Archive for May, 2005

package management for python

could it be true?
…i’ll have to try it soon, it supposed to be something like CPAN is for Perl, only for Python.

how to become an early riser

A little insight (short read) for those like myself who have a pretty chaotic sleeping schedule, but would like to get it more on track.
How to become an early riser
worth a try…

Involving the Public In Publishing

The MIT Tech Review (which I’ve been a subscriber of since the first issue thanks to my Dad) is trying to pull off something revolutionary with a blog based peer-review system.
Pretty cool, I hope it works out. I’m tired.
via boing-boing.

Ebook Reader and More?

Could this new linux based internet appliance from nokia be the answer to all of my ebook reader problems?
For the longest time i’ve wanted a nice, relatively cheap machine to use as an ebook reader(cheaper than a tablet, but bigger than a PDA). I’m hoping this is going to be the answer and I […]

Add Spell Checking To Wordpress

Re-Installed (on the my new server) the wordpress spell checking. It’s sweet and has pretty much the same interface as the very familiar MS Word spell checker. It also runs using aspell, which is a standard program for most linux distributions. On my White Box Enterprise Redhat Linux 3 Server, it […]

DavFS and Subversion

So, the new version of Subversion (1.2.0) lets you do autoversioning with any regular dav client just by mounting the svn repository in dav mode (over http), and it does the versioning transparently in the background.
Something really nice, is being able to mount these Dav directories as regular file shares, so that you can […]

good song

I discovered some good music hidden in my music collection last night, mainly The Chemical Brothers’ album, “Push The Button”.
“Hold Tight London (feat anna lynne)” is one of my new favorite songs. Listen to it.

Winning Arguements

Forever Geek has an interesting article on “38 Ways To Win An Arguement”.
Though not necessarily the most correct methods, this article provides some insight into some arguments styles I’m sure you’ve come across in the past. I think that identifying the problem is half the battle, and maybe in the future it will allow […]

first post

First post from joshwilson.com - very shortly i’ll be uploading the couple of entries i made on jmw.mit.edu before the end of school.