Took this shot on a roadtrip to LA from SF. I just love how the hazy light from the sun reflects off the rolling brown hills.
Whipped up a little script that shows your verified twitter followers. Wrote it because a friend had complained how the python-twitter library doesn't let you search more than one page of followers.
Caveats: requires the CPAN modules JSON::DWIW and LWP::Simple. Also doesn't work on protected accounts.
Use: perl verified_followers.pl "username".
Prints: screenname => "real name" of verified follower.
After Debian pulled the very, VERY insecure 64-bit linux flash plugin, I decided to test just how long I could live without flash. I used HTML5 Youtube, and tried not to get too pissed when I saw that "Missing Plugin" message pop up. I made it a few days, up until the latest Zero Punctuation came out. I just couldn't stand it anymore. I then found that http://debian-multimedia.org/ had a great package for installing a 32-bit flash plugin in a 64-bit environment, so I installed it and got the "full web" back again.
In the process, I found that debian-multimedia has a ton of extra packages that don't necessarily work well on my system, so I pinned them down below my repo. It wasn't the most intuitive process, so I decided to share my pinning file:
Package: * Pin: origin www.debian-multimedia.org Pin-Priority: 50
Recently I had a revelation: there is some indie music I don't hate out there in the world. I had always thought that indie music would always be one genre I disdain, but a concert I went to in San Francisco changed my mind. There I found the bands http://www.misterloveless.com/ and http://transferband.com. They played some awesome music, and I was banging my head with the rest of the crowd, including the hipsters. It was then that I realized that I only hate shitty indie music. All the fluffy, lighthearted stuff I hear on the radio and from people around me was what I had thought all indie music was like. But no, there is some actual good music out there too. Now instead of outright rejecting any plans involving indie music concerts, I'll evaluate whether I could like any of the bands first by listening to some of their music. Time to start expanding my music library!
