Today I am over at my sister’s trying in vain to use Microsoft’s “Easy File Transfer” (*snort*) to move her files from an older XP system to her newer Vista. (I tried to talk them into trying Linux but the kids have games, husband a proprietary app, yadda yadda.) This …
Today I managed to get some substantial work done around my “Daddy Day Care” duty: Published some new versions of the Translation Quick Start Guide for the L10n folks Edited a new README for Fedora Live images Imported said README into Docs CVS and set it up for our build …
Even hardcore Windows developers agree: GConf beats the Windows registry, hands-down.
My better half has flown the coop, as it were, for Tennessee through Friday night, so I am home taking care of the kids. I’ve already familiarized myself with the contents of our knife block and the location of incendiary materials, so I should be able to tell if any …
Today Eleya brought home (admittedly at my request) the Heroes S1 DVD set. I never really saw the show when it was on broadcast TV, so I’m not yet sure how I’m going to fit in catching up to all those episodes before S2 starts at the end of next …
Today I took the family to the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air and Space annex near Dulles. What a day! Unfortunately, neither my camera nor I are up to the challenge of great photography, so you’ll have to take what you can get here at my blog. I really don’t Flickr, but …
A friend for whom I built a computer about six years ago started having trouble with her Windows XP installation. I’ve already narrowed it down to a driver or startup service issue, but it is truly unbelievable not only how hard it is to arrive at that diagnosis (thanks to …
To Tom “spot” Callaway, may I just say: Bless you, sir, for your work on Fedora licensing. That is all.
I realized on Friday night, after I made it to rehearsal, just how mentally exhausting this month has been. My wandering attention made it very difficult to focus on everything going on, meaning I was constantly feeling overwhelmed, and was not getting out in front of my tasks as I …