I should make a disclaimer here that I’m professing no real knowledge here. I’m speculating. And partly, I’m playing devil’s advocate. Apple, so far as I can tell, is going pretty much nowhere in terms of server deployments. Oh, they make servers, it’s just that I don’t see them really going very far. However, with…
Author: bkjones
Blogger out of beta…. and into alpha
So blogger is no longer in beta. In launching their first non-beta version, however, Blogger has actually broken several things, several peoples’ blogs, and generally made a huge mess of things. After being prompted by shiny-clicky things to upgrade to the new version of Blogger, a great many bloggers were greeted with error pages, wrong…
Resolutions
I kind of resolved not to make any real resolutions this year. Part of this is because my dark side sometimes gets the sense that my fate is sealed, so why bother? The other part is just that, with me, resolutions are generally things I think up on the first day of the year and…
TUX shutting down
I’ve worked for various publishing houses in various capacities. Sure, I write a lot, but I also like to get into the back-end operations when I can. I think publishing is a lot of fun in general. It’s also very challenging. So there’s this company (SSC) that woke up one day and said “Let’s start…
Back to work!
Happy new year, all. Now back to work! Ok, so before I went back to work, I read my buddy’s blog (http://onefreevoice.com), and he started a Technorati Profile, which I didn’t know existed. I went to check it out, and created a profile myself. Technorati Profile Ok. NOW back to work 🙂
Heartbreaking screwup. Don’t do this :-(
What a dope I can be. So I have this board. It’s like, 9″x23″. I need to cut it to two boards, each 9″x10 5/8″. That’s *almost* in half. So, what I did is measured out the 10 5/8, drew a line, lined up the crosscut, and ran it across the table saw. Sounds simple,…
Woodworking Progress, and why I hate plywood and woodworking books
So first, the progress report: I’ve had a few days off due to the holidays, and I got a $100 Lowe’s gift certificate for Christmas. I requested Lowe’s because they have a nicer, and wider selection of wood there for me to use in my small projects. When I get to the larger projects or…
It’s a Woodworking Christmas
This year, just about everything I got for christmas was woodworking-related, which is wonderful. After a couple of years of mucking with my tools and making a couple of small projects, I’m ready to move on to projects that are still small, but are made of real wood, instead of plywood or 2×4 lumber. I…
Great uses for old hardware
A friend of mine has found some good uses for hardware that was being thrown out…. rather prematurely I might add. It never ceases to amaze me what people throw out, and how much usefulness and life is often left in it. One thing I’m doing with my own old hardware is outfitting them with…
LinuxLaboratory Overhaul and Relaunch Complete
So it’s all done. LinuxLaboratory.org now runs on Drupal, it runs on a new hosting service, and so far I’m very happy with both. The hosting service is a little more modern than my old one, is slightly faster, gives me access to far more resources than I’m likely to ever use, and costs about…