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1/8/2010

tmux is a "terminal multiplexer"

tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.

On the web: http://tmux.sourceforge.net/

On Freenode/IRC:   /connect irc.freenode.net    /join #tmux

Manual: tmux.1 (from nightly CVS)

Mailing lists:
tmux-users https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
tmux-cvs https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-cvs

Install tmux from Sourceforge cvs on Ubuntu 8.04
Written 7/23/2009

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential libncurses5-dev
mkdir ~/cvsroot
export CVSROOT=/home/youruser/cvsroot
cd ~/cvsroot
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@tmux.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/tmux co -P tmux
cd ~/cvsroot/tmux
./configure
make
sudo make install

That's it!

Orange Computer Solutions Supports Linux in Wisconsin

Orange Computer Solutions LLC, 1116 Gillette St. La Crosse, WI is owned and operated by La Crosse area native and Viterbo University graduate (2003), Matthew Metzger.

Orange Computer Solutions specializes in both sales and computer repair, offering quality, tested, refurbished computer systems for a lower price than a comparable new computer. The company sells refurbished Dell computers with the option of Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP operating systems. Complete computer systems are available for as low as $200. http://orangecomputerlax.com/

Tourettes Support Group in Appleton!

Due to a lack of Fox Valley area support groups for tourettes, a Tourettes Support Group in Appleton WI / Fox Valley has been established! See http://tourettes-support.org/ for more information.

AJAX Area Code Lookup

Here is a rudimentary AJAX area code lookup I wrote. It's 100% client-side for easy reuse on your own site. Note: The data itself is a *static* xml file. I created the original from data gathered @ http://www.nanpa.com/ They do not/did not at the time provide the data in xml. You'll need to update the static xml file per NANPA data.

Below is a Google Gadget version you can add to your iGoogle homepage:

...or you can just view it directly ( http://theputnams.net/mike/area-code-lookup/ )

Download the four files here: ajax-area-code-lookup.zip

Print PeopleSoft's .lis files

Here is a Windows XP-and-later point and click method to print .lis files generated by PeopleSoft SQR's. You must save this file to your computer and rename it with a .hta extension instead of .txt print-lis-files.txt

Remove Punctuation in SQR

Here is an SQR procedure to remove punctuation from your SQR programs. bnopunc.sqc

Clean, Cheap, Nuclear Power

Dr. Robert Bussard and company need $200 million to put these physics into action. If you happen to have said cash, get a hold of them:

Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2)
680 Garcia St.
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Save yourself a "few" ($99-$399) bucks...

Only use your computer for surfing the web, reading email, burning CD's of the photos from your digital camera, and the occasional word processed letter or spreadsheet? Most people do. If this describes your computer use, then you can save yourself a pile of cash.

Here are list prices for Windows Vista. Also, consider that this pricing is rolled into a new computer purchase price should you decide that it's time for a new computer.

Ubuntu Linux can do all of the things listed above (and many, many more) for the low-low price of zero dollars. Go ahead, give it a try. You can download it (700MB) from http://www.ubuntu.com and try it on your own, or send me an email and I can help you through. Why pay Microsoft more money when you can do the same basic tasks with the same relative ease using Linux for $0.00?

Wisconsin Linux Users:

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Distributed Computing:

Contribute your PC's idle time to Folding@Home!

The following taken from: http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html

The Folding@Home project ("FAH") is dedicated to understanding protein folding, the diseases which result from protein misfolding and aggregation, and novel computational ways to develop new drugs in general. Here, we briefly describe our goals, what we are doing, and some highlights so far.

We feel strongly that a distributed computing project must not just run calculations on millions of PC's, but d.c. projects must produce results, especially in the form of peer reviewed publications, public lectures, and other ways to disseminate the results from FAH to the greater scientific community.

Java:

Diversions:

A Mantra

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry