Saturday November 14, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
40 Comments
I recently blogged about Desktop Linux possibly having some core/fundamental problems that might be keeping it from enjoying mainstream adoption and 3rd party developer attention as compared to, say, OS X. To my immediate defense, I’ll say that it was actually … Continue reading
Tuesday November 10, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
128 Comments
It’s a shame that my first blog post in months is something so antithetical to my normal posts as this, but 1) I haven’t blogged in forever (darned Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook!!!) and 2) I just bought a MacBook Pro and am really happy … Continue reading
Monday June 8, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
30 Comments
Woot, I got one! I’ll post again once I get the pictures off of the camera, but I got to the local Sprint store at 7:00 (AM!!!!) this last Saturday, waited for an hour, and managed to snarf up 2 … Continue reading
Thursday May 28, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
27 Comments
I believe I am one of the last few die-hard nutjobs on the face of this earth who still use (and “use” here is a highly subjective word meaning that I have a bunch of Palm devices lying around, am … Continue reading
Saturday April 4, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
28 Comments
Dear Lazyweb, I need to buy a laptop for personal use. I’ve been using Thinkpads as work laptops for so long that I think I’d like to try something else out for a change. It needs to be Dual Core/Core … Continue reading
Tuesday March 3, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
29 Comments
I pray a lot for my kids. I always have. I ask God to protect them, shield them, guide them, and watch over them when I cannot. Watching your oldest child reach 18 years of age, start college, start driving, … Continue reading
Thursday February 12, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
9 Comments
<kergoth> anyone messed with protobuf? <vanRijn> kergoth: i once had a hamster i named protobuf, does that help? <kergoth> fraid not <vanRijn> actually, it was a guinea pig <vanRijn> and it was named Squeaker <vanRijn> but still <darth_mall> vanRijn: that’s … Continue reading
Wednesday February 11, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
9 Comments
I’m excited. I love learning stuff, I really do. I just did a 12-minute screencast for work, and I think I’ve finally figured out how to get everything to fit together nicely. I’d never done a screencast before–not on any … Continue reading
Tuesday January 27, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
1 Comment
Woohoo! KDE 4.2 is released!! I only wish the last few KPilot bug fixes would have made it into the 4.2.0 release, but we were too late. Still, if you think you knew what KDE4 was all about, think again. … Continue reading
Monday January 19, 2009
by Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper
22 Comments
I just sent this to the KDE PIM mailing lists, but I know not everyone who uses KPilot subscribes, so I’ll re-post it here… Howdy all, I just wanted to get a note out to as wide a distribution list … Continue reading