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Today’s Spanish Lesson, and Inquiry

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Peter

“Paying attention” is an English idiom which means “to focus one’s attention on” or “to be attentive to.” Like other idioms, it does not translate literally into other languages, especially Spanish. (That is to say, “pagar atención” – from pagar, … Continue reading →

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Accidental Fixes

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Peter

“If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” (Edsger W. Dijkstra) After fixing the notification-daemon bubbles (thanks, Martin!), I spent some time perusing through some of the other GConf settings … Continue reading →

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Not Impossible, just a bit Unlikely!

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Peter

Apparently I’ve become really bad at this whole “regularly blogging’ thing. *sigh* I posted, a few weeks ago, about the cool new notification bubbles, but after updating yesterday and rebooting my computer, the beauty has vanished, just as quickly as … Continue reading →

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A Semester of Fun

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Peter

Well, now that I’m nearly finished with the general-education requirements, this semester is shaping up to be quite a fun adventure. Aside from the slight tedium of taking General Chemistry, I’m also taking two math courses (“Advanced Topics in Linear … Continue reading →

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