Things I write for Planet FedoraProject consumption
Holiday cheer. Happy Thanksgiving day to you and yours if you’re celebrating this US holiday. I just put our turkey in the oven after its leisurely and customary morning soak in brine. Eleya made a beautiful batch of casseroles, side dishes, and pies. Evie is going to help her make …
Richard, this bug was filed quite a while ago. I really wanted to just reply on your blog, but you don’t allow “anonymous” comments. I don’t use LJ, so I’m not familiar with how they handle comment spam. Is there a capability like the Akismet plugin I use for WordPress? …
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 …
Jon, not only does Cory Doctorow write that well, but you ought to hear him speak, too.
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.
Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this one, from Evolution in Rawhide: So tell me, Evo developers, if top posting isn’t recommended, why is it that when I start a reply, my cursor opens a blank line at the beginning of the message and positions itself there?
My life this week could be summed up with plusses and minuses. For instance, I just got back from Seattle, where: + Everything was lush and green because they ACTUALLY HAVE RAIN in Seattle – There was a pretty boring conference I had to sit through + There was wifi …