Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
Category: <span>General</span>

I’ve been amazed and gratified to see that, regardless of the comments of a few very immature (and obviously ignorant) naysayers, Fedora Core appears to be as popular, if not more so, than Red Hat Linux ever was. Clue: the servers are as jammed during major updates as they ever …

A: An uptime of 72 days on a rickety old PPro 200MHz, up until reboot today to install security-updated kernel package for Red Hat Linux 9. Q: What is the definition of geek beauty?

Hey, by the way, there’s a new picture of the forthcoming evil spawn available. (You can also click the “Frields 2.1” link on the left.)

Ever lectured at a symposium or other large gathering? Then you’re familiar with this feeling.

Now that’s a President you can believe in. The first Presidential visit to Iraq, and it’s to sacrifice his own holiday time with family and friends, and risk life and limb, to support our brave troops overseas. One of the first rules of leadership is that you don’t ask anyone …

You have got to be kidding. I suppose I’ll give thanks today that I don’t live in California.

A word about the recent Michael Jackson fracas. It seems pretty clear that the motives (assuming there’s more than just one: greed) behind the accusations leveled at Jackson are suspect. But let’s think about this with just a little common sense. Over the last, say, 15 years, Jackson has probably …

OK, so this past weekend I went into total Lord of the Rings overload. Between Friday and Sunday at various times (mostly Evie’s naptime) I watched most of the documentary material on the new special extended DVD edition of The Two Towers, about 6-1/2 hours’ worth. The most astounding segment, …

We finished watching the new extended special edition of The Two Towers last night, and the verdict is definitely once again that Peter Jackson & Co. have outdone themselves. The new cut is a marked improvement over the theatrical release (itself an exceptional film), with more character development, backstory and …