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paper's done...

May 10, 2001 by Eric Richardson

I am definitely the only one in my class who compiles their research paper... lyx outputs LateX. Edit LateX file. Run texi2dvi. Run dvips. Out comes paper.

American History X (again)

May 10, 2001 by Eric Richardson

So while waiting for Lyx to compile I found that there's a DVD version of American History X in German.

research paper

May 10, 2001 by Eric Richardson

So I have a research paper due tomorrow. It's now 12:30; the paper's due in twelve hours or so. I write papers in Lyx, but I don't even have it installed at the moment. Hmmm... — Continue Reading...

American History X

May 10, 2001 by Eric Richardson

So last night Kathy and I rented American History X on DVD since she hadn't seen it. Looking at the menu, something very odd stuck out to me... How can American History X have a language submenu? The thought of the movie dubbed into Spanish or something is just very odd... So I went to it and found the options for "Language" were English 2-channel and English 5.1. Subtitles? English or none.

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May 02, 2001 by Eric Richardson

I broke it. One errant keystroke and the Redhat installer leaves me with a totally wiped out system. As I sit here running twm and staring at a blank background, I'm left with a very harsh reminder that one keystroke can make an enormous difference.

installing Redhat 7.1

May 02, 2001 by Eric Richardson

So the other day I decided to finally send my many year old Redhat 5.1 install back to the bitbucket and install fresh. This would leave me a new copy of Redhat 7.1, and no more dependancy woes every time I tried to make an upgrade. Unfortunately, things for me are never that easy. — Continue Reading...


Eric Richardson lives in Los Angeles, California, and is generally interested in the intersection between technology, community and news.

He started blogdowntown, an online news site for Downtown Los Angeles, and today works in digital media for Southern California Public Radio.

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