How much does a fountain soda pop like Coke actually cost a Restaurant?
June 9, 2009 on 1:49 pm | In deals | 1 CommentIn short - not very much.
According to this article at Newsweek, the syrup to make a single cup of Coca-Cola costs $0.000052, or .0052 cents.
The concentrate for 70 percent of Coca-Cola’s 1.5 billion drinks served each day originates in the tax haven of Ireland, where enough concentrate for 50,000 Cokes costs $2.60—including labor. The concentrate’s […]
In search of a Personal Wiki
May 4, 2009 on 11:49 pm | In life tips | 1 CommentI’ve recently started using MediaWiki in my business. At this point, my exposure has been fairly limited. Still, I see great potential in using a Wiki as a personal information management (PIM) tool.
However, I’m not sure that Media Wiki is the right tool for a PIM. It lacks a few features that I […]
Linux Question: When does updatedb.mlocat / cron.daily run?
April 8, 2009 on 9:39 am | In linux | No CommentsUggh. My Ubuntu server’s updatedb.mlocate process is loud as heck and runs *forever*.
I haven’t noticed a performance decrease, as the job is set to run at a fairly low priority. But since I sit near the server, it’s annoying to listen to the hard drive churn for hours and hours. […]
How to stop VI / VIM from auto-indenting and auto-formatting
March 3, 2009 on 11:05 am | In linux | 1 CommentVim is the best editor in the world. Maybe even the best piece of software ever written. Unfortunately, Ubuntu Linux ships with a really annoying default installation - it auto-indents, it annoyingly highlights matching punctuation, doesn’t support syntax highlighting, etc. If you’ve ever tried to paste something into VIM, you know what […]
Keep Reading »How to do a search and replace in multiple files using Perl
January 21, 2009 on 5:48 pm | In linux, perl | No CommentsOver the years, I’ve written a number of “search and replace in multiple files” scripts. Working on a computer that didn’t have my standard, custom toolset available, I found myself searching for an alternative.
Found this tip over at Dzone Snippets - do it all with a single line of perl.
perl -pi -w -e […]
Looking for a tvtorrents.com invitation code?
January 13, 2009 on 9:26 pm | In bittorrent, television | 89 CommentsTV Torrents, located at tvtorrents.com, is an excellent Bittorrent site. It has exactly what one would expect - Torrents for TV shows. Lots of them.
I’ve been using Google Chrome a lot lately, and in doing so, I saw that Google suggests “tvtorrents.com invitation code” as a popular search term. (When typing in […]
Getting Married? A Last Name Change Checklist
January 2, 2009 on 11:46 pm | In life tips | No CommentsI have had a lot of friends get married lately.
Some of them have asked me how to go about changing their last name - what needs to be done? Who do I have to tell about my name change? What is the procedure for changing my name after getting married?
I’ve pieced together […]
The Windows Key: Using shortcut commands like a power user
January 2, 2009 on 2:30 pm | In windows xp, windows vista | 2 CommentsI’m what most kids today would call and “old school” computer user. I was raised on the Apple II, learned to program on the Commodore VIC-20 & the Commodore 64, and my first PC-based computer didn’t even come with Windows. In other words, I’m used to using the keyboard, not the mouse, to get […]
Keep Reading »How to transfer a tape to a CD or create MP3 files
December 29, 2008 on 7:22 pm | In music, mp3 | No CommentsMy grandfather was an amateur singer and songwriter. He passed away many years ago, leaving the few old cassette tapes my mother owns the only recordings of his performances in existence.
Over the Christmas holiday, I convinced my mother to let me take these precious keepsakes and make digital copies.
I am very grateful to […]
Make any website editable with this handy javascript snippet
December 23, 2008 on 8:30 pm | In internet, programming, javascript | No CommentsI recently spotted this handy little tip at blogstorm.co.uk.
Ever wanted to edit the text of a web page to create an annotated screenshot or mockup? Simply paste this line of code into your browser’s location bar, and voila, the page text can be edited:
javascript:document.body.contentEditable=’true’; document.designMode=’on’; void 0
No, you it doesn’t enable you […]
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