FreeBSD bsdpan- to p5- migration for perl modules
FreeBSD has a package system to manage installations and dependencies, and so does perl. Perl on FreeBSD, therefore, causes these to intersect in interesting, and sometimes suboptimal ways. CPAN can be used to install perl packages that aren’t in the ports tree, and FreeBSD handles this with relative grace by including them in its package …
3D Printing — A Comedy of Errors
I recently acquired a Makerbot Thing-O-Matic, a printer I selected due to its apparent ubiquity and to its price — under $1000 if you do the assembly yourself. With the heady optimism and overconfidence borne of having not yet attempted something, I dove in with my boxes of parts and wiki instructions. Besides, I build …
A Brief Tale of ATM Ripoff and Redemption
I’ve become a bigger fan of Mint.com than ever. Even though it has a few minor flaws, it provides an excellent dashboard to see current and pending transactions to all accounts at once. I’m not compulsive about checking my accounts, but I find its phone app handy to check occasionally to plan or check spending, …
On Running the Hell Away
In the 80s, I worked for an economic consulting firm and defense contractor in the heart of Washington, DC. We had just landed an important contract in Ohio, and I had been assigned as the systems architect — I would need to move. Invoking the transfer clause in my lease, I terminated the lease in …
Zebra/Eltron/UPS 2844 label printing with Stamps.com
Labels are both more convenient and professional-looking than plain paper for printing postage labels, and the 2844 is a great little thermal workhorse of a printer. Even better, it’s pretty cheap to pick up a used one, partly because UPS gave these away for free for use exclusively with the UPS service. On the down …
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