Monthly Archives: September 2003

Ann Nails It Again

Posted on September 26, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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Avast Mateys, Let’s All Talk Like Pirates!

Posted on September 19, 2003 by Joey Gibson

Aye, today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day and methinks a celebratory tankard of grog is in order. Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirate’s Life for me! Arr, ye can just call me Cap’n Joey “I’ve Never Owned a … Continue reading →

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Virus Writers

Posted on September 19, 2003 by Joey Gibson

For all you worthless punks out there who get off on writing and spreading computer viruses, I’d like to paraphrase Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in The Untouchables. And here’s what I’d like to say: I want you all DEAD!!! … Continue reading →

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Mixer Remixed

Posted on September 17, 2003 by Joey Gibson

After reading several threads about the text scrmabler and various implementations, I revised my Ruby version and it’s now 21 lines shorter and much more Ruby-like. It makes far less of an attempt to deal with punctuation, but I think … Continue reading →

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I Found the Old Mill Wheel

Posted on September 15, 2003 by Joey Gibson

Tonight while riding at Tribble Mill Park, I found the remnants of the old mill wheel. I had been within about 20 feet of it before and never noticed it, but a fellow last week told me where to look. … Continue reading →

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By Popular Demand, I Give You… Mixer!

Posted on September 15, 2003 by Joey Gibson

“Popular demand,” yeah… right… That’s the ticket. Anyway, I saw this blog entry by Jamie this morning which caused me to write a Ruby program to mix up the letters of words, leaving the first and last letter as they … Continue reading →

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An Indictment From James

Posted on September 14, 2003 by Joey Gibson

Today’s scripture at church was James 3:1-12. The entire chapter is about how one’s tongue can’t be tamed and how it can be “full of deadly poison.” The part that his me was this: 10Out of the same mouth proceedeth … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago

Posted on September 11, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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I Need An Ann Coulter Blog Category…

Posted on September 11, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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I’m Presenting at NFJS: Atlanta

Posted on September 9, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If anyone will be in or around Atlanta, GA, October 24 – 26, you should think about attending the Atlanta Java Software Symposium which is part of the No Fluff, Just Stuff symposium series. I’ll be presenting a session entitled … Continue reading →

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Java Regex APIs and Quoting

Posted on September 8, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I’ve just been digging through the J2SE 1.4 regex stuff, and every time I have to do regex work in Java I keep thinking how much easier it is in other languages. Specifically I’m talking about the clunkiness of the … Continue reading →

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I Am Sick of Gutless Republicans

Posted on September 5, 2003 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen

Posted on September 2, 2003 by Joey Gibson

I finally got a chance to see And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen Saturday night. I’ve been waiting over a year for this movie to make it to the States and it finally has. It stars Jeremy Irons who is wonderful … Continue reading →

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