I have to say that I think the level of self-absorption in people has reached new highs, and I can’t help but be somewhat shocked. Yesterday, in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, a woman was, for a good 5 solid minutes (a long time to deal with it), endlessly pressing buttons on her…
Google lost my website
Well, they didn’t really *lose* my site. What happened is this: I run a site called LinuxLaboratory. Recently, it went through a major overhaul. So major, that I didn’t bother even trying to ensure that old links would work. It’s been about 6 weeks now, and I’m noticing that I’m not getting very much traffic….
NJ Drivers: Kindly hang up your phone
Dear NJ Driver, It would appear as though you are in complete and utter denial of the fact that, when talking on a cell phone, you are unable to pay adequate attention to the task at hand which deserves the higher priority: driving. I will tell you that whether you are a mother, an executive,…
School Daze
So I never thought I’d say this, but school has been kinda fun so far. It’s also been kinda surreal in a way. At the end of the day, I think the best lesson I’ve learned is that, in order to conquer some of my anxieties toward school, I really need to just forget all…
Professional Billiards Officially in Shambles
I’m just barely old enough to just barely remember when Minnesota Fats, Steve Mizerak, and Mike Massey did something on TV other than trick shots. They played real pool. They played whatever anyone wanted to play, but mainly, on TV, they played straight pool. They wore tuxedos. They playesd in rather large rooms. They had…
Skype Pretty Much Rocks
So I heard about this thing called Skype. It’s a program that you download, for free, and run on Windows, Linux, or Mac, and it lets you make phone calls over the internet, or talk to any other Skype user for free. My brother-in-law and I tested it out. He downloaded it to a windows…
"Which distro do you recommend?"
I get asked, by more junior Linux users, and people just looking to try it out, which distribution of Linux I use or recommend. It occurred to me that I never actually published an answer to this question, even though it is, by far, the question I am asked most often. I think my stock…
Happy level toward redhat on the rise with RHEL4
Redhat released Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 last week. It was only two weeks ago that I completely slammed Redhat, and for that point in time, I think that was perfectly valid. Now with the release of RHEL4, there are very extremely large changes, and Redhat’s intent going forward is solidified and made much more clear….
Insanely good day
Today I conquered a major source of anxiety, fulfilled a wish of mine and Natasha’s since we purchased the house, and followed up on a dream I’ve had for many years now. It was quite productive. First, the major source of anxiety: I’m back in college now, and one of the classes I’m taking is…
Paying for the privilege of lost productivity
I think the time has finally come. In the past, we’ve seen quite possibly hundreds of studies from think-tanks and research firms trying to quantify the cost of viruses, trojans, spam, etc to corporations in terms of lost productivity, downtime, extra FTEs, etc. The costs are astronomical. In the US, these pesky pestilences cost corporations…