Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

Rep. Dan Lungren tainted by Abramoff scandal?

Posted on 2006-01-11 by Jim Vanderveen

Is Rep. Dan Lungren tainted by the Abramoff scandal? Well, he’s taken $10,000 in bribescampaign contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, an organization for which Jack Abramoff was one of the chief fundraisers. If I can dig up some other sources for … Continue reading →

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Sudden increase in Apple laptop failures…

Posted on 2006-01-11 by Jim Vanderveen

Has anybody else noticed a sudden increase in the rate of failures of “obsolete” PowerBooks? Thanks for the laugh, Jason!

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Another geek test

Posted on 2006-01-10 by Jim Vanderveen

I took another geek test today. (Thanks for the link, Punk!) I couldn’t score very many points on the television-related questions, because I haven’t watched TV for several years, and before that I only watched a few shows on PBS. … Continue reading →

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Finally bought Delicious Library

Posted on 2006-01-09 by Jim Vanderveen

Delicious Library rocks! Continue reading →

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Free e-texts

Posted on 2006-01-08 by Jim Vanderveen

Some time ago I was waiting in line at the DMV, wishing that I had remembered to bring a book with me, when I realized that I always carried my PDA–why not just look for some free e-texts and slurp … Continue reading →

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Subversion on Mac OSX not working?

Posted on 2006-01-07 by Jim Vanderveen

I was finally going through Chris J. Davis’ article, SVN on MacOS X. I downloaded the Subversion package to my Mac and it works fine via the command line, but I ran into trouble with scplugin, (the tool which bolts … Continue reading →

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Web Developer extension rocks!

Posted on 2006-01-06 by Jim Vanderveen

I installed the Web Developer extension in my web browser this evening. If you do any web development work, or even just browse the web, you really need to check out this tool’s features. It works with Firefox, Flock, and … Continue reading →

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Oooo, new Mindstorms stuff!

Posted on 2006-01-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Lego announced new Mindstorms products yesterday, just after Christmas? I guess that they knew they weren’t going to be ready for market in time for this Christmas, so they delayed the announcement until after the shopping (and return/exchange) season was … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia fundraiser

Posted on 2006-01-04 by Jim Vanderveen

This is the final week of the Wikipedia fundraiser, and they’re currently only a bit over half-way to their goal. This is a great undertaking, truly a boon for people all over the world, so please shower a bit of … Continue reading →

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Another book to be read

Posted on 2006-01-03 by Jim Vanderveen

Dang, here I am almost caught up on my reading and Acetylene goes and blogs something I must read–Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here. Curse you, Acetylene! 😉 Next time the blog-bug bites, fill out a survey or something. 😀

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