Fix this door, step 2
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!
Microsoft, or How to lie and still smell terrific
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 very accurate, from my experience in IT:
CNN’s stupidity (or how to alienate people)
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 also-really-stupid decision to be lazy, slovenly, and stupid in the same way.
Total Lack of Passion or Momentum
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 company that not only embraces the Open Source desktops (GNOME, KDE, etc., etc.), but also actively participates in their development. From what I’ve seen, Redhat and Novell do this, but I’ve not been successful in getting anyone’s attention with my resume-submissions. =:/
GMail and IMAP
Hah, made you look.
Fix this door
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 off the corner edging and my next job will be trying to find a matching door jam thingey (the entire left side of the door frame) at the local Home Depot.
Lack of time, lack of discipline
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…
Hi, it’s me
Wow. Long time no blog.
What’s going on, today
Miscellany meanderings….
KDE Maintainers’ Release Duties
Was going through my month+ of Plucker URLs and came across this post from Stephan Binner regarding the responsibilities of a KDE contributor. Very informative and common-sense, though I hadn’t thought of several of them. =:)