I hate my anthropology class. Thank God it’s over soon (8/9). I’ve learned very close to nothing in that class, except for what my “professor” thinks about religion, race, culture, and the bleak future of our economy and society. The entire grade consists of a final exam and a paper which has not seen even…
I got a book deal!
You are now reading the blog of the co-author of the next edition of O’Reilly’s “Linux Server Hacks”. I don’t know if that’s what it’ll be called, but that’s the working title. What do you think they should call it? Leave a comment! I’m excited by the opportunity, and have been writing –ALOT– since things…
Free Guitar Tab Sucks
It’s true. Anyone who has played guitar for some extended period of time, who cut their teeth on the tablature found in “Guitar for the Practicing Musician”, or the later “Guitar One” will note the amazingly huge gap between the quality of those (usually flawless) transcriptions and the ones you find online for free. My…
Will Apple Get it Right?
I have had a Mac in my house, on loan from work, for a couple of years now. It’s a dual G4, and I recently updated it to OS X Tiger. Generally, I use Linux at work as well as at home, but I’ve slowly grown to love the Mac. It doesn’t aspire to run…
A Problem With Traditional Corporations
I’m not faking some deep knowledge of how decisions flow through huge organizations or anything, but I have certainly seen my fair share of middle- and upper-management decision making go on, fairly close up. Also, I’m not, in my little essay, professing knowledge so much as seeking responses from those who might be able to…
vimOS: the perfect operating system
Imagine an operating system that does away with the whole notion of a desktop. Why do we need this whole metaphoric thing applied to our computers, anyway? Sure, I can see why it existed before: we needed a metaphor so that we could teach the world, by analogy, how to think about computing. But now,…
Um… I’m in Vegas
I flew into Las Vegas yesterday for one of my best friend’s bachelor party. I had no desire to come to Vegas, but I have to say it’s cooler than I thought it would be. We’re staying at the MGM Grand, and I got to see a few other places yesterday and today. So far,…
The Media Problem
As I see it, there’s an inherent problem with the scenario that currently exists in the media, whereby people who go to school for… journalism, end up writing about everything else. For example, what exactly qualifies a writer to write about technology? Is it good enough that they once were considered a guru at their…
Everything on TV last night, summed up in one blog post
Drama, drama, scandal, scandal, drama, gasp, teaser, teaser, drama, drama, teaser, scandal, sensationalism, scandal, drama, sensationalism, gasp, oh no!, I pick you, drama, teaser, scandal, can you believe this, drama, we’ve waited so long, scandal, but before we do that, drama, drama, gasp, teaser, tonight we’ve seen drama, teaser, scandal, sensationalism, drama, teaser, scandal, goodnight….
Call me Mr. 4.0
Well, I got an “A” in my math class, too! I was expecting a B or maybe an A-, so this is really really good news. My cumulative GPA now (er, with a whole two courses under my belt, mind you), is a 4.0!