Read all about it.

My new article reviewing five Fedora books is in the new issue of Red Hat Magazine. RHM is a little late off the press this month since the Editor is currently on leave. Can’t wait to see what the next year has in store!

Why we marry.

I showed Eleya that Sam, the world’s ugliest dog died today just shy of his 15th birthday. Without missing a beat she said, “How could they tell?” Egad, I love that broad.

Library pals.

Fears allayed temporarily?

Fortunately my fears about an internationally-managed Internet (UN management, anyone?) did not come to pass. Which means sanity will prevail in the small areas in which it is in fact present on the Internet already.

Making the world safe for melody.

_{Photography by C. Suleske, Nov. 10, 2005}

Finish line in sight.

Yesterday the band finished recalls at the studio, so our final mixes are now ready for mastering. To be a little bold, they sound fabulous. I’m really looking forward to hearing the mastered product; I hope after the tracks have gone through that phase they retain the power and snap of the versions we’re hearing now. Many, many thanks are due to our incredible engineer Kevin Gutierrez for his mad ProTools skills. I’ve never worked so fast or efficiently in a studio before. Kevin truly made recording a pleasant, engaging, and fulfilling process.

Most of you will have to wait for the finished product to see what I mean, but trust me: you’ll love it. Interestingly, it will sound nothing like Kevin’s work on one of his own pet projects*. Sick, dude!

_{*See Project: Failing Flesh for more metal madness.}

Loftier!

The True Friends returned to catch our show last night at The Loft, and a purty dang good show it was, too. My voice has yet to recover from the cold I had last month; in the past couple of days I’ve actually felt like my throat was backsliding into “got another cold” territory. Survived the show, but this morning I once again sounded like Barry White. I almost called a couple of my friends to perpetuate a joke about Barry and Egg McMuffins that somehow never seems to get old.

As an added bonus, the bartenders at the venue were very supportive, and mentioned how great they thought we were, especially at (1) bringing out a healthy crowd on a “school night,” and (2) not driving people out of the bar, as have other bands which they’ve suffered. Hopefully our next show will be on a Saturday night and all my lamer coworkers will actually make an appearance!

Today I had the day off and spent it catching up sporadically on a little Fedora work, although I am probably not as efficient as people who spend their entire working lives hacking Linux. I need to start learning some efficiency boosters to make my limited time more productive. Sadly, I am still one of those people who will go slack-jawed staring at a yum update running in a terminal.

Revenge of the Gates.

If you heard about Christo’s “Gates” project in Central Park last year, you’ll probably find this funny. Unless you really like Christo, in which case, why are you here?

Decade.

Today is our tenth wedding anniversary, and I count myself very lucky to have married my true soul mate. With all the chaos of daily life, and all the uncertainty of a changing world, I always know I have my wife to rely and count on. Hard to make it sound impressive enough on a stupid weblog like this, but she truly is The Greatest.