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 …
Both Tim Waugh and I are apparently big Justin Currie fans. My copy of his new solo album just showed up and HOLY HELL is it good. I was glad to see a bunch of the Dels play bit parts here and there, and Justin dedicates the record to longtime …
This is just too cool not to share. And to keep on topic, umm… awoooooo! Werewolf.
Verbatim, from a note sent home in Evie’s “Poetry Folder”: Every Friday your child will bring home their Poetry Folder to share with you. We will be learning a special poem each week. Please have each person that your child reads their poem to initial the page and return it …