Monthly Archives: March 2011

Purple

“It’s hard to feel motivated. All this red vs. blue, it’s like, Are you guys Crips and Bloods? What about tackling jobs, obesity, poverty? Since red and blue make purple, why not unite, because scientifically speaking, purple is the fastest … Continue reading

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osql -> isql -> aargh on Ubuntu

Trying to set up ODBC on Ubuntu. osql is a great script to test it out, but running it on Ubuntu 10.10: root:~# osql -S fcstest -U sa -P ***** osql: error: no potential directory strings in “/usr/local/bin/isql” isql strings … Continue reading

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Hudson, Git and the extra space

At work I am installing a new Hudson slave for continuous integration. Everything works great, using the Tanuki Java Service Wrapper to fire up the slave.jar, but when it comes time to run the build, it fails: Started by user … Continue reading

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