Archive for the ‘ Personal ’ Category
Each year when the OSCON call for papers was published I would submit a handful of talks on a variety of topics, one of which was how to organize a community event. Years of organizing SCALE had giving me insight into this area and I wanted to share the knowledge in hopes of seeing other [ READ MORE ]
So I’d like to tell a little story. I decided to get a cable modem at home, fast forward to today when the installer was here to install said cable modem. For various reasons he had to head up into the attic, he had his ladder there. After he left, I started thinking that I [ READ MORE ]
As is our usual Saturday morning routine, Jenn & I were watching an episode of House Hunters. For those that aren’t familiar with this show, House Hunters follows one family in their search for a new house. Usually the search is a race against time, the family furiously looking for those most coveted items that [ READ MORE ]
Lunch time rolled around today and was really in the mood for some sushi. So I walked across the street to a little sushi place. While they’re not the greatest sushi place, its sushi none the less. Went I finished eating, I was left with the container, a bit of wasabi, the pink ginger (which [ READ MORE ]
So Jenn & I went out for dinner tonight, we ended up at Mimi’s Cafe. Across from us was this rather large group, mostly women with one man. They had clearly been there for awhile and already had their food. While we were sitting there chatting, a curious scene unfolded before us. The group began [ READ MORE ]
Never really been big on making new years resolutions. But thought I’d give it a try this year. Here are a few that I think are fairly attainable. Finally learn to play the guitar. Exercise more. Blog more. Get new project finished and out the door. Smile more. Play with my cats more. Organize more [ READ MORE ]
Ewan pointed this out. I’ve only ever flown BA twice to my recollection, but I was too young to remember if it was a pleasant flight or not. The perception of traveling as a little kid is also completely different than that of an adult, little kids are excited to travel. They are excited to [ READ MORE ]
If you find yourself unable to reconnect to your vmware VMs because of an error mentioning not having executable access to the VMX files when you in fact you do, double check that the partition where your VMs are stored is not mounted with the noexec option[ READ MORE ]
Jeremy had a quick update on using Ubuntu on his new Thinkpad X61. Looks like everything is just about working with the latest Gusty Gibbon release of Ubuntu, including the finger print scanner. I’ve been wanting a Thinkpad for awhile and after seeing Jeremy’s at LinuxWorld a few weeks back and seeing this latest update, [ READ MORE ]
I noticed Chris pointing out some tips for fellow travelers. I’ll second the “…smell that bad on the plane…” tip and also toss out the ever popular “That arm rest is not just your’s!” tip. Lets face it no one likes to sit in the middle seat, it sucks. But if you find yourself there, [ READ MORE ]