Too Much About Paul

Various things I'm saying and doing in various places

May 01, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

April 25, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

Tobacco Road, Saturday May 5, 2012

Tobacco Road, Saturday May 5, 2012

626 S. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL
305-374-1198
http://tobacco-road.com/

Washington Square's Acoustic Reunion.

With Brian Franklin, Diane Ward, Low Society, Omine and more....

by Paul Roub at April 25, 2012 02:53 AM

April 23, 2012

Recent IE View Commits

Merge branch 'master' of github.com:paulroub/ieview

m README.md
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:paulroub/ieview

by Paul Roub at April 23, 2012 06:25 PM

bumped version to 1.5.1

m src/Makefile
bumped version to 1.5.1

by Paul Roub at April 23, 2012 06:24 PM

Changing a couple things at once, because that's *always* a good idea.

m src/Makefile
m src/chrome/content/ieviewOverlay.js
Changing a couple things at once, because that's *always* a good idea.
Mostly, re: #28, pass both bookmark-menu-command parameters through to
the original.  And then, if we spot Gecko 14 or higher, use nsIFile
instead of nsILocalFile.

by Paul Roub at April 23, 2012 12:15 AM

April 15, 2012

todo.txt/recurring-tasks Commits

noted Test class requirements, corrected manifest

m MANIFEST
m README.md
m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
noted Test class requirements, corrected manifest

by Paul Roub at April 15, 2012 09:30 PM

packaged

m MANIFEST
m Makefile.PL
m README
+ recur
packaged

by Paul Roub at April 15, 2012 05:17 PM

rough cut - move to perl module

m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
m t/match.t
m t/parse.t
m t/same.t
m t/update.t
m todo-recur
rough cut - move to perl module

by Paul Roub at April 15, 2012 04:44 PM

rough cut - move to perl module

+ MANIFEST
- Makefile
+ Makefile.PL
+ README
- recur
+ todo-recur
rough cut - move to perl module

by Paul Roub at April 15, 2012 04:44 PM

Merge branch 'master' of github.com:paulroub/todo.txt-recurring-tasks

m README.md
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:paulroub/todo.txt-recurring-tasks

by Paul Roub at April 15, 2012 04:06 PM

April 12, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

April 05, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

Pilikia at the South Seas Hotel, Saturday May 5, 2012

Pilikia at the South Seas Hotel, Saturday May 5, 2012

1751 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL
305-538-1411
http://www.southseashotel.com/pilikiabythepool.shtml

Washington Square's Acoustic Reunion.

With Brian Franklin, Diane Ward, Low Society, Omine and more....

by Paul Roub at April 05, 2012 08:54 PM

April 03, 2012

Personal Blog

Note to Self: Run Right Now.

Just got in from a nice run on a beautiful night. Not too long, not too fast. An easy weekday run. Almost punted and gave in to “I’m tired, there’s laundry, I’ll run in the morning.” I’m glad I didn’t, and I’d like to remind my stupid self why, for next time.

You’ll be tired in the morning, too. Tired and sleepy.

There’s always laundry.

You’re often more tired after running. At night, that’s a good thing; less so in the morning.

You like running, remember? You pay money and drive places to pin a number on your shirt and get excited and take pictures of starting lines.

walking to the starting line

The rice and beans and veggies and curry powder you put in the pot before you left smell amazing. All post-running food is the best food. Remember the bananas after the last race? Yes, you do.

If you’re reading this in the summer, remember that you get to jump in the pool afterwards. I suggest bringing a mango (see above re: food).

“Tired legs from running” is a much better feeling than “stiff neck from falling asleep on the couch.”

When else do you get to listen to music with no other distractions? How great is the new Craig Finn? (correct answer: pretty great)

That feeling after the first mile.

That feeling after the second mile.

That feeling with one mile to go.

That feeling right now.

In Summary: Shoes on, out the door, now.

April 03, 2012 11:33 PM

April 01, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

March 17, 2012

My Flickr photos

March 16, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

Private Event, Saturday March 31, 2012

Private Event, Saturday March 31, 2012


Melbourne Area, FL

House Concert - Email me for Details.

With Steve Hodak.

by Paul Roub at March 16, 2012 03:09 PM

March 11, 2012

My Flickr photos

March 09, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

March 02, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

February 28, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

February 17, 2012

My Flickr photos

February 14, 2012

That Thing I Was Telling You About

My Kindle version showed up this morning, a present to myself...



My Kindle version showed up this morning, a present to myself from November.  Thanks, past me!

February 14, 2012 06:14 PM

Hey, it’s “the happy one”.  Hope it applies to...



Hey, it’s “the happy one”.  Hope it applies to you.

More of an “oh, shit, why did I buy all of these Girl Scout cookies?” day over here.

February 14, 2012 06:10 PM

My Upcoming Gigs

February 09, 2012

Personal Blog

How to Exclude Replies from the Twitter Profile Widget

Should you (for some reason) visit the root page of roub.net, you’ll see a collection of posts from this blog, my work blog, Flickr photos, and other things, all collected by an aggregator named Planet Venus.

To keep the noise level down just a bit, I decided to keep my twitter activity out of that list, and use Twitter’s Profile Widget instead. It’s in the sidebar on that page.

That was still noisier than I wanted, though. I didn’t need my @replies to others showing up there, but the configuration options didn’t offer a “don’t include replies” choice. A bit of Googling led me to this page, which noted the code needed to add a filter, without explicitly showing where. Reading the widget code cleared that up, but it may be less than obvious if you don’t spend your days wrangling JSON.

The widget code that Twitter provides you with includes a block that starts with:

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new TWTR.Widget({
  version: 2,
  ...

Look for the section below that which looks something like:

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features: {
  scrollbar: false,
  loop: false,
  live: true,
  behavior: 'all'
}

The exact contents will vary. Leave them as is, and add, right after the features: line, the following:

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filters: {
  negatives: /^@\w{1,20}\s/
},

The indentation doesn’t matter, but copy it verbatim otherwise. In the example above, we end up with:

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features: {
  filters: {
    negatives: /^@\w{1,20}\s/
  },
  scrollbar: false,
  loop: false,
  live: true,
  behavior: 'all'
}

We’re telling the widget to remove any lines that start with a @ followed by 1-20 “word” characters. That is, anything starting with someone’s Twitter handle – a reply.

That’s it. Feel free to view the source at roub.net to see it in place.

February 09, 2012 09:22 PM

January 30, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

January 28, 2012

Recent IE View Commits

maxVersion upped

m src/install.rdf.in
maxVersion upped

by Paul Roub at January 28, 2012 03:52 AM

January 22, 2012

My Flickr photos

So... very... good

Paul Roub posted a photo:

So... very... good

A little butter, a little smoked sea salt... and fresh whole wheat bread from my dutch oven, per Michael Ruhlman's "Bread Baking Basics" iPad app.

And good lord, that was easy.

by Paul Roub (nobody@flickr.com) at January 22, 2012 10:06 PM

January 21, 2012

My Flickr photos

Personal Blog

Straps and Buttons

I recently lucked into a Takamine G-335 12-string in a well-timed eBay bid.  I’m very happy with it, but sitting down? On stage? This will not do. But there’s just the one strap button at the butt end, and I’m not tying a strap to the headstock; that maybe looked cool on Elvis. Maybe.

I’d been meaning to put strap locks on my Strat, which would leave me with a spare strap button or two.

So:

And then…

Safety first…

Et voilà.

It is at this point that I realize I don’t yet have a strap for this guitar.

So close…

January 21, 2012 09:00 PM

January 19, 2012

openmikes.org blog

Where did openmikes.org go yesterday?

If you visited openmikes.org on March 18, 2012 (just barely yesterday in my time zone, as I write this), you noticed that the site was missing. Unless openmikes.org is the only site you visited that day, you are probably aware that this was not an isolated incident. Wikipedia, Boing Boing and numerous others went “dark” to protest the SOPA and PIPA bills being considered by the US Congress.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but this site reaches more people in a day than my personal blog does in a month. Far more. If I was going to make a point, this was the place.

As a musician, a songwriter, a creator of works I do want protected… SOPA isn’t the way to do it.

I heartily recommend reading this interview with publisher Tim O’Reilly for an excellent explanation of what SOPA is, and why it’s more dangerous than any problem it would allegedly solve.

by Paul Roub at January 19, 2012 05:44 AM

January 16, 2012

My Flickr photos

January 07, 2012

Recent IE View Commits

migrated preferences from ieview.* to extensions.ieview.* per #26

m src/.gitignore
m src/chrome/content/ieviewOverlay.js
m src/chrome/content/ieviewsettings.xul
m src/chrome/content/reloaded.html
migrated preferences from ieview.* to extensions.ieview.* per #26

by Paul Roub at January 07, 2012 07:13 PM

January 06, 2012

My Flickr photos

Serial 84770

Paul Roub posted a photo:

Serial 84770

Serial numbers were running 3 or 4 years ahead at this point. It's most likely an '81, but might be an '80.

by Paul Roub (nobody@flickr.com) at January 06, 2012 05:48 PM

All original but the strap locks

Paul Roub posted a photo:

All original but the strap locks

OK, the pickup switch knob was swapped out the day I bought it, from the Eagle hanging next to it. The original was cream, I thought black looked better. :-)

by Paul Roub (nobody@flickr.com) at January 06, 2012 05:48 PM

Love the burst on the back

Paul Roub posted a photo:

Love the burst on the back

There's a bit more buckle rash than is shown, almost all of it from the month between the guitar's theft and recovery in '84.

by Paul Roub (nobody@flickr.com) at January 06, 2012 05:47 PM

January 03, 2012

My Upcoming Gigs

January 01, 2012

todo.txt/recurring-tasks Commits

Noted PAR::Packer requirement to rebuild.

m README.md
Noted PAR::Packer requirement to rebuild.

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 06:42 PM

removed unused Data::Dumper references

m recur
m t/Tests/Same.pm
m todo-recur.pl
removed unused Data::Dumper references

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 06:30 AM

ignore t:YYYY-MM-DD (as used by schedule, etc. add-ons) when comparing tasks

m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
m recur
m t/Tests/Same.pm
ignore t:YYYY-MM-DD (as used by schedule, etc. add-ons) when comparing tasks

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 04:24 AM

added 'daily' task recurrence

- .gitignore
m README.md
m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
m recur
m t/Tests/Match.pm
added 'daily' task recurrence

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 04:20 AM

added documentation

m .gitignore
m README.md
added documentation

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 04:00 AM

now working as a todo CLI add-on

m Makefile
m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
m lib/Todotxt/Recurlist.pm
now working as a todo CLI add-on

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 03:33 AM

now working as a todo CLI add-on

+ .gitignore
+ README.md
+ lib/Todotxt/Recurlist.pm
+ t/Tests/Update.pm
+ t/update.t
+ todo-recur.pl
now working as a todo CLI add-on

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 03:33 AM

ignore leading dates

m lib/Todotxt/Recur.pm
m t/Tests/Same.pm
ignore leading dates

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 12:46 AM

task matching

+ t/Tests/Same.pm
+ t/same.t
task matching

by Paul Roub at January 01, 2012 12:36 AM