Author Archives: Pace Arko

Net Neutrality, Aero and Linux screen readers

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Pace Arko

So this is really a bunch of random computery things thrown together into a post. Yes, another boring, “Pace is thinking out loud post.” First, I continue to strike tiny blows to protect network neutrality from the lobbyists of telecommunications … Continue reading →

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The Mister Burns Problem

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Pace Arko

Okay. This is another strange essay brought on by, in equal measures, pop-tarts, the death of Jerry Falwell, reading odd websites and doing laundry in the small hours of the morning. As stated elsewhere on this site, I believe that … Continue reading →

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Soot clung to my plastic bags.

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Pace Arko

4 or 5 hours ago an apartment in my building caught fire. It was on the second floor, on the northwestern corner of the building. I’m not certain, but I think it started in the bedroom of that unit because … Continue reading →

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Linear Transformer Drivers

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Pace Arko

One of the things I always loved about physics was the aura of immense, cosmic power that surrounded the experimental tools physicists build. I think this is not really appreciated by most people simply because they don’t know the science … Continue reading →

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Other People's Dead Tech

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Pace Arko

One side-effect of my part-time vocation as a computer technician is that people often give me their dead gadgets and old software. Actually they don’t give it to me. What really happens is that I see they are about to … Continue reading →

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Utopia?

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Pace Arko

I believe some pretty sketchy things: I believe that the premise of strong AI is sound. I believe that artificial life is already here. I believe the premise of molecular nanotechnology is sound. I believe the premise of cryonics. I … Continue reading →

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Testing pictures and Ecto's abilities

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Pace Arko

I know my new CSS rule works but I just wanted to inform some of you of it. IE6 should see the pictures I have here now. Also I wanted to see just how sophisticated Ecto’s image editing and addition … Continue reading →

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Blog Clients for Linux Stink

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Pace Arko

I envyed envied Ecto on Macintosh and similar solutions on XP (And I guess now Vista.). I wanted a WYSIWYG blog client in Linux. I’ve tried out Drivel, gnome-blog, KBlogger and BloGTK (Which I think is the best of the … Continue reading →

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Loi Krathong

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Pace Arko

First, on Thursday night, I finally prepared Odinmank’s data for incorporation into the MT setup on Xenon. It went very quickly. The only thing remains is for the Fish to tune a photo gallery plug-in (Why do people say “fine … Continue reading →

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Xenon, Neutron and Nvu

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Pace Arko

Oh, and by the way, the previous post was the first I’ve made on our new iron. The mighty, mighty Farlopsian bubble is now being generated by some serious hardware: a Dell PowerEdge 2950, running the Red Hat distro and … Continue reading →