Today’s Funny IM

I was speaking to a programmer friend over IM today: Him: Hey, I’ve been learning Python Me: Cool, the hisses are the hard part. Pythons are pretty forgiving with grammar, but Rattlers get TICKED if you mess up their tonal dialect… Yep, I’m still a geek. I gotta love that he played right along though.

The Problem With NASA

See: Astronauts to Inspect Space Station Joints in Spacewalk I don’t think they should be smoking marijuana on the space station at all. Call me a prude if you will, but I have to draw the line somewhere. That said, are the laws the same once you leave the planet? If an astronaut kills another in space, is it illegal? … Read more

Merry Christmas

Here’s a 1:45 snippet of the culmination of 2 months worth of preparation. My wife was the director of the children’s Christmas musical at our church this year, and tonight was the performance. We’re not sure what we’re going to do with ourselves now that there won’t be 3 practices a week, with 3 times that this past week. 🙂 … Read more

Why I Haven’t Written A Book

I have no good excuse. It’s probably the fear of failure. Maybe it’s intimidation on tackling such a huge project. Maybe it’s a combination of several things. The funny thing is, I usually do well when I’m given a deadline. I recently took a magazine article assignment, and had a deadline of a week later. I pretty much met my … Read more

Now, on REAL TV

In some more “pretty cool” stuff in my life, I just got confirmation that I’ll be a guest caller on, The Lab with Leo LaPorte, which I think is on G4 Tech TV. I have a question regarding the things to look for in a wireless microphone (for shooting my Linux Journal videos), and apparently it’s an interesting enough question … Read more

Gender Nonspecific Names

I think I’d like to make a rule banning all gender non-specific names. Yes, that includes my own. All those Robins, Shawns, Pats, Terrys, Jerrys, Sams, Jesses, Stevies, Coreys, Jordans, Leslies, Taylors, Erins, and Billys just need to change to something like JOHN. Or JULIE. Ugh. In the cheesy video spoof I just posted about, I mention another Linux Journal … Read more

More Linux (Eee PC Review)

I’ve been pretty scarce around here lately, and it’s been because I’ve had both writing and video deadlines. 2 more videos just went live on the Linux Journal website, so please go there and let me know what you think. 🙂 Check the comments on their site for the second video. And here’s the direct links for those who can’t … Read more