgery and [...]

Yesterday I wake up, get dressed and head out to my car to drive to work. When I get to my car I realize the driver side door is cracked open and I start thinking what an idiot I am for not shutting the door the night before. I open the door and look inside [...]

A few years ago, out of boredom I decided to see if I could implement a very simple and basic web server in C++. I was successfull and the resulting product is available in my Projects section. This past week I have, for what ever reason, been inspired to pick up the project and continue [...]

I have a delimma, one that has been tormenting me for a while now. I can’t seem to come to a resolution on my own, so I’ve decided to come to you, my fan base (a very small fan base, I know, but a fan base none the less) to help me make a very [...]

Today, I realized something. The easter bunny is scary.
Some people don’t like clowns. Some people think Santa clause is scary. I can see thier concerns. However, I don’t think many people put thought into the dangers of the Easter Bunny. Let’s analyze him:
- He’s a 6ft tall walking rabbit
- He has 2 sharp protruding teeth, [...]