Hoosgot

http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/06/29/pretty-as-pie/ asks Hoosgot,
I’ve just spend a couple of hours dusting off an old project of mine, that involved generating pretty 3D pie charts by combining Mako templates with the Povray scene description language. I improved the image quality by enabling radiosity, and the end result is quite appealing (see below). […]

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http://blog.tomtebo.org/2008/06/30/ssl-as-default-pa-lagennu/ asks Hoosgot,
Dear lazyweb: På förekommen anledning köpte jag SSL-certifikat till lagen.nu igår ($15 per år var det billigaste jag hittade). Inte för att rättsinformation är superkänslig information, men vissa kanske ändå vill att information om vilka lagtexter/rättsfall de kollar upp ska vara konfidentiellt. För att det skulle bli något genomslag har jag satt […]

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http://skyfaller.livejournal.com/121347.html asks Hoosgot,
SPARC is looking for some open source webcasting software to replace the proprietary software they are currently using, Infinite Conferencing. The crucial functionality they need is: (1) Slide delivery - They need to be able to conduct a powerpoint/slideshow presentation over the web in a user-friendly manner, without having to download any plugins. […]

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http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2008/06/links_for_20080628.php asks Hoosgot,
Row brewing over listing of BBC Television Centre | Media | guardian.co.uk They will be able to put blue plaques up on virtually every corridor saying “Currybet got lost here. Again. The idiot” (tags: bbc televisioncentre mediaguardian) The Queen, better value than an iPod download | UK news | guardian.co.uk I can […]

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http://rockettscience.com/2008/06/23/canada-is-preserving-artifacts-from-my-childhood/ asks Hoosgot,
During a recent business trip to Vancouver — my first visit to Canada — I stopped at a Safeway to see if I could find a boxed pastry that a Canadian friend of mine told me to look out for. I saw no Passion Flakies there, but when I took a turn […]

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http://minjungkim.com/2008/06/26/future-foody-lazyweb-wish/ asks Hoosgot,
Future Foody Lazyweb Wish aka - please if you’re going to bioengineer my food, do something like this. Dear Universe, Engineer for me a flavor neutral root vegetable that, when cooked with meats, absorbs excess fat and maintains distinct and unique solid structure such that said root can be carefully extracted from the […]

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http://www.roseannesmith.com/2008/06/just-about-managing.shtml asks Hoosgot,
As you know I have recently moved jobs. Himself was slagging me when I told him that I would be writing and managing the IIA’s newsletter as this was something I did in An Chomhdháil as well. In fact I worked on An Chomhdháil’s two newsletters and digest service from inception, during […]

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http://shadesong.livejournal.com/3607972.html asks Hoosgot,
Administration Hello to new reader ]markteppo! (No birthdays this week. Weird.) Medical Cautious optimism. Dear LazyWeb: Is my iPod dead? It was having issues - freezing and having to be restarted. Finally, it had to be restored to factory settings. Now, I’m on try #3 of getting my songs back on it - […]

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http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/108 asks Hoosgot,
Elephant Rentals and why I *hate* bollywood!!!! June 25th, 2008 Dear Lazyweb, DISCLAIMER: THIS IS *SO* NOT MY IDEA!!!! Today, Ms. Robbin Wilber (potentially my future mom-in-law) demanded that I find out about the cost of renting a trained Indian Elephant for the purpose of wedding that is likely to be held in […]

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http://she.geek.nz/archives/500-lazyweb-laptop-woes.html asks Hoosgot,
Dear Lazyweb, For a long time I have been using a combination of Linux and Mac OS X, I have Linux on my desktop machine at work and Mac OS X on my laptop (a macbook, previously a powerbook). I’ve tried in various times and various ways to run Linux on my mac […]

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