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I am the product of free public education.

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Jan 29 | Bunch of Phonies : mourn JD Salinger

Jan 23 | Grenade in my house : No one woke me.

Jan 21 | PowerTop : Intel

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Jan 20 | Man Goat vs. Alex Jones Psycho scream by Ann ONymous | YouTube Doubler | Mashup Helper

Jan 19 | Chrome Experiments - Detail - Scroll Clock

Jan 19 | Small Worlds - rathergood.com

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So, this is probably the stupidest fix I’ve ever had to perform. Recently I bought an HP Mini 311 and two days ago, the touchpad stopped working. At first I thought I had just turned it off accidentally, but then I realized there is no touchpad on/off toggle button. (Note: The touchpad stopped working after I was trying to open and close both gnome-do and guake as fast as possible.) Anyways, I called HP Support today, and here is how it was fixed:

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Jan 25 | Chromium: “Your profile could not be opened correctly.”

If you are using the Google Chromium ppa, occasionally things are broken (specifically user settings). For example, I have twice gotten the error:

“Your profile could not be opened correctly.
Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.”

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Jan 21 | Dinotopia Fan Quotes

“I think your books belong up higher with Dickens and J.K. Rowling. I’m surprised you are not as large (actually larger) than Harry Potter. What is wrong with your books?” —John D.

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