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  • This Blog Has Moved

    This is the last post on blogger.com. I've moved my blog to my own domain, daveshort.org, and will continue it there.' [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 11:26am EDT
    by Dave

  • Gay Marriage

    According to both Biden and Palin in the VP debates, neither McCain nor Obama support allowing homosexual couples the right to marry. Someday, one or both candidates (or more candidates, God forbid there be third parties) will support this idea, which isn't quaint, isn't harmful to anyone, and essentially verifies [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 7:49pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Code Monkey (Jonathan Coulton cover)

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    This is a bare-bones acoustic cover of Jonathan Coulton's song, "Code Monkey." The cover's nothing special, just something I did in between packing stuff. I recorded it live with my Mac's mic, with very little processing: a little noise reduction here, a little bass reduction there. The hardest part was' [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 11:37pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Behold the Glory that is Object-Oriented programming!

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    So, for my final project in CS 365 (Databases), I'm designing a Wikipedia-style encyclopedia. Not very original, but it gets the job done. And it's kind of fun to code.Until today, however. Since this is finals week, I've been concentrating on other things until today. The project is due tomorrow.' [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 11:38am EDT
    by Dave

  • Smash Bros Brawl Has a Broken AI

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    Try this experiment:Start a game of Smash Bros Brawl on Free For All. Use stock mode.Just play with one player, set the rest to CPUs on level 9.Start the game, and time how long it takes for the game to end.Now, replace yourself with another computer on level 9, and [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 10:50am EDT
    by Dave

  • I shook hands with the next President of the United States

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    Went to the Missoula Obama rally at the University today. Lots of people getting signatures in the line, which stretched at least as far back as the Music Building, and probably much farther than that.What can I say? The rally was bitchin'. There was a bit too much buildup, but' [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2008, 7:06pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Democrats grow temporary spine...

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    Kudos to the House for blocking retroactive immunity to the telecoms for being complicit in the wiretapping of Americans. I considered this issue important enough to write Denny Rehberg about, and I got a response -- straight along party lines. I don't have the original letter I wrote, but I [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 1:00pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Bad Vista UI! Bad!

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    We all get to a point where our open window account in Explorer skyrockets. I use the 'Run' dialog to get to a lot of places, which opens each directory in a new window. So I often find myself with all my Explorer windows grouped together on the taskbar, and [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 10:00pm EST
    by Dave

  • Kudos to the University

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    Whenever I mention the University of Montana, I'm probably in rant mode. But this time, I'd like to take a moment to give them some mad props. What's the opposite of a rant? That's what this is.First, a little history. I'm starting my twelfth semester here at UM, and for' [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 2:56am EST
    by Dave

  • Why Cloverfield Will Suck

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    Don't get me wrong. I'm going to see it, I'm excited as hell, and I'm pretty sure they're gonna show the monster in all its glory -- but I know the movie's going to suck. Here's why:There will be no buildup. My guess is that it starts out at the' [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 10:37pm EST
    by Dave

  • Vikings in a Cafe

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    45 pages of friend requests on MySpace. I couldn't even check my e-mail account for a while, they were piling up so bad. There was one legitimate friend request.360 comments on this blog, one of which was real.Thanks for taking a shit on my Internet, guys!' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2007, 11:30pm EDT
    by Dave

  • R.I.P., Pushing Daisies (Prehumously)

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    Hmmm... a show that is funny, yet dramatic, creatively visual, and has a quirky premise. How many episodes is Pushing Daisies going to last? Four? Seven? Probably, the network execs (ooooh... those vilifiable executives!) will decide that the show's budget is too high for the ratings it gets, and will [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2007, 7:10pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Blocking JScrollPane arrow keys

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    I'm implementing a JPanel inside a JScrollPane, and I want the panel to respond to arrow keys. Unfortunately, pressing arrow keys resulted in the JScrollPane scrolling. If you're pulling out your hair trying to block JScrollPanes from responding to arrow key events, check out this:Swing - Disabling of JScrollPane key [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2007, 11:02am EDT
    by Dave

  • The Innocent

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    September 11 has become one of those days. A day of remembrance and mourning. We lost a lot of innocents and innocence that day, and sometimes it's hard to keep those two things separate. 3,000 people were killed, by monsters, for something they hadn't done. We lost our innocent notion [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2007, 12:20pm EDT
    by Dave

  • "She Looks Like" by Ten Foot Pole

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    ... is currently what I believe to be the Best Song EverTM. Excerpt:And I bet she likes dogs and would never hurt a creatureShe'd snowboard so high that I almost couldn't reach herShe'd never tell a lie and she'd leave her friends to be with me [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 2:37pm EDT
    by Dave

  • Mark Knopfler Mondegreen

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    A mondegreen is a misheard phrase; the canonical example is probably "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy", a mishearing of "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."Anyway, my boss Jess thought that in the Mark Knopfler song "Hill Farmer's Blues" (from The Ragpicker's Dream),' [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2007, 10:49am EDT
    by Dave

  • Celebrate Good Times! C'mon!

