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Cairo Composite Manager 2011-10-11 This is what I had to do to get Cairo Composite Manager working to get expose-like behavior for normal Gnome. Sergey Davidoff has a working version in his ppa. Follow his directions . Because I have no idea what I'm doing, this advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I make no claims that following my directions won't erase all your data and destroy your computer. short how to
Beautiful Things 2008-01-07 The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller perspective Steampunk Datamancer Steam Punk Workshop Língua Portuguesa vi Spiders Evolution Biological Stellar Geological Smoke curling Liquid crowning Clouds Intricate Machinery Steam toys Engines Carburetors Typewriters Typewriters The Virtual Typewriter Museum The Human Body Celtic knotting Radial Symmet…
Person - Action - Object 2014-03-23 My person-action-object (PAO) system using major system words exclusively. Some are a stretch, but it's a very easy system to learn with the major system crutch. Note: Animals make great objects. I like to distinguish 03 and 3, so I've actually got 110 triplets. My real personal list replaces many celebrity and generic names with friends: I suggest you do likewise. Suggestions for simpler replacements are more than welcome. Having the triplets be striking them…
Computers 2007-05-22 The city's central computer told you?! R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer! C3P0 When I teach math to students who want to use calculators or argue with people who like voting by touchscreen, I always find myself trying to explain why you should be careful trusting machines too much. Even though they make very few mistakes of their own, human error/corruption is always present. I just remembered the best, simple demonstration of this principle: short compu…
Alfred E. Neuman quotes up to 2005 2008-01-05 Fa, fa, fa. Alfred E. Neuman Show me a trunk murderer, and I'll show you a sloppy packer. (Issue 038) Bars are something which if you go into too many of, you're apt to come out singing a few of, and maybe land behind some! (Issue 039) It takes 12,000 workers to put a bottle of milk on your doorstep, and at 4 A.M. in the morning, it sounds like it. (Issue 040) There are more important things in life than money... but they won't go out with you if you…
Now These are things I'm doing now: Married to Laarni Raising two boys Living in Columbia, Maryland, USA . This is a now page Updated: 2025-10-20
Today I Learned "Meta" meant "after" in Greek, not "about" since the Metaphysics section came literally after the Physics section in the organization of Aristotle's treatises. (2020-09-07) Penguin and Random House merged in 2013 . (2020-06-12) " Selfie s" are usually backwards images. It's obviously easier to take a picture of yourself that looks like a mirror, but I assumed the image would be stored right-way-round. (2020-05-20) git-bug exists for tracking bugs entirely in the repo. and bridgin…
Laarni Marital status: Married (to John ) Eye color: Brown Hair color: Black
Wishlist And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Exodus 23:8 I have been unable to think of any polite way to tell this to people directly, so I'm going to say it on my webpage. I have enough stuff. If you want to purchase a present for me, please donate as much as you would spend on me to one of the following charities. A $5.00 donation means so much more to me than a $50.00 gift certificate. Of course if you want to make me a pizz…