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Hidden binary message on coyote creek trail

Posted on September 11, 2011 by jimloco

I came across this while I was out running today. Its on coyote creek trail next to Metcalf road. Its a binary message engraved into a piece of granite on the right side of the trail when heading south. I … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Stout

Posted on June 5, 2011 by jimloco

I brewed this once, this now includes pictures and some adjustments which will be my next brew attempt. I don’t have a good name for it yet, but I usually do that after I play with the recipe and make … Continue reading →

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Creating a threaded QObject in QT

Posted on April 10, 2011 by jimloco

There are times when you need a worker thread in QT, that is more then just fired off to do work and forget. In the past, I have derived from QThread, implemented Run() and did the work I needed to … Continue reading →

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limbgomp causing cerr to segfault in perlxs

Posted on March 13, 2011 by jimloco

I was messing around with swig, its really a quite nifty. I wanted to see how simple it was to make a C++ library available to language of your choice, and really it is indeed quite simple. Everything was beautiful, … Continue reading →

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OBD II Code P-0441 on my 2003 Dodge Ram 2500

Posted on March 8, 2011 by jimloco

While giving a coworker a ride home from work the other day, the check engine on my truck came on. I bought this truck new in 2003 and up until now I have had no issues with it whatsoever. My … Continue reading →

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How I setup a 2TB raid on my Linux box

Posted on February 25, 2011 by jimloco

I currently have a server at home that has 10 250GB drives in a raid 5 configuration. The original install on it was Gentoo 2008.0, that over time and multiple updates is now using the profile of 10.0. Things have … Continue reading →

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