Monthly Archives: March 2005

>Update to my FreeBSD Checklist

>Since I last came across this very useful FreeBSD checklist I was better able to keep track of what I was doing when installing FreeBSD on different machines. Since my last post on this checklist I have since update the … Continue reading

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Confusion of the "const" keyword

The const keyword when used in different places can sometimes be confusing. When declaring a global constant as such: const int TEN = 10; or int const TEN=10; the const keyword is pretty straight forward, but when using it with … Continue reading

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>Create a bootable WinXP cd from the contents of your /i386 directory

>This is a very useful article if ever interested in creating a bootable WinXP CD from using the contents of the i386/ directory. I must need to do this one of these days.

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>ThinkPads with IPS Technology

>Someone asked a question “What does IPS mean?” while I was reading the fourms at thinkpads.com. I too asked myself that very same question the last time I read the specs for my T43P-H2U in the tabook. From what I … Continue reading

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A new book on Refactoring

Refactoring, Improving The Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler was lent to me at the job as suggested reading. I have since read through several pages and feel this is worth buying. Within the next few days or so … Continue reading

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kill -9 OOD?

I thought after taking Object Oriented Design with Dr. Baliga that I would probably not use any of what I learned anytime soon. I am glad to know I was wrong because with my new Internship OOD is all over … Continue reading

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>Come to Papa

>I ordered my very first laptop (ThinkPad T43P 2668-H2U) from IBM on 2/2/05. It will ship on 3/14/05, so I should receive it on the 17th of March if everything goes well. I just wish IBM would ship sooner, but … Continue reading

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