kinda like batman, but with a wife and 3 kids

Please explain to me why, in… what year is this again… 2005… people… nay, COMPANIES… insist on using stupid, dumb, ridiculous, unnecessary, proprietary, exclusionary, browser-sniffing, One-Platform-ONLY “solutions”???? CNN, please explain to me how you can legitimately not care whatsoever about the growing population of Internet users who might like to use your site who CANNOT [...]

VERY nice post on usability over on icefox’s blog. It’s always good to keep these things at the forefront of our collective geeky brains, since as is stated yonder, “users will suffer until good design comes along.” This is precisely the point that so many people miss–good design is not an option or an afterthought. [...]

I’ve been drooling over the thought of getting either an iBook or a Powerbook for a good couple of years now. I’ve just found reason #39921 to drool over them more. Apparently, it’s entirely possible to run KDE applications inside OS X. Fantastic!! Now all I need is… money. =:/

I just ran across this page today and it’s very, very apropos for where I am in my life right now and with all that I’m going through…. Some of it below… Psalm 23 says the Lord is your shepherd. What does that mean? He’s not your chauffeur, taking you wherever you tell Him you [...]

Lots of work to do still, but the hardest part should be behind me now. The new door jam is up, the hinges are in, the wood has been chiseled, the cons have been tapped (Tapcons are amazing!), and the door closes even better than it did before this whole operation! (psst! Fix this door, [...]

I came across ruurd’s post the other day (probably found it on planet KDE originally). It’s all good, and it’s really hard not to just copy and paste the whole thing here, but I’ll try…. The following quote from this NewsForge article about Microsoft’s shady dealings with the state of Massachusetts is very well-worded and [...]

Out of curiosity, I wanted to look at the latest, breaking news on CNN for Hurricane Rita, but CNN has apparently decided (not without precedence or companionship in this kind of decision) that it will only cater to Windows users for its streaming videos. Hm. Yeah, that’s a really nice decision. Reminds me of FEMA’s [...]

I found this blog entry from Dave Neary the other day and share his sentiments. Namely, I’m not particularly enamored with what I do for a living (Retail Pharmacy–it’s not painful to the point of death, but it’s not something that I’m passionate about, to be sure), and would absolutely LOVE to work with a [...]

Hah, made you look. I would pay a good $20 to see the Google boys and girls (of whom I’m simultaneously jealous and irate with, since my application/resume submission has been returned with a “thanks for applying, but there’s nothing you can do for us” e-mail) would allow GMail to be accessed via the IMAP [...]

This, the newest home improvement project that I’ve been forced into, shall likely be just as non-fun as all the others. =:/ Some water damage (caused by the extremely old and rusted-out previous cellar door) has gotten into the door jam and drywall in the bottom, left section of my inside basement door. I’ve ripped [...]

I’ve been meaning to blog about this very open and honest post from a certain KDE developer’s blog. I’ll quote some of it here and then comment below… I started rather late in my life to work for a gain, at age 23. This was so given the political organization of the place I was [...]

Wow. Long time no blog. Life has been keeping me pretty busy lately. Work is… well, it’s work after all. I suppose that if one were to love one’s job, it would not be work, so much. I’d like that! An update on the OpenSuSE distribution I’m running…. It’s still a really nice system, especially [...]