Wednesday, November 29, 2006
So after playing with an installation of Dapper Drake Kubuntu on a spare machine at work, and using Edgy Eft Ubuntu here at home, I’m getting a feel for KDE and Gnome.
So far, I like KDE’s “look” but I’m sick and tired of everything starting with a “K.” That’s not really necessary. [...]
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Well, as the entire internet attempted to purchase an Xbox 360 for $100, amazon.com drops off the face of the internet as the collective frantic click refreshes act like a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
Gotta love the fact that they just made $100,000 in less than thirty seconds with one thousand units available [...]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
So, as something fun to do, I’ve installed Ubuntu Linux onto my old Dell desktop that I had laying around the house. So far, I’m digging it and it’s taken the place of my defunct gaming rig.
Pretty snappy performance on a 1Ghz Pentium with 512MB of RAM.
Hell. I may put make an attempt [...]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
I’m receiving a lot of “compliments” tonight.
“You play a very convincing coke addict.”
That’s something I don’t have a good response to. Other than asking how many coke addicts they know.
We’re wrapping up for the night, the debriefing is going well. I look around the room and see my friends chatting, the [...]
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
I pass the Tenleytown Best Buy and there are tents just outside of the metro entrance that lead right to the doors. I wonder about the homeless man that often sleeps in the little alcove, where the metro escalators meet sidewalk that hedges along Wisconsin Avenue.
I wonder how he perceives the fancy tents, the [...]
Saturday, November 11, 2006
After fiddling with a new video card and seeing the computer was running, I moved it back under the desk.
Then it wouldn’t boot up.
“No problem.” I thought, considering that I was going to upgrade anyway. Then I remembered that parts of the novel are currently saved on its hard drive. Not [...]
Friday, November 10, 2006
I decided to try something different this year by not having an outline. Instead, I have a theme, which is “normalcy,” and then I try to think about something in my freakish, bohemian, shenanigan filled lifestyle that fits the bill.
It’s working so far. I’ve been averaging around 2,000 words a night, which is [...]