Caution, this is a very lengthy post.
One year ago, I was elected as the Chair for the local ACM chapter at WSU. Unfortunately, it ended in tragedy. I would like to share this experience with you.
Becoming the ACM Chair actually extends a great deal back. Long before I even knew what the [...]
Well, for those who are now commenting on my blog, of which I thank you, I am exploiting your user agent string, and displaying it for all the world to see. Let’s see how many of you Linux/Firefox users are actually Windows/IE users! HAHA!
It will show something to the effect of:
Using [...]
Unfortunately, the site that I have been designing and maintaining for the CS department is no more. Supposedly, the Dean of the University wants all departments to adhere to the COAST web page standard, so my site got the boot.
For most the day, I have been upset, and very, very frustrated. I have been trying [...]
Windows vs Mac. Ford vs. Chevy. Blockbuster vs Netflix. It goes on and on. So, why not a Ubuntu vs Gentoo? I’m talking all out battle here. Which is better? Who will come out ahead?
I intend to find out what makes Gentoo tick, and why everyone I seem to meet tells me to use it. [...]
First, I want to thank all the traffic from the Gnome desktop devel mailing list. I normally sit around 20-30 hits per day. Your traffic has doubled that. While I am certainly NOT looking for traffic, it is somewhat pleasant to know that I am reaching out, and creating interest in someone. So, with that, [...]
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Seriously, I think I am getting too much of a kick out of comment spam recently. It is just so entertaining. Here is the latest, that actually passed all the spam checks in Spam Karma, and [...]
I am actually surprised that I haven’t blogged about this before. On my previous blog before PThree, I think I did. I hope I did. This is just one of those things that you don’t want to pass up. At any event…
For those of you unaware, there is a free Linux magazine subscription. [...]
First, a little background. I mentioned to my wife why I love *nix so much.
Me: “Dear, Unix slash Linux systems just rock!”
Wife: “Why’s that?”
Me: “Because in Unix slash Linux, I can install software and not be an administrator. All I need is my home folder or parition.”
Wife: “Well, do you know why I think [...]
The past week, I received a troubling email. I was told by the CS counselor at WSU that my site will no longer be used as the CS site. Frankly, I am a little bummed. For the moment, it works, but not for long. The WSU Dean was not pleased at [...]
First, let me explain the need for a geek bag. As of currently, I spend a great deal of my time on the road. I don’t mean necessarily that I travel, as much as mean that I am rarely home with my family. I’m usually at school, work, Linux meetings or friends [...]
I love DSL. It is become the best solution I have come across for data recovery and all around troubleshooting. Since downloading, burning to a business card cd, and placing it in my wallet only three months ago, I have already used it a number of times. Mostly, just to show off, [...]
I am concerned about my freedoms online, and my digital rights. I am concerned about software patents, licenses and other such issues that seem to be plaguing the computing industry like locusts. Unfortunately, I live in a very conservative Republican state. Not much is being done in the right-wing camp about such [...]
Sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes, I love it when stuff breaks, because I get to showoff my uber-hacking skills on whatever is broken- beit the computer, washing machine, car, etc. I just like to fix things. I enjoy working with my hands. There seems to be a great deal of [...]
At least I find it very humorous.
I am using Wordpress 2.0 as my blog CMS, and lately, I have been getting a fair amound of comment spam. Luckily, I have the strongest spam filter out there, Spam Karma 2. I won’t go into details about how it works, but it does a [...]
A follow-up post is needed to explain many of my positions in greater detail about previous posts I have put on this blog. I will address them in order.
-Open Discussion Day
This post seems to be the most misunderstood of all. I don’t know if people are just skimming the post looking for highlights [...]