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    At times, I'm sad that I'm an atheist, because I know that some fucks will never get their eternal reward of burning in Hell.Josh and Steve got cupcakes last night to celebrate. I hear that Fred Phelps and his Hateful Fuck Brigade are going to protest Falwell's funeral. If they' [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2007, 8:12am EDT
    by Dave

  • A note to TV show producers

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    You may post new episodes of shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office on the iTunes store, but you have to do it faster. I can usually find a new episode of such a show from the BitTorrent network an hour after it airs, and can have it downloaded before [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2007, 8:39am EDT
    by Dave

  • Wickedpistia

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    I constantly find reasons never, ever to trust technology enough to become an astronaut.Reason #1: The iPod-cum-brick. Today, there was an Adobe User Group meeting. On the way across the oval (which has recently become an uncrossable sea thanks to constantly freezing and melting ice sheets which once were snow. [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2007, 11:27pm EST
    by Dave

  • Four Years Old

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    By the way, this blog is around four years old today. As we all know on the Internets, four years is an eternity. In light of the stupidity in Boston, I think I'll listen to some "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversity", but definately not Carl's favorite song, "More Than A Feeling." [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2007, 12:46am EST
    by Dave

  • Pissy-Pant Pusillanimous People in... Boston

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    Have you heard about the bomb scare in Boston? Advertisements for Aqua Teen Hunger Force were placed in 10 locations around the city, in a 'guerilla marketing' campaign. They feature the Mooninites, and, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, each device "had a very sinister appearance. It had a" [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2007, 12:27am EST
    by Dave

  • Back From the Bo-Zone / inside

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    Just got back from Bozeman a few hours ago. Jesse, AJo, Andy, Cullen and I went there to check out how their ResNet program compares to our DirectConnect program. It was informative, despite the fact that we spent twice as long traveling (eight hours) as we did doing what we [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2007, 10:19pm EST
    by Dave

  • Reason #2232513 to Hate the Content Industry

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    I've been reading a lot of stuff on Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki (one thing about this blog is that I'm never shy about my geeky leanings). I read quite a few articles dealing with Star Trek Nemesis, and decided I wanted to watch it. Since Carrie and I [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2007, 9:16pm EST
    by Dave

  • I am a...

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    Bio Android Proton Titan.Just thought you should know. [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2006, 2:53am EST
    by Dave

  • Thanks for noticing... (Part 2)

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    In case there was any question about whether or not other states even care about Montana, here is proof that they probably don't. CNN managed to get the name wrong of the senator-elect who tips the balance of power in the Senate in the Democrat's favor. It's Jon Tester, not' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2006, 8:50am EST
    by Dave

  • Thanks for noticing...

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    Wow. Do... do people actually care what happens in Montana? Could we actually be influencing something? It comes as no surprise that the only way we can influence national politics is through the Senate. And now, for the first time, out-of-staters are looking to us, with hope in their eyes. [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2006, 7:23am EST
    by Dave

  • Shame on... (part 2)

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    Shame on Wisconsin, Virginia, Tennessee, South Dakota, South Carolina, Idaho, and Colorado. Now you've shown how much you hate the fags! Scared? Craven SOBs. You're just delaying the inevitable legalization of same-sex marriage, and making yourselves look ass-backwards to boot. H'yuck! And I thought only we Montanans hated fags! HOW [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2006, 2:04am EST
    by Dave

  • My blood boils... again

    Will the dirty tricks never end? Voter Supression in the 21st century. Do we really need any more reasons to give the GOP a pink slip? How can we trust Republicans to build, uphold, and maintain liberty and freedom in Iraq when they're so busy resisting it in America? [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2006, 3:02pm EST
    by Dave

  • And Dave will vote for...

    I don't like the idea of media outlets (which, technically, this blog is) telling people how they should vote. Choosing our representatives is an important, personal issue. People have to decide for themselves, and I consider it almost sanctimonious to tell people how to vote. Before I reveal who I'm voting [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2006, 10:32pm EST
    by Dave

  • Nerd Score

    I don't know whether or not to be proud of this... [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2006, 11:40pm EST
    by Dave
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