Monthly Archives: April 2009

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Gentoo: Bitlbee is sweet!

April 29, 2009 – 9:30 pm

I recently moved from using pidgin to using bitlbee (net-im/bitlbee). Bitlebee is sweet because it allows me to access “traditional IM” via irssi in a screen session from anywhere that I am via my co-located server. Of course, you can use any irc client that you are familiar with. As more and more of my friends move away from traditional IM, I don’t feel a need to pay as much attention to the various networks. So, it can stay off my desktop without worries. Do you use bitbee? Any fun tips?

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Gentoo: Xfce-4.6.1 released

April 20, 2009 – 10:47 pm

The release of Xfce-4.6.1 was announced approximately 36 hours ago on the xfce-announce mailing list. It is my pleasure to say that it is now in the Gentoo tree as well. You can find a shiny 4.6.1 bugfix release upon your next –sync.

Due to the number of bugfixes by the Xfce team upstream, the Gentoo Xfce team has decided to remove 4.6.0 related ebuilds and focus on bringing 4.6.1 to the stable tree. As always, please test and report bugs. Upstream issues should goto the Xfce bug tracker.

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Apple abuses iPhone developer program

April 17, 2009 – 1:20 pm

The latest series of iPhone TV commercials really bug me. First of all it costs at least $99 to obtain access to the “Developer Program”. Then Apple has the guts to advertise that they have “the most apps evar!” to stimulate more iPhone sales. What is wrong with this picture? If Apple is going to exploit the work of apps developers, many of whom distribute their apps for free, then shouldn’t the cost to join the developer network be free as well? I mean, it is Apple that is gaining the most from this (maybe ATT, but that is debatable).

Seems silly to me compared to the model of Free Open Source Software, that is all.

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ING Referral Links

April 15, 2009 – 7:00 pm

After some searching for a new online savings account, I settled on ING Direct. A few reasons include a competitive interest rate, good user interface, ability to create sub-accounts (I use these for different savings goals), & most importantly a $25 bonus from using some one else’s referral link. It took me until the 4th page on google to find a working link.

So, if you are looking for a new savings account or just a quick and easy $25 dollars, do consider using these below. However, you must fund the account with an initial deposit of $250+. As a bonus, you get $25 (an immediate 10% return ;) ) and I get $10.

Referral Link 1 (Expires 5/15/09)

Referral Link 2 (Expires 5/15/09)

Referral Link 3 (Expires 5/15/09)

Referral Link 4 (Expires 5/15/09)

Referral Link 5 (Expires 5/15/09)

Edit: No one used my links, so leave a comment if you want one. thx.

Leave a comment if they appear to be all used up. I will try to monitor it and refresh them as needed.

PS. Welcome to the first post in my new financial catagory. I apologize if it bores some of my regular readers but I plan to journal some of my insights, goals, and financial mishaps here.

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