Archive for April, 2008
The Dark Side
Heh.
Command Line Upgrade to 8.04 Hardy Heron
Ubuntu 8.04 is the second LTS release of the incredibly popular Linux distro. Inspired, I did a fresh install of my desktop at work and found the process smooth and about as simple as an XP install, (though admittedly about 10 minutes faster!), and am quite happy with the results.
Then, I thought it might be [...]
Reading The News With Little Time
Keeping up with the goings-on in the world seems to be harder than normal these days. Maybe it’s life and maybe it’s work, but it seems like I have less and less Quadrant 2 and 4 time lately. [I'm not complaining... sometimes one needs an adrenaline rush!] One of those low-priority things I enjoy doing [...]
Newseum: Today’s Front Pages
The other day, I caught a post on Signal Vs. Noise about using Automator in OS X to grab your favorite newspaper’s front pages from Newseum as PDFs and join them. This sounded like a great idea, so I set out to do just that.
Unfortunately for me, this particular workflow only works in OS X [...]
Wordpress 2.5
The Wordpress upgrade guide says:
Consider rewarding yourself with a blog post about the upgrade, reading that book or article you’ve been putting off, or simply sitting back for a few moments and let the world pass you by.
So, a post, then. I must say that the interface is going to take a bit of getting [...]
April 1st
I don’t get into April Fool’s Day. I think my nefarious side went to sleep somewhere around the time just after I saran wrapped my 12th grade area office (VP, class counselor, etc.). Since then, I can’t seem to come up with good, mysterious, (harmless) and intelligent pranks. So I just don’t bother.
I do, however, [...]
