Monthly Archives: April 2006

Potpourri

Posted on 2006/04/25 by Mark Doliner

I took some pictures. Everyone loves pictures. Although these are pretty boring. I find it pretty annoying that I have to log into Yahoo! webmail every time I go there. I’ve been logged into Gmail for like a week straight … Continue reading →

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Coverity

Posted on 2006/04/20 by Mark Doliner

Some folks at Coverity recently (within the past few months) set up their code analysis product to run on the Gaim source code, and they’re giving us access to the results for free. I must say I’m very happy with … Continue reading →

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Rental cars a go-go

Posted on 2006/04/19 by Mark Doliner

San Francisco International Airport has 8 rental car companies operating out of their rental car center. Today I called all 8 of them to figure out which had the best price for what I wanted. Dollar turned out to be … Continue reading →

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Gaim direct connect and file transfer

Posted on 2006/04/10 by Mark Doliner

I up and rewrote large parts of the oscar protocol in Gaim. Direct connect and file transfer work very smoothly now (it’s not in 2.0.0 beta3, but it’ll be in the next release). And best of all the peer connection … Continue reading →

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Ah! My leg!

Posted on 2006/04/06 by Mark Doliner

Here’s a note I found interesting: “The U.S. sets high sugar prices to support its producers with the effect that many sugar consumers have switched to corn syrup (beverage manufacturers) or moved out of the country (candy makers).” Seems like … Continue reading →

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Coincidence? I think not.

Posted on 2006/04/06 by Mark Doliner

I got an email from Doug Bellamy with the subject, “Something is brewing” and I got excited because I thought maybe it was Bill Bellamy’s brother and he was inviting me to a party. But it was spam.

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New found land

Posted on 2006/04/05 by Mark Doliner

I wonder what would happen if the world suddenly discovered a huge new continent somewhere? Or if a giant land mass suddenly formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Would random people move their hoping to start their own … Continue reading →

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Everything is possible (why not?)

Posted on 2006/04/04 by Mark Doliner

Desktop managers or windows managers or whatever should automatically create a notification area if an application needs one. Is that possible? Does it make sense? Someone should do that in Gnome, KDE and XFCE. If I had bounty money to … Continue reading →

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Lotus Notes is Not a Good Email Client

Posted on 2006/04/04 by Mark Doliner

Lotus Notes dear God has to be the worst email client ever. I don’t understand how IBM is able to sell it. Have you ever seen an email reply from a Lotus Notes user? The quoted parts look HORRIBLE. Almost … Continue reading →

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“Leave the gun … take the cannolis.”

Posted on 2006/04/04 by Mark Doliner

The Godfather is the best movie ever (and I’m not just saying that because it’s ranked #1 at IMDB). The cast is awesome: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton. Every line is perfect. The production … Continue reading →

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