February 2011
My Backup Strategy for My Laptop
A good backup strategy is very important. Most people only own a single hard drive at any given time and they will never think about backups unless they are unlucky enough to have that hard drive die on them. I...
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February 2011
Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: rRootage, Noiz2sa, Torus Trooper, and More
I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking for native Linux games that fit the restricted controls of an arcade cabinet. Almost every game from ABA Games seems like it was made to be played on in an arcade. All...
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Building on Fire at My Old Apartment Complex
One of the buildings in the apartment complex we were living in three months ago, Houston Lake Apartment Community was very much on fire last night. The view in the video is from the front porch of our current apartment....
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autojump - The Lazy Way to Change Directories
Update: I ended up switching from autojump to fasd, since fasd does everything autojump does and more. If you’re not already using autojump, then I would suggest skipping straight to fasd.
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Why I Finally Stuck With zsh
I have been a bash user for about 15 years now. I have probably installed zsh at least a half dozen times over the years with the intention of giving it a proper try. Nine months ago I finally put...
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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: The Humble Indie Bundles
I’ve been digging around trying to find some games that run natively on Linux to install on my cocktail cabinet. The search has been a bit difficult. I don’t have a trackball on my cabinet, so any game that requires...
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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Playing "Titan Attacks!" Without a Mouse
Puppy Games bills “Titan Attacks” as “The best Space Invaders tribute ever.” I definitely have to agree with them! There are plenty of different kinds of alien ships and they all seem to move around the screen differently. Some act...
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January 2011
Cocktail Arcade Cabinet Build: Part 10 - The Finished Cabinet
Our cocktail arcade cabinet build is finally completed. I’m very pleased with how everything came together. The quality of the cabinet ended up exceeding my expectations in every way I can think of. We learned many useful things along the...
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