Last night my wife noted — not ruefully, I was grateful to observe — that I’ve been working on Fedora for quite a while now. (“I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve been working, Bob.”) Sure enough, she was right. I found this old rag from a little over four years ago. …
Holiday cheer. Happy Thanksgiving day to you and yours if you’re celebrating this US holiday. I just put our turkey in the oven after its leisurely and customary morning soak in brine. Eleya made a beautiful batch of casseroles, side dishes, and pies. Evie is going to help her make …
Richard, this bug was filed quite a while ago. I really wanted to just reply on your blog, but you don’t allow “anonymous” comments. I don’t use LJ, so I’m not familiar with how they handle comment spam. Is there a capability like the Akismet plugin I use for WordPress? …
Yes, today is Fedora 8 (“Werewolf”) release day! I’m going to grab some coffee and then get ready to do a couple last minute web publishing tasks for the Web-based Release Notes and Installation Guide. Bugs against the Release Notes would be fine; we’ll be putting out an update in …
Twelve years ago today, I married my best friend, and she’s still the one around whom my world revolves. Baby, I love ya! On the roster for this evening: kids to bed, Daddy out to pick up sushi from the best Japanese place in town, yum.
Jon, not only does Cory Doctorow write that well, but you ought to hear him speak, too.
Chris, I was struck by the fact that federal spending went up by a factor of 20, while general inflation rose by only a factor of about 6.4.* Social Security and Medicare spending went up by a factor of close to 50! Defense spending went up by a factor of …
How to make a bad presentation, from the front lines of the RHGUD conference: Fill your slide deck with words. The more, the better. The smaller, the better. Avoid negative space. Use color schemes that make your words hard to read, or better yet, invisible in some places. Giving your …
Tomorrow I’ll be at the Red Hat Government Users & Developers Conference. If you’re a Fedoran who happens to frequent those kinds of things, look for me. I should be sporting some kind of Fedora logo, either a cap or just a laptop sticker. I have no idea whether the …