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 …
I figured, since I just got home from dinner and had a little time on my hands before I try to get some Docs work done, that I would post some abbreviated minutes from the BoF session earlier this evening for those of you who missed it. (“I wouldn’t say …
Arrived in Boston safe and sound; actually it was a very nice flight from the folks I usually call “USScare.” Now I’m heading over to the BCEC to pick up my materials, possibly make dinner plans, and head over to Jack Aboutboul’s Fedora BoF. I have no idea when Karsten’s …
When Evie and Ethan were born we entered into the several-week period known as the Zone of No Sleep — for Mommy, since she was breast-feeding. After that, we too had to teach our children to sleep on their own. Parenthetical to counter the inevitable cries of “Where were you, …
Last night we had our official record release gala at IOTA and everything went swimmingly. The band even backed the completely fabulous Edie Carey for a few songs. Rich and I had wanted to do this for some time, since hearing her at a previous show, and both of us …