Thanks, Greg, for once again proving the point that free software is really about the freedom and not the cost. What’s the deal with the paper-thin FUD saying, “hardware vendors don’t certify source RPMs”? Of course they do! Source is tied one-to-one to the binary RPMs the hardware vendors certify; …
Today was weirdly bifurcated between hacking and sightseeing. Morning and late night I spent working on Luke Macken’s irssi-notify script, which Thorsten wrote about earlier today. At Luke’s suggestion, I put a quick project page up at Google Code. Hopefully folks will feel free to make (reasonable) suggestions for improvements. …
Well, certainly I’m not talking about the weather. This is the second Saturday in a row with temperatures at or above the mid-60s. But after the normal stress of the holidays, there was not much news to report here. Ethan has of course abandoned all the toys Santa brought him …
We finished out 2006 with a wonderful weekend stay at a beautiful, enormous lakefront rental house, with two other families who have been good friends of ours for many a year. Unfortunately, we partied a little too hard the night before New Year’s Eve, so when the big night came …
Merry Christmas to you and your families. This morning brought me some surprise goodies, including a long-coveted DVD of Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, a gorgeous slipcased copy of Absolute Watchmen, and a beautiful album of Renaissance lute songs by Sting. Evie and Ethan also made off with plenty of loot …
Ten years ago one of my favorite popular scientists passed away. Carl Sagan made science fact more romantic and poetic than the best science fiction, took us on journeys of discovery and wonder at the dichotomy of the unlikelihood of our existence and the certainty of our insignificance, and filled …
Me: Cool, there’s a page up for our Bar Camp at FUDCon. She: Er, I don’t think that sounds like something you need to be leaving home for. Me: Not that kind of bar. She: Oh. Well, my first reaction was, “Wait a minute, I want to go to that.”
Take no prisoners! It’s always great fun when someone at Red Hat comes out swinging. I think I may have to send Alex Pinchev some home-cooked goodies for the holidays. Also, did anyone need some more reasons why Microsoft is evil? (Read the whole article, there’s some doozies in there.)
I had intended to write a post this week about the pathetic fumblings of Congress this year — only in session for 103 days, even fewer than the 110 of Truman’s “Do-Nothing” 80th Congress — or the exceptional performance of Red Hat on the CIO Insight 2006 Vendor Value study, …
Frankly, I’m outraged that my favorite didn’t make it to the list of Firefox Flicks that will be advertised on TV. Before you cringe, note the similarities between this ad and other highly successful (if annoying) ad campaigns: Simple, memorable, and annoying repetitive meme (cf. “Where’s the beef?”, “Whassuuuuuup,” and …