The b0rken clock.
Even hardcore Windows developers agree: GConf beats the Windows registry, hands-down.
Nobody home but us monsters.
My better half has flown the coop, as it were, for Tennessee through Friday night, so I am home taking care of the kids. I’ve already familiarized myself with the contents of our knife block and the location of incendiary materials, so I should be able to tell if any …
Superhuman effort required.
Today Eleya brought home (admittedly at my request) the Heroes S1 DVD set. I never really saw the show when it was on broadcast TV, so I’m not yet sure how I’m going to fit in catching up to all those episodes before S2 starts at the end of next …
The long, delirious burning blue.
Today I took the family to the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air and Space annex near Dulles. What a day! Unfortunately, neither my camera nor I are up to the challenge of great photography, so you’ll have to take what you can get here at my blog. I really don’t Flickr, but …
From hell’s heart, I stab at thee.
A friend for whom I built a computer about six years ago started having trouble with her Windows XP installation. I’ve already narrowed it down to a driver or startup service issue, but it is truly unbelievable not only how hard it is to arrive at that diagnosis (thanks to …
And to the CD, happy 25th.
To Tom “spot” Callaway, may I just say: Bless you, sir, for your work on Fedora licensing. That is all.
The not-so-brief rundown.
I realized on Friday night, after I made it to rehearsal, just how mentally exhausting this month has been. My wandering attention made it very difficult to focus on everything going on, meaning I was constantly feeling overwhelmed, and was not getting out in front of my tasks as I …
Virtual bombast.
Tonight I gave a presentation on Fedora Documentation, and how to use our tools to create new docs in a more structured (read: non-wiki) environment. The presentation is available in both ODP and PDF formats at my Fedora People site. (Note the presentation is updated, with a bad link fixed.) …
Self-aggrandizing moment.
Always a slow blogging day when you make yourself quotable. Said this to a friend at work today: I think learning the English language has been the cause of more of my cynicism and misanthropy than any other pursuit, including my frequent dealings with other people.