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Quest for Laziness 1: Completion!

I think I've gotten an autologin script figured out. I'm not sure how useful it will be to non-davidson students, but who knows. It is triggered by automatic system events that occur in response to changes in network connectivity. Big props to wombert for his brilliant use ...

Quest for laziness 1: an end without means

The network authentication servers serve up a series of webpages which: recieve a user's username and password authenticate the user check for acceptance of usage agreement allow access There must be a way to automate the series of HTTP requests which convey a user through this process, but first, we need to trace exactly what ...

Quest for laziness 1: Davidson network auto-login

Users attempting to access the Davidson College network from a computer running Microsoft XP (and perhaps other windows variants) are compelled to install a program called Perfigo CleanConnect, which subsequently installs more programs among them one called the ePolicy Orchestrator Agent, before being granted access. These programs essentially give the ...

October 17th 2008
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Cuchi Cuchi 1

Thai cocktail It's like an effervescent thai foot massage... For your tongue. It even taste a little gingery, but it lacks Ginger. A syrupy lime kick transitions into basilness, somehow ending with licorice. Yum! Caip They say it's been made impure with all the extra ingredients.. But it's like ...
August 1st 2008
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Eastern Standard Cocktails

Notes from my exploration of eastern standard's cocktail menu: Old Cuban: reminds me of a mojito + champagne - it's very tasty. Periodista: "rum for the intrepid reporter" - a little more than simply a mojito in a cocktail glass (with delicious ice crystals), the periodista is a citrusy drink with a ...
July 14th 2008
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DIYbio 3 - Gel Electrophoresis

Thanks to everyone for a great meeting: Michael, Jason, Sophia, Benny, Topher, Ricardo, Alex, Alec, nublabs, and everyone else. Overview: DIYbio 2 & 3 were focused on gel electrophoresis - we started by researching all the amateur gel protocols we could find online (notably the MacGuyver Project and the MAKE protocol, ...
July 9th 2008
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RubyU class 1 setup notes

My notes for getting all the prerequisites for Matt Knox's 1st RubyU class (hosted by Sermo) set up on my MacBook Pro (10.5).  Also see the friendfeed RubyU room. == getting prereqs installed == ruby > anvil:rubyclass macowell$ ruby -verison > ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [i686-darwin9.2.2] gems See http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/1 > anvil:rubyclass macowell$ gem environment > - ...
June 11th 2008
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DIYbio in 5 minutes - O’Reilly Ignite Boston 3

DIYbio in 5 minutes - O'Reilly ignite Boston from mac cowell on Vimeo. Here is an overview of DIYbio in 5 minutes - recorded at O'Reilly's Ignite Boston 2008.

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