Not sure what I find more interesting. New York Times being queried and answering an issue involving Linux or that someone would feel compelled to ask about defragmenting a Flash disk.
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/q-a-defragmenting-a-linux-system/
From the same folks who brought us “BigDog” comes a two legged variety:
Having issues with sound in Ubuntu (Pulse Audio), try this well written guide. Fortunately, most of this guide has been implemented in the latest version of Ubuntu 9.10, so wait it out until then or give this link a read.
Just thought I would jot down the steps needed to get Mame up and running on my newly upgraded arcade cabinet.
Get SDLMame Source Code (skip the bin package as that wont be compiled for your specific CPU unless you are running Amd64):
http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/
Untar the source into a tmp folder:
tar zxvf sdlmame-source.tar.gz /usr/local/src
Install the following packages for ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libgconf2-dev
Compile:
cd /usr/local/src/sdlmame-1xx
make
Go watch a movie it will take quite a bit of time before it is finished
Install:
sudo make install
Wow. I like the part where the guy signals he is calling it quits 
Amazing new gaming engine:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/14/cryengine-3-released-box-of-tissues-not-included/
Interesting to listen to from time-to-time.
http://audio2.radioreference.com/nc_mecklenburg_police
Police codes used on radio:
http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/polcodes.htm
pdftk a.pdf b.pdf c.pdf cat output abc.pdf
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gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=combinedpdf.pdf -dBATCH 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf