flagrantdisregard

Archive for March, 2007

Wanted: sanity  

You know what the difference is between a 4-year-old boy and a crazy person? Yah, me neither.
Actually, the only difference I can think of is that we expect the mentally ill to get treatment. Which tells me that being adorable can go a long way when you’re insane.
Incidentally, I’ve started contributing over at The Blogfathers [...]

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Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 3: Oh my God—it’s full of stars!  

[ On January 30th I installed Ubuntu Linux and decided to give it a serious try. Read Part 1 for an introduction including my reasons for doing this. Part 2 covers my installation experience. ]
I’ve heard that installing software on Linux is very difficult. That may have been true once but it is a [...]

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On the possibility of discussing the possibility of time travel with the lovely and talented wife  

Me: Sooo… I was thinking of renting The Lake House.
Wife: You? Why?
Me: I’m intrigued by the science-fictiony, time-travel twist.
Wife: But it’s a total chick flick. I don’t even want to see it.
Me: Um.
Wife: Seriously?
Me: Well, I was thinking it would be an interesting way to frame a discussion…
Wife: No.
Me: …about the possibility and theory…
Wife: No.
Me: [...]

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Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 2: Down the rabbit hole.  

[ On January 30th I installed Ubuntu Linux and decided to give it a serious try. Read Part 1 for an introduction including my reasons for doing this. ]
If you’ve never installed a modern Linux distribution and you’re worried about how difficult it will be because you’ve heard awful stories about the process, let me [...]

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Are these words real?  

Recently, part of my day involves doing a technical review of a book about web mashups and I’m doing it with a basically virgin install of Open Office. What I found interesting about that process today is that many of the words used in the book aren’t considered words—at least, they’re not in Open Office’s [...]

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