General Thoughts

It's my birthday, and I've been showered with gifts. You might recognize these pipe cleaners, as they "starred" in my latest Linux Journal video. 🙂 Posted by shawnp0wers on Natuba

So that’s like, pretty good and stuff. My best present? Donna coming home today. 🙂 (And yes, Amanda comes home too, which is awesome, but I’m totally gonna make out with Donna when she gets here. 😀 )

Perhaps there's more in the future for http://monsterlibrary.tv ? Time will tell… Posted by shawnp0wers on Natuba

If you haven’t been watching Dr. Horrible, you must. Joss Whedon has a master plan. I like the plan. You can be a part of the plan. You can watch it online for free, or buy it on iTunes. (I actually did both, I like supporting new ideas like this) There will also be other options available for purchase later, … Read more

Yaaaawwwwwn

That’s all I want in the world. Well, not really, but it would add a huge boon to my happiness. My family is late to the “let’s get cellphones” game, but even with our limited exposure, we have had 3 different style cellphones, each one taking a radically different charger. Of the 3, my current Razr is the one that … Read more

The install went pretty well, but it scared the beans out of me when I could no longer log in! The solution was to delete any and all brainofshawn.com cookies in my browser. Now all works, but it was a scary few minutes. 🙂 Now I have to go check on my plugins… Hopefully all is well. So how are … Read more

See, look, it’s over there on the right. I opted for the full 2 column size. I’m linking to Janiece’s post, but if there is an official, “What in the heck is the UCF” post somewhere, I’ll happily relink. 🙂

The header graphic is by Kate Baker, and it is teh hawsome. The theme is my standby, dkret3, which I love, especially for it’s ability to arrange the widgets on the side like it does. I like it, and I think I’ll stick with it for a while. There may be some minor adjustments, but I think it rocks. How … Read more

If you Twitter, and don’t follow the Mars Phoenix Lander, you really should. The idea of NASA personifying spacecraft, and interactively talking with people on social networks is FULL of teh awesome. I am so impressed that NASA has gone so far as to talk about Mars with people in a no nonsense, simple, understandable way. And interactively to boot. … Read more