shawnp0wers Well, I’m off to buy brake pads, and replace the bad ones on the van. Lucky for me, I don’t have a garage, and the temperature is below that which freezes water (and rear ends). I also have a selection of tools that likely came from the dollar store. That, and a cub scout knife from the early 80s. It … Read more
Every time I return a rented DVD, I look forlorn and slightly sheepish as I tell the clerk, “I’m really sorry, but I didn’t have a chance to rewind the movies…” It’s funny approximately 1 time. But that doesn’t stop me from repeating often. 😉
On March 14th & 15th, our church youth group (Donna and I are the leaders) is doing a fund raiser to help feed starving kids. It’s a 30 hour hunger strike type deal, and the kids are gaining sponsorship to send money to feed some of the 29,000 kids that die every day. This is a pretty nifty idea, and … Read more
The title is a spoonerism. I love me a good spoonerism. 🙂 New review video is up, and ripe for the watching. Enjoy! (Oh, and here‘s where the video lives on the Linux Journal site — there’s lots more information there, and since I “point” to a link during the video, it really looks best from their site… 😉 )
Ok, if you’re on the east coast, press pause on your Tivo, and go outside. Right now. Do it. About 3 minutes ago, the Lunar Eclipse started, and we won’t have another till 2010. And it will probably be cloudy in 2010. So go watch now! (It’s actually a rather slow event, so you have some time. You can go … Read more
Work (all kinds) has me currently very busy, so my blog usually suffers. That, and since my blog was spamming folks, it took more of it’s fair share of yesterday morning away from me as well. So instead of some enlightening, meaningful, comedic quip — I give you a picture of a recycling bin. Linux Journal Sponsored Recycling! Here’s the … Read more
My apologies, when I updated the theme on my site, apparently it didn’t mingle well with the “subscribe to comments” plugin. Everyone was AUTOMATICALLY subscribed whether they wanted it or not. Eiw. I think it’s straightened out now. Please test it for me, ie, leave a comment and don’t check the box. Hopefully you WON’T get notified when someone else … Read more
I’ve toyed on and off with the idea of a podcast. I’ve decided to go ahead with the plan, and I’m going to try doing a weekly deal. The bad news is that I’m not exactly sure how the format will go. It might change. It might flop. (The last is actually a significant possibility) The good news is that … Read more
My server room is loud. That’s not a bad thing, but it does mean that if I’m in there, I can’t hear my phone in the next room. That is a bad thing. As much as I’d like to avoid it, people do need to speak with me sometimes. Ugh. I realize the most logical course of action would be … Read more
We took the kids to see The Spiderwick Chronicles last night. This movie was significant for a couple reasons. The first, is that all the special effects (of which there were many, and well done) were all done with Linux. This, needless to say, makes me happy. Second, we just read, as a family, the whole Spiderwick series. There are … Read more