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29
November

Desktop Linux and Me

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. No comments Posted in: Desktop, Life in General, Linux

This little excerpt is very exciting, I think. If the eWeek report is correct, and this truly does have the backing of the corporations listed, then it sure seems like people are starting to get serious about the real possibility of a Linux Desktop that has a chance at challenging the Windows desktop market share. [...]

28
November

State of Stressfulness

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. No comments Posted in: Life in General

Toby Mac’s song, Gotta Go has a particularly poignant refrain that keeps bouncing around in my head…
I need some time with God and a mental vacation
Yep, definitely.

27
November

Caterpillar into a Butterfly

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. 1 comment Posted in: Life in General, Work Stuff

metamorphosis (met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis) : A change in an animal as it grows, particularly a radical change, such as the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
The last few weeks of my life have been very… interesting… to say the least. To be more precise, they have been very disruptive, frustrating, stressful, maddening, confusing, [...]

17
November

newegg.com is awesome

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. 2 comments Posted in: Life in General

Just had to publicly give the guys at newegg.com praise.
I ordered 1 Gig of Laptop RAM (DDR333, PC2700) for my brand new, shiny, pretty powerbook. First off, they had a great price–$109 for Kingston. Secondly, they have an amazing level of service–very timely, informative e-mails letting me know how my order [...]

13
November

The world may now end

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. 4 comments Posted in: Apples, Life in General

Holy freakin’ crap, Batman.
This just in:
I’ve finally done it and went and bought a new (well, refurbished) Powerbook. 15″ beautiful widescreen. 1.5G processor. 1G of RAM. 80G of 5400-rpm hard drive sweetness. Superdrive (DVD burner, etc.). All for the unbelievable price of $1499 (plus $59 for the [...]

02
November

Batman Begins

Written by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper. 2 comments Posted in: Movies

My good friend Mr. Schindler just let me borrow Batman Begins from him and I took the time to watch it this evening instead of patching, sanding, painting, cleaning, organizing, and stressing. All I can say is WOW.
Batman Begins is easily the best Batman movie ever. It is what Tim Burton [...]