…but in the future the past has occurred!
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Browsers etc.
Feb 20th
I had used firefox for a long time, and then recently started using chrome / chromium. It is nice in that it is faster, and load times are good. however, it seems that it cannot properly render some sites (they are few, but they are important!). I guess I need to say that IE is just terrible (although it is the best one ever), but really isn’t even an option in my opinion.
With the release of Firefox 3.6, I have moved back to using it… and it is faster than it was before. Not a huge difference, not chrome fast, but faster. Not More >
Anybody remember Fredryk Fox?
Feb 6th
I do.
he used to make these cheesy videos (that were hilarious at the time). Later, he started drawing some things and doing who knows what else. This search turns up quite a lot.
I remember one thing he did that I wonder what happened to sometimes…he made a video game about killing zombies. The last time I saw it, it was several years ago, but it was 2D and pretty simply laid out as far as levels go–I remember it wasn’t too far into the development. However it was a blast to play. I played it a lot when I didn’t have More >
Inactivity
Nov 29th
Once again, it appears that life is being busy and getting in the way of online affairs. I haven’t really had the time (or creative desire) to update this site lately, but I’m sure I’ll get back into it at some point. Things wax and wane in life, that is just how it goes.
Some quick notes… (I may touch on some of these topics in more detail at a later time):
On the tech side of things:
- I am still using Arch Linux, on 2 of the 3 computers in my house (eeeBuntu on my wife’s eeePC). My softRAID setup is working More >
I remember GeoCities!
Oct 27th
Yahoo Geocities is closing down. I remember years ago, when my family first got a computer (around 1997 or ‘98…maybe ‘96, I’m not entirely sure) I stumbled across how to create websites and decided to make my own. Naturally, I used Geocities. I was new to the internet, and it was all an amazing world…all at 56kbit/s.
Sure, they almost always look horrible, especially if you use their editor tools. But I was a noob, and I did learn pretty quickly after that. So, Geocities does have a special place in my heart–although, I haven’t thought anything about that service in More >
Back in time? What?
Oct 21st
Some scientists in Japan are claiming that nature will ripple backwards through time to hinder the LHC (Large Hadron Collider –a huge particle accelerator designed to find the “God particle”).
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In other news, here is 2009’s Top 10 Reader’s Choice Linux Distributions
Arch made it on there, and is FIRST (…in alphabetical order…). Very nice.
What's the holdup? I blame Apple.
Aug 28th
So…I’m still using Arch. But really now there is a new roadblock to the distro-hopping adventure I was having….
dun dun DUNNNNN…. I got an iPhone. Well, not (entirely) by choice–work paid for it, and there are not really any Linux-based options available to us at the moment that are viable. So, I have an iPhone. It is neat and everything, but I really cannot stand how limiting Apple is with everything. For instance, iTunes is THE ONLY software that can be used to sync, copy music, etc anything on the iPhone (or iPods). This is crazy. #1 it is a pain More >
Debian to adopt time-based releases … well maybe not.
Jul 29th
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26567/1090/
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has decided to adopt time-based development freezes from now on, on a two-year cycle.
The policy was proposed and adopted at the project’s yearly conference which is taking place in Caceres, Spain.
According to the scheme, details of which have been released by project spokesperson, Meike Reichle, from now on freezes will take place in the December of every odd year – 2009, 2011 and so on.
edit!
http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/29/debian-is-not-switching-to-time-based-releases/
they will use the same approach as in previous releases, where they set criteria for release-critical bugs, and release when all release-critical bugs are closed.
The difference is that they will schedule the More >
Why aren't schools adopting open source?
Jul 27th
I’ve often wondered this same thing, myself.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=811
Adoption = savings, freedom, updatesHere in Kentucky the public schools are seriously strapped for cash – to the point that arts, humanities, and teachers (a precious commodity) are being dropped to save money. I have a suggestion for the public school systems around the country – adopt open source software and you will save a lot of money. Not only will you save a lot of money, you will also be able to keep all of your software up to date.
This would not be the case if the schools adopted open source software. More >
Linux Review: openSUSE 11.1
Jul 5th
I would tell you how it was…but the live DVD never would load Xorg GUI, “too many failures.”If you can’t even get X to load…I don’t think it bodes well for the rest of the OS.
I tried a few times, and I could dig around online and try to figure it out, but honestly this is something I feel should work out of the box (especially for a major distro)–and if it doesn’t, well, I don’t want any part of it.
Pity, I was looking forward to checking it out.Oh well
Conclusion: EPIC FAIL
