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Groundhog Day – (1993 movie)

2018-03-28

Bill Murray, comedy entertainment, comedy movies, drama movies, entertainment, fiction, loved, movies, PG rated, reality-questioning entertainment, reality-questioning movies, reviews, the present, time loop entertainment, time loop movies, time travel entertainment, time travel movies

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

An asshole anchorman is sent to a little town to do a fluff story on Groundhog Day, but karma bites him in the ass when the town gets snowed-in.

A fantastic movie not just for the usual things, but for the execution of its idea. Unlike so many movies that have its elements, this one stays grounded and accessible. This movie is well-loved and highly recommended.

This movie has its title because it’s set on Groundhog Day.
The writers and producers of 12꞉01 – (1993 movie) believe their work was plagiarized by this movie.

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Google and the World Brain – (2013 movie)

2018-03-15

archivism, entertainment, evil, fiction, Google, intelligence, loved, movies, reviews, science fiction entertainment, science fiction movies, the present, unrated

Google and the World Brain - (2013 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2551516/
http://www.worldbrainthefilm.com/

On Google‘s Google Books project flagrant disregard of United States and international copyright law.

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Entertainment > Games > PlayStation 2 >

(on Wikipedia)
Steam: Disgaea PC
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380520/
also was atlus.com/dis/
https://www.nisamerica.com/games/disgaea-1-complete

A tactics game so good it’s worth buying a PlayStation 2 for. It got released on Steam so it’s a game so good it’s worth buying a PC for. :)

Properly titled Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Disgaea guide
My notes began for the PlayStation 2 version but have been checked and updated for the Steam version.
I used to use a macro with my Mayflash PS2 Controller Programmable Convertor and now use AutoHotkey.

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CanoScan LiDE 120

2018-03-03

desktop hardware, hardware, input devices, live, loved, misadventures, owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, scanners, things, USB hardware

Uses a single cable

Hardware > Scanners >

support page
product page

Canon CanoScan LiDE 120

I checked SANE‘s supported devices list, and saw that the LiDE 120 is supported , however the model I received uses a different and Linux-unsupported chipset! (GL848+)

Herein are notes of my misadventure.

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zsh syntax highlighting

2018-03-02

commandline software, freeware, Linux software, live, loved, open-source software, portable software, shell scripting, software, utilities, zsh

Software >
Zsh >

https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

fish shell-like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

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Altered Carbon – (2018 show)

2018-02-06

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261227/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80097140

Pseudo-immortality is reached when alien technology allows humans to save their consciousnesses to reusable disks, and a criminal’s disk is brought online from deep storage, for him to investigate the crime against an ancient and powerful man.

Finally, a science fiction show with real depth and darkness. Highly recommended.

I forgot season 1 and so it basically goes to confusing shit in season 2 so I gave up.

Based on Altered Carbon – (2002 book), by Richard K. Morgan
Altered Carbon – season 1 notes
Altered Carbon – season 2 notes

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X-Mouse Button Control

2018-01-09

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Software >

https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm

Macros for mouse buttons.

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FocusWriter

2017-12-30

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Software > Text editors >

https://github.com/gottcode/focuswriter
https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/

A beautified text editor with the widgets around the edges removed (“distraction-free”).

I started using it because I couldn’t trivially get Geany spell checking working. Once I did get it working I stopped.

Although I’ve used this on Linux a bit, it merely idles in my Windows kit.

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Mayflash PS2 Controller Programmable Convertor

2017-12-15

hardware, input devices, loved, PlayStation 2, proprietary hardware, reviews, things, zombie

Mayflash PS2 Controller Programmable Convertor image

Hardware > PlayStation 2 >

mayflash.com/Products/PLAYSTATION/PS2047.html

A PlayStation 2 controller macro device.

This is a middleman between a standard PlayStation 2 controller and the console. It can also be chained through to a USB adapter or other such device, to ultimately let an original PS2 controller work with a computer.

Unfortunately, this has an limited number of button presses that it can do! I think it’s 9 or 10.

If you want macro functionality and use a PS/2 controller adapter for a PC game, consider AutoHotkey.

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Process Lasso

2017-12-15

glances, GUI software, live, loved, payware, portable software, proprietary software, software, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://bitsum.com/processlasso-docs/

A host of features to manage processes, such as changing CPU priority. It has lots of automated magic for system happiness. I use it for its control of the CPU’s power profile, making this the equivalent of Linux‘s cpufrequtils.

Highly recommended.

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Groundhog Day – (1993 movie)

Google and the World Brain – (2013 movie)

Disgaea – Hour of Darkness – (2003 game)

CanoScan LiDE 120

zsh syntax highlighting

Altered Carbon – (2018 show)

X-Mouse Button Control

FocusWriter

Mayflash PS2 Controller Programmable Convertor

Process Lasso

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