http://tekrat.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:07:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finally got to go to Kabuki theatre since they've remodeled specifically for the purpose of trying out their reserved seating.  The theatre looks fantastic, and the staff is great too.  They have automated ticket machines where you can reserve your seat, or you can reserve them online before you ... http://tekrat.com/2008/09/03/kabuki-reserved-seats/ On the recommendation of Terry I recently finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma.  I thought it was a wonderful read, part way through the first chapter I realized that I had just read about corn for the last hour or so and was completely enthralled.  It takes some skill to take ... http://tekrat.com/2008/08/27/omnivores-dilemm/ The doors on the muni wouldn't open today, so we where all trapped inside.  Whenever something like this happens there always has to be one person that just doesn't understand and will continually shout: "I need to get off, I need to get off, open the doors, open the doors....", ... http://tekrat.com/2008/08/20/back-and-forth/ A previous post of mine regarding setting up git diffs in vim got some traction so now an official repository for the derived code has been setup by Greg on GitHub.  This should provide a central home for various people to make contributions etc. http://github.com/ghewgill/vim-scmdiff/ Make changes via the GitHub interfaces (fork/pull ... http://tekrat.com/2008/08/15/vim-scmdiff-project-on-github/ Browsing through the referral list of my web logs I discovered that I'm on the wrong side of the Gummy Bear Rights movement. I have some moments in my past where I probably wasn't the kindest or best friend to our little gummy friends, and now I've been listed ... http://tekrat.com/2008/08/11/the-other-side-of-the-gummy-bear-rights-movement/ A recent article in the Morman Times by Orson Scott Card, the popular author of science fiction novels such as "Ender's Game", wrote about the continuing battle for state recognition of gay marriages. He states that same-sex marriages have been non-existent through all of human history: "...it is absurd to claim ... http://tekrat.com/2008/08/04/in-defense-of-marriage/ Getting something like this really takes the fun out of installing "free" apps.   WTF is Apple thinking? http://tekrat.com/2008/07/22/123/ I have some misc. hardware hacks going on at home, and I made the mistake of leaving some thumb screws laying around.  Apparently roomba decided it could eat these without too much trouble so I found them while emptying it's poop drawer.  Pretty impresive for a little cleaning robot. http://tekrat.com/2008/07/22/roomba-eats-metal/ So far I like the extra speed of the iPhone 3G despite the probably accurate fact which has been repeatedly pointed out by someone that it's not as fast as it should be.  I miss the old back of the original iphone, but like the flush headphone jack, but I ... http://tekrat.com/2008/07/21/iphone-quirks/ It's only natural that once you make new patches, you'll get new patches on your patches.  Thanks to Minghui for finding and fixing a bug where syntax errors would report the incorrect filename.  I've updated the patches with these fixes, enjoy and let me know of any other problems! http://tekrat.com/2008/07/09/ultra-new-php-ini-include-patches/