Lorenz Kitzmann2012-02-20T11:00:44-05:00http://lolindrath.com/Andy Williamslolindrath@gmail.comDiet2012-02-20T00:00:00-05:00http://lolindrath.com/2012/02/20/diet<p>The word ‘diet’ comes from the Greek word ‘díaita’ meaning: way of living, not “7 Day Bacon Cleanse: Lose 20 lbs in 24 hours!”.</p>How to install and use Hombrew from your home directory2011-09-13T00:00:00-04:00http://lolindrath.com/2011/09/13/hombrew-from-home-directory<p>I just got a Macbook Pro at work. So far I like it a lot but I ran into the problem that I’m not an admin (and the permissions on <code>/usr/local/</code> were completely locked down) on it and I wanted to be able to install <a href='https://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/'>Homebrew</a> tools whenever I felt like it.</p>
<p>First, clone Homebrew into your home directory:</p>
<p>Next, add Homebrew to your path (your syntax might be different if you’re not using bash):</p>
<p>Now test, I installed tmux, MacVim and tree (shows a nice hierarchical view of a database structure):</p>Transactional Memory – OSCON 20072010-02-09T00:00:00-05:00http://lolindrath.com/2010/02/09/transactional-memory-oscon-2007<p><object height='390' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' width='480' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0'><param name='src' value='http://blip.tv/play/AZPYDQI' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><embed src='http://blip.tv/play/AZPYDQI' allowfullscreen='true' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' height='390' width='480' /></object></p>
<p><a href='http://blip.tv/file/317758'>Transactional Memory – OSCON 2007</a></p>Phonetic Alphabet Cheat Sheet2007-07-19T00:00:00-04:00http://lolindrath.com/2007/07/19/phonetic-alphabet-cheat-sheet<p>Below is a quick cheat sheet I made up to help out when I was on the phone with people. Inevitably you have to either read off an account number or spell out some weird URL and run into a conversation like this:</p>
<p><strong>Tech Support</strong>: Please read off your account number</p>
<p><strong>Me</strong>: k, 005V345</p>
<p><strong>Tech</strong>: Thank you, I have that as 005B345</p>
<p><strong>Me</strong>: No, that’s V as in Victor not B as in Bravo</p>
<p>Now I keep this next to the phone so I don’t have to think of a word that clearly begins with V.</p>
<p><img src='/images/phonetic_preview.png' alt='Phonetic Alphabet Cheatsheet preview' /></p>
<p>Phonetic Alphabet Cheat Sheet: <a href='/images/alpha-bravo.pdf'>Download PDF</a></p>
<p>Source: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet'>NATO phonetic alphabet – Wikipedia</a></p>My Favorite Art Form2006-02-23T00:00:00-05:00http://lolindrath.com/2006/02/23/my-favorite-art-form<p>Andy Goldsworthy (<a href='http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/102-3240156-8648902?search-alias=aps&keywords=andy%20goldsworthy'>books</a>, <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy'>Wikipedia</a>) does some amazing art. My friends and I used to try to imitate this while putting our own spin on it. Here’s some examples.</p>
<p>Click on them to get a big version:</p>
<p><a href='/images/seaweed-art.jpg'><img src='/images/seaweed-art.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Seaweed Art' /></a> <a href='/images/tower-of-power.jpg'><img src='/images/tower-of-power.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Tower of Power' /></a> <a href='/images/not-man-made.jpg'><img src='/images/not-man-made.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Not Man Made' /></a></p>