Extras, read all about it.
I got my first package into Fedora Extras, nautilus-open-terminal. From mailing list traffic, it seems like this might make it into Fedora Core 5 in order to placate traditionalists who shun keyboard shortcuts. ?
Heck week.
Pushmi-pullyu. Next week is going to be a Fedora Documentation Project “push to publish” endeavor. I have a few things I’ve been nipping on by the morsel, but I’m going to take some hefty bites this weekend. (Or, alternately, they will bite back.) Best. Reply. Ever. There has been a …
It’s a Mr. Klein; he says he’s come about the reaping.
Ed Klein is best known for his years as an editor at the New York Times Magazine, but his new book on Hillary Clinton rarely rises above tabloid journalism. Klein has been largely shunned by MSM outlets, which has caused him to cry “wolf” and some other folks to at …
London calling.
I contacted my friends who live and work around downtown London this morning and they and their loved ones are, fortunately, all in good health. I want to post here the comments of Prime Minister Blair: It’s important… that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our …
Even a broken clock.
Even if you’re a righty like me, you can respect something the EU has done recently. Update: It’s final.
They’re already here.
So I took my grandmother to see “War of the Worlds” this evening, and I have the pleasure to report that Spielberg apparently got those “Terminal” doldrums out of his system. Beautifully shot by (once again) Janusz Kaminski, with unbelievable special effects which, while maybe not pushing the envelope necessarily, …
The past has fleet feet.
And in an age where computers roam the Internet automtically archiving your thoughts, and invariably it becomes easier to authenticate them, be careful what you post.
Coolest dog in the land.
I’m taking the whole family to see IKE and Cliff Hillis at the Cooldog Concert Series this Sunday afternoon. This will be a totally brilliant show and I urge you to drop all your other plans to attend. Go to the Cooldog web site for information on how to RSVP …
Reason #53 why it’s embarrassing to be a geek.
Their egotism makes them think their problems are special. Confidential to Strom Carlson: It’s the whole damned English-speaking world. Have you not read Eats, Shoots & Leaves?
Money for nothing and your bugs for free.
This story is a very interesting read on the money trail between Microsoft, the softening of the antitrust judgments against the company, and the growth of the anti-Linux lobbying push. As if it weren’t enough that their software is the proximate cause of the majority of aggregate IT downtime globally. …