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Going into the holidays – Life update
Well, here we are – another year. I LOVE the holiday season. There’s a lot going on this year, so I figured I’d give a few quick updates. Of particular interest this year; my parents are now in contract to sell their house. They have JUST gotten an apartment in Lake Grove LI (the village […]
Continue ReadingNew Gig – Part 2
So far I’m liking my new job. They’ve given me a windows workstation, which is kind of weird to work with for me ( a Linux guy), but it’s required to get on the Goliath National Bank Network. I’m basically just using it for connection to UNIX boxes though, so, just lots of putty sessions […]
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I am leaving the hedge fund (the fund) I’ve been working at and heading to “Goliath National Bank”. The fund was a great opportunity at the time, but it was time to go. I was becoming stagnant and wanted to find an opportunity that would allow a little more growth. Out of the blue, Goliath […]
Continue ReadingPython – day 1
As a long time Perl developer, I’ve decided to give the Python language a shot. A lot of people are using it these days, so I figured I’d learn it over the next few weeks and see what all the hub-bub is all about. I use Eclipse as an IDE on Linux, so I downloaded […]
Continue ReadingNeil Armstrong Dies
It’s with great sadness that I wish Neil Armstrong farewell. He accomplished what I consider the greatest achievement of all time. Even when we finally get to Mars and beyond, it will be Neil Armstrong that took those first steps off of Earth. He was the ultimate explorer. On NASA’s Google+ page, Administrator Charles Bolden […]
Continue ReadingLex Programming
Lex Programming: I’m one of the few Lex programmers I know. Lex is a development language that is often paired with Yacc (another programming language) to build compilers for other languages. The GNU versions of these languages are Flex and Bison. Because they are so closely associated with bnuilding compilers, people often overlook the fact […]
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BSD Vs. Linux
http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01 a guid regarding the finer points of both Linux and BSD type operating systems by Matt Stats
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