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Create Arbitrary Sized Sparse Files under Windows and Linux

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Luke Maciak   tein.co/2637

Apparently there is something to be said about short blog posts. Allegedly I tend to get long winded sometimes and my posts can run a tad verbose sometimes. I usually tell people to STFU and go read Steve Yegge if … Continue reading →

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Using CPAN version of WWW::Mechanize with ActiveState Perl on Windows

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Luke Maciak   tein.co/2304

I end up doing this each time I reinstall windows, and every time I forget how I did it, so I figured I’ll archive the process here. Perhaps it will help some of you. And I know, someone will say … Continue reading →

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Gutsy on Dell Latitude D830

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Luke Maciak   tein.co/2268

I got my brand new Dell Latitude D830 laptop today, and the first thing I did with it was installing Gutsy. Dell was nice enough to partition the drive for me so I didn’t have to bother with resizing. This … Continue reading →

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