This from Massachusetts, left-leaning stronghold of the USA? What happened to freedom of expression, to lawful and peaceful protest? I know I’m late to this particular piece of news, that’s nothing new. I’m kind of like that “inside Hollywood” reporter from The Onion in that way. But this really got …
Today I had the next in a seemingly endless series of dental appointments guiding me through the wonderful world of “root canal therapy,” as it is called these days, which you have to admit sounds much better than “sucking the bloody nerve pulp out of your rotten, decayed molar, squirting …
After getting in a little before 3:00 a.m., I slept like a log. Eleya took the kids to the playground while I was passed out this morning, so with the total silence and all, I ended up sleeping until the unconscionable hour of 11:00. It strikes me as interesting that …
Tomorrow night, hitting the road again for another kick-ass show at Andy’s on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Unfortunately, our brilliant cellist Okorie will be down for the count since the chicken pox has made an unexpected visit at his house. Could be worse; at least there’s no buboes involved. It does …
Today, thanks to the superb punctuality and workmanship of DMR Handyman Service, we have a brand new set of vinyl front-porch railing, to replace the crummy, unsealed wood junk that the builders used when they constructed our house. Ron, the founder and main go-to guy for DMR, did a great …
We had a lovely little get-together of some good friends after Eleya’s CAbi party. Normally I am not a big fan of these sell-from-home businesses, but Eleya tells me (with her seamstress’ spidey-sense) that these clothes are very well made. To be honest, I just think she looks good in …
Errands. One of the errands hanging about was a state inspection for our van, so I went to take care of that today after taking off work early. Seems a lot of people are off for Good Friday, but not me. In any case, I found that our service station …
It’s nice to be home (finally). After my flight Saturday morning, I sat in traffic for 2-1/2 hours on the way home. Then I dropped my stuff, hugged the wife and kids, and drove another hour down to Richmond to help some friends with their house-painting project. Lovely folks they …
Anne Margulies from MIT just gave an amazing presentation on MIT OpenCourseWare. Max Spevack is now giving our closing keynote, “State of the Fedora,” with a lot of momentum provided by Ms. Margulies. MIT’s work in opening knowledge to the global community is very inspring, and we can be proud …
Today is the Boston FUDCon and I am super-stoked about it. Last night after LinuxWorld ended most of us Fedorans went to the Boston Beer Works right next to historic Fenway Park for dinner; I had (among other things) fried pickles. Despite the vegetable in the name, not a health …