kinda like Batman, but with a wife and 3 kids
Monday January 21, 2008
4 KDE Geeks on a San Francisco Walkabout Originally uploaded by vanRijn This was at the start of our 3 hour tour, which led us from 3rd and Market street, to Fort Mason, to Fisherman’s Wharf, then back by trolley (!) to 3rd and Market. Man, I’m tired! Left to right: me, Thiago, Helio, and Adriaan.
Saturday January 19, 2008
No more need be said. =:)
Friday January 18, 2008
Woohoo! Day one from the KDE Launch Event at Mountain View, CA, and I’m tired, stoked, tired, excited, and… tired. Memorable spots include: Waking up at 3:00 a.m., EST, flying all day, getting stuck in Silicon Valley traffic for 2 hours, etc. Visiting a beautiful, big mall in Santa Clara. My eldest would LOVE this! Walking into an actual Swatch store and buying a new, nifty, unique watch. (I used to wear no watch unless it was a Swatch but haven’t had one in a few years. Love them!) Finding the new version of my old Nike Prestos and buying a pair! Finally getting to meet and talk to Adriaan, after having worked with him for 4+ years. Drinking a Read more…
Wednesday January 16, 2008
One artist that I’ve always admired is Kevin Max. I always enjoyed his voice in dc Talk, and though he hasn’t enjoyed the success that TobyMac or Michael Tait, I think he’s every bit as talented. I just found a nice little interview with the man and I must say, I LOVE the new look, Kevin. =:D This is what I’m aiming for… my new look. =;) Some bits that I totally identify with: So how would you say life is different from five years ago? Max: As a 40-year-old, I think it’s a time for me to mellow. The kids keep me on my toes, but I’m really more of a family guy as opposed to a guy who’s Read more…
Friday January 11, 2008
Okay, seriously, KDE4 is really, really nice. I had been running from svn for the last few months and things tend to get crufty after a while of that… Unless you do a full uninstall and reinstall between weeks, things just kind of get progressively worse. Files get moved, libraries change names, you end up with broken stuff, etc., etc. So I just started clean and rm -rf’d ~/.kde4, rm -rf’d my local kde4 installation, and used OpenSUSE’s excellent KDE4 repository for all of the KDE4 packages. WOW! Clean, neat, nice, totally functional, wow, wow, wow! Excellent work, all involved! And, best of all, we finally got mouse cursor changes to work without having to restart X!!! Holy COW! I Read more…
Congratulations, everyone!! Awesome work!! Also, Lubos has done up a really nice write-up on KWin4’s features, setup, technical explanation, why KWin4 didn’t use Compiz, etc., etc. And I totally agree, Lubos, your release notes are far more important than the nifty KWin compositing showcast video! =:)
Tuesday January 8, 2008
There is so much health stuff in the news these days and it is soooo expensive. Try these simple home remedies instead. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the shower. Going in the yard works too. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins Remember to use timer. A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxative. Read more…
Sunday January 6, 2008
This evening, some of my geekly gadgets gathered together to greet their grandiose new gregarious guest. <G> =;) I was unable to hold out any longer, apparently. I was able to sell my last-year’s model PSP (the 1000) for $125 on Ye Olde eBay (first time eBayer, woot!), with the intention of buying a new one if I managed to sell the old one for a decent-enough amount. Being that GameStop only gives you $50 for a trade-in, I got $75 more than that with this sale. Which means that the new PSP only really cost me $75. Serious wootage! I’ve read plenty of reviews about the new PSP, saying that it’s not all that much better, not worth the Read more…
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Really cute comic (sinfest)! You did it! Another lap around the sun! Good job! *pat* *pat*
Tuesday January 1, 2008
Just discovered this really cool site that allows you to scrobble/tag/etc. to your last.fm account while you’re listening to Pandora. SWEET!! The only wrinkle is that it doesn’t seem to work from within Firefox. So just use Konqueror and you’ll be happy, like me. Oh, and I know I’m getting ahead of myself by 1 minute, but Happy New Year!! =:)
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