When I first met my future father-in-law, well before I decided to marry the wonderful woman I was dating, I was well and truly scared of him. Standing before me was a gruff man, very forthright and rough. As usual, I immediately formed an opinion…
So, Marnie calls me this morning from her car. She wanted to remind that Jared had Computer Club after school today. After checking my calendar and verifying for her that, yes, he did indeed have computer club today, we started to chat. I happened to…
I’ve been using Linux for a long long long time. My first kernel was 0.9 something in 1992. During that time I’ve switched distributions based on eye candy, support, stability, etc. For the last few years I’ve settled on Gentoo. I like the control, I…
Announcing the James Patrick Baen Memorial Writing Contest Since its early days, science fiction has played a unique role in human civilization. It removes the limits of what “is” and shows us a boundless vista of what “might be.” Its fearless heroes, spectacular technologies and…
Spam has become an issue with the blog. This morning alone, I’ve gotten 20 spam, and that’s 20 too many. I’ve made some changes to limit what can be added into comments. I hope it works. If you know how to get hold of me…
I’m not sure whats going on with me. For the last 2 or 3 weeks, I don’t think a day has gone by where I didn’t snap at the kids. It started when they truly did something bad, but now it can be just about…
Well, my laptop decided it didn’t want to be nice anymore. Truthfully, it is my fault. I tried to use some very experimental software to sync my PocketPC (with Windows Mobile 5.0) to Linux. It required various kernel modules and user space software, which eventually…
Some of you may have noticed that the blog is slowing down a bit (and yes, by some of you I truly mean my one or two (gasp!) readers. It’s not that I’ve lost interest… it’s more like I’m not sure where I want this…
The holidays are over, and life must get back to normal. My “holidays” are over now that Marnie is back at work. Holidays in quotes simply because I’m always at work, that’s the life of a stay-at-home parent. It was nice to share some of…