Things I write for Planet FedoraProject consumption
Saké. As part of my saké/soju sojourn, I did a little light readin on ur interwebz about different grades and methodologies regarding saké. Enough, apparently, that I now feel it appropriate to pretentiously use the “é” character in the word saké — hey, at least I’m not saying “é??.” So …
Yesterday I turned 37 and got a bunch of swell gifts, including a previously-mentioned gift certificate from friends, with which I bought some good music. My wife and kids got me some additional great stuff, including the “new” Elliott Smith album, the latest by The Shins, and a collection of …
So it looks like just about anything to which Jon Brion can be connected, even indirectly, is pretty much great by definition. Sure, there’s the easy links like Aimee Mann, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I didn’t know until yesterday that my favorite musical supergenius …
My friend and long time musical partner Rich had a big 40th birthday bash at his house yesterday. Lots of people brought their families. Rich had made a heck of a stage in his backyard complete with luau decorations and lighting. I brought PA, and got there early to set …
Good parts about taking the day off: Seeing family in the morning Leisurely breakfast Shorts The not so good: $1900 car repair bill (“But other than that, it’s in great shape!”) Trying to get software for new F7 box through clogged Internet tubes
In a whirlwind of activity tonight, I: Updated the release notes with the latest diffs from the wiki, by converting them to DocBook XML Published all the release notes from the ISO spins Published the US English release notes for the Web update (other translations and a package update to …
As a late entrant into the PC world, my first “real” system at home was a Dell Pentium Pro 200MHz, at the time a top of the line monster that set me back about $3K. It was a great system, though, and I had my first dual-boot system on it, …
From the IRC buffer of #fedora-devel, looks like Fedora 7 will be in General Availability on 31 May. To all those who repeatedly tested and fed back bugs and information, a hearty and heartfelt thank you. I’m sure the actual release engineering folks will have more to say about this …
I’ve put a release candidate for the F7 Installation Guide on my wiki page, along with instructions on how to read it and how to file bugs for problems. Patches to the DocBook XML happily accepted, of course. You don’t need to check out any CVS or do anything other …