Halfbaked Ideas

I ran across a  tip I want to preserve and pass along.  The original post is at The Telarah Times.
apt-get build-dep <package_name>
This will get all the dependencies needed to compile your package - providing that package_name is something that would normally install using a simple apt-get install command.
For example:If you wanted to download and install [...]

Emacs

Note to self: some handy erlang shell commands for dealing with processes.
process_info(Pid)
i()
erlang:processes(), or better yet, rp(erlang:processes()). Sometimes long lists show “…” to represent the tail elements. Wrapping in rp() shows the whole list.
Finally, exit(Pid, kill) to kill the process represented by Pid. For a while I thought that exit(Pid) sufficed, but some experimentation [...]

It has been months since I converted my work machine from Windows XP to Ubuntu Hardy. There is only one program I miss, the fabulous Leo text editor. Leo is not just a text editor. If it were only that I would have little use for Leo, since I already use Emacs, the one true [...]

I want to pass along a nice tip. It seems that Google has introduced a free 411 information service. Considering that my carrier charges a dollar or thereabouts for directory assistance, I think this is excellent news. The number to call is 800 GOOG 411 (800 4664 411).