{"id":304,"date":"2009-02-12T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-03-16T02:30:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T06:30:02","slug":"buffer-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2009\/02\/12\/buffer-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffer Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s one emacs buffer I always have around to keep catch tidbits of stuff. It really does help to keep those scraps of paper on the desk to a minimum, well, for text anyway. Now and again I need to go back through it and clean out the junk &#8211; not unlike looking at those scraps of paper and throwing them into the shredder bin. This time I thought I&#8217;d share a little. Got a few minutes for some diversions? Good. Go grab a fresh cup and waste a little time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-315\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"mug\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/mug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"mug\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>First up is this collection of help desk tickets from hell &#8211; and beyond:<br \/>\n<del>http:\/\/chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com\/<\/del> [broken link]<\/p>\n<p>Those of you that ride know how tough it can be to catch the attention of cagers on the road, seemingly single-minded in their desire to ruin your day by killing you. Well, how about this nifty holographic projector priced just a tad over five large. The folks over at Aerostich like to have a little fun with their catalogs by adding fictional items. Gotta love their sense of humor.<br \/>\n<del>http:\/\/www.aerostich.com\/catalog\/US\/Holographic-Vehicle-Projector-p-17408.html<\/del> [broken link]<\/p>\n<p>With all the uproar over DRM it&#8217;s always nice to find good music from good folks with a good attitude, and\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"www.ucalldatmusic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucalldatmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ucalldatmusic.com<\/a> is just such a place. Here&#8217;s a sample:<br \/>\n<a title=\"I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucalldatmusic.com\/mp3files\/naked.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/www.ucalldatmusic.com\/mp3files\/naked.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if that ain&#8217;t enough then there&#8217;s this oldie-but-goodie that always gets a smile:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KwxBt1sW63c\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KwxBt1sW63c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of my mention of OS\/2 under VMware, I had some fun looking back at old GUIs at Nathan&#8217;s Toasty Technology site. Go have a smile. Or a grimace. Your choice.<br \/>\n<a title=\"GUI gallery at Toadsty Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/toastytech.com\/guis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/toastytech.com\/guis\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wondering where you can get that mug that&#8217;ll show you mean business at your next infernal staff meeting? The folks over at Think Geek will fix you right up.<\/p>\n<p>There! That felt better than what&#8217;s <em>really<\/em> on my mind. I swear, I can&#8217;t get through the morning news anymore without blowing a gasket. I mean, with all this bailout crap I feel like I&#8217;m being penalized for deciding decades ago to live my life in a fiscally responsible manner. I&#8217;m thinking I should have partied it all away instead and let others pick up the pieces. Might have even gotten a bonus&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s one emacs buffer I always have around to keep catch tidbits of stuff. It really does help to keep those scraps of paper on the desk to a minimum, well, for text anyway. Now and again I need to go back through it and clean out the junk &#8211; not unlike looking at those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2009\/02\/12\/buffer-dump\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buffer Dump<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}