Just wanted to post an update to my rant yesterday about getting cursors working, etc. I was up until 2 in the morning last night, wracking my brains about how to get a simple drop-shadow to work in perlmagick (ImageMagick-perl … Continue reading →

Meant to put this up yesterday, but I got distracted, etc…. Welcome to WordPress, Mike!! =:) It looks good on ya. =:)

Okay, how hard can it really be, honestly, to figure out how to get X to change its cursor without having to restart KDE/gnome/etc.? We’re in the stone ages, folks, when the our little user (me, at the moment) has … Continue reading →

So, I’ve discovered BloGTK just now, and this post here will be the maiden voyage of said tool in combination with my WordPress blog…. (looks pretty good thus far!!! =:) ) In other news, I found a very interesting blog … Continue reading →

sudo rpm -e openoffice.org-i18n Good grief. Also, I cannot begin to tell you how frustrating it is to play the disk space shell game every couple of months and try to free up space here and there so that I … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas, all!! =:) I have had a wonderful time with my family for the last several days, and am not at all looking forward to going back to the grind. Among other things, my beautiful kids and bride gave … Continue reading →

I just saw this $498 linux laptop the other day and thought I’d mention it. That’s a pretty danged inexpensive laptop. =:) All that, and without Bill!! =:)

At some point, in the most probably distant future, someone will stumble upon these ramblings and wonder what sort of maniac would leave such entries as these, mine. But for the present, as my readership exists solely of myself and … Continue reading →

I have learned today that, despite what you might think, using an aluminum propane camping grill is not a good option for disposing of a large stack of paper. What you will find is that: – there is a LOT … Continue reading →

Maybe I’m just feeling melancholy today. Maybe I’m just frustrated by having invested literally more than a dozen hours into researching what the best digital camera would be for my family, and still don’t know which one to get or … Continue reading →