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The top ten things I like about STL:


  1. [livejournal.com profile] galinda822

  2. IMO's Pizza

  3. Morgan Street Brewery

  4. PX Liquors

  5. Overland, MO

  6. I-70

  7. Gooey Butter Cake



  8. [livejournal.com profile] bigdog_etc







Thinning the pile

Rec'd a call from [livejournal.com profile] drax0r. Due to mitigating circumstances beyond his control (and for that case, my own, easily embodied in that of my wife) it was time to trim the fat. We took a long hard look at the pile of boxes which have been sitting in his garage for the last 18 months, and decided what to keep, and what to toss. I tell you, it wasn't easy. Ultimately, we chose to get rid of all the SPARC32 boxes (1xSPARCstation-5, 1xSPARCstation-10, 1xSPARCstation-20), both the Indigo's, and the B-series HP/9000. *sigh* Mr. [livejournal.com profile] drax0r is stripping the 18GB 10k SCSI drives & SCSI CD-ROMs from the departing boxes. From this pile we're keeping two HP/9000 model 712's (to create one good one - the shell of the other will be tossed; hey, they run 11i so leave me alone), the RAVE, the U30 (which I will use for parts when the U60 arrives, then likely toss that as well) and the Ultra-1 (I don't know why). Either way, my Octane will replace the lost Indigo's and if anyone wants the Ultra-1, just let me know. It's an Enterprise edition and in great shape.







IE & The GIMP
For those of you who have the notify option when "One of my friends uploads a new userpic" please accept my sincere apologies for my rash of 'iPod' attempts. Since uninstalling Adobe Photoshop CS2 from my work computer, I've had great difficulty creating high quality userpics. I needed the Shuffle avatar for The Worlds Smallest MP3 Player + kubuntu post, so I turned to GIS and found a source image, but the pre-loaded image manipulation package on my kubuntu box didn't appear to do transparencies. So...I bit the bullet and installed GIMP. This was issue #1. Because I'm not as familiar with the interface, it took me FOREVER to produce a cropped transparent PNG file (I adore recursive acronyms) Grrrrrr. Couple this with the fact that while I was cleaning up my work computer I also retardedly uninstalled Firefox. Ergo, every PNG file I made displayed with a 50% gradient background rather than a transparent one. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. Later that evening, at home, it took me 45-seconds to create the image with Photoshop and it displayed accordingly in Mozilla.
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Date/Time: 2007-04-13 17:31 (UTC)Posted by: (Anonymous)
You know when I am doing this from work it would be better if you had a white background with black lettering so It looks like I am reading technical documentation. :-)
Date/Time: 2007-04-13 18:37 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] celtmanx.livejournal.com
So what are number 8 and 9???
Date/Time: 2007-04-13 19:47 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] bigdog-etc.livejournal.com
GEE! You could have made me number 8 since apparently you couldn't think of one. I'll shutup now as I feel honored to have made your top 10 this time!
Date/Time: 2007-04-13 21:07 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] schpydurx.livejournal.com
I was supposed to get one of those boxes years ago...maybe I can come pick it up?
Date/Time: 2007-04-14 05:08 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] galinda822.livejournal.com
Aww! Aren't you sweet!

At least I beat out IMO's - that was a close call. :)
Date/Time: 2007-04-14 05:09 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] galinda822.livejournal.com
ps: It'll all still be here if you ever come back through St. Lou!
Date/Time: 2007-04-14 17:52 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] schpydurx.livejournal.com
I am confused. What mitigating circumstances? Was it Mrs. [livejournal.com profile] drax0r and Mrs. [livejournal.com profile] ehowton that demanded the box3n be gone through?


The Gimp is not Photoshop. Photoshop is an Adobe product. Adobe products run better on Macs (especially Mac Pros). Buy a Mac.

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