Category: linux

03/07/10 02:24 - 28ºF - ID#51122

Fedora 12 Recap

So today I was feeling under the weather and had some more time to play with Fedora 12 on the macbook pro.

Literally everything is working and I am pretty sure I am going to switch over now.

Working:
disk encryption
battery life is better
dual monitor
3d desktop
bluetooth mouse and keyboard
flash 10
netbeans 6.8
verizon usb modem
exchange on thunderbird via davmail
cisco VPN
wifi
citrix ICA client - just remember to remove

The best part is that aside from getting exchange into thunderbird, everything else worked by default. Its come a long way since the days when you had to spent a long time getting wireless and your graphics card to work.

Fedora even comes with new FOSS graphic card drivers which do an excellent job with 2D but you still the need the real nvidia drivers if you want to get a 3D desktop.

Honestly, it is totally amazing.

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Category: charity

03/06/10 11:38 - 26ºF - ID#51117

PBS donation

I called PBS this morning to make a donation. I wanted the Go Greener DVD that was currently advertised on the PBS pledge drive but the
person on the phone could not find it in the system for like 5
minutes. You would think that they would know th things currently
being advertised.

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Category: linux

03/06/10 12:18 - 23ºF - ID#51115

Back to linux?

So I had a gift card for border today. I always want to buy the linux magazines but I can never get myself to pay $15 for something full of information about free software with disks of free software attached. With the giftcard it was only a dollar - so I gave it a try.

The magazine actually taught me a few things I didn't realize which was awesome but moreover it inspired me to switch back to linux yet again. I have this off and on relationship with linux as my desktop. During any given day I am using 1 of 9 linux computers I manage but my laptop is generally mac. Recently, I just haven't been feeling as apple as before and I am tired of having to recompile stuff for mac so I am giving Fedora 12 a try. Maybe I wil love it, maybe not. No promises.

If I do then I am getting a hardware encrypted disk and switching over permanently.

This also brings into question what I will get as my next laptop. The biggest issue is the lack of full driver for my new magic mouse ;(

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: holidays

03/05/10 06:04 - 34ºF - ID#51112

Happy St. Patrick's Day

It looks like the weather is going to rock once again for St. Patrick's day. It should be real nice because that temperature is after a week of 40 degree weather.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/04/10 02:13 - 33ºF - ID#51109

I don't know what this means

But it seems like the everyone wants to khach my trang.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/03/10 10:15 - 31ºF - ID#51104

Life with an interior decorator

I swear that everynight when I get home the house is different. It's
keeps life interesting.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: work

03/02/10 10:19 - 31ºF - ID#51097

What every developer likes to hear

OMG, I just tried it, it's awesome

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/02/10 02:35 - 35ºF - ID#51094

The dirtiest car I ever saw

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Location: Buffalo, NY

02/28/10 03:39 - 35ºF - ID#51090

The ice throne

We went late yesterday evening to the ice maze. I think it was a good
time to go because although there were still a lot if people out, we
didn't have to wait in lime. I thought it was pretty awesome but a bit
slushy. Afterwards we listened to some music but sadly the tubing was
closed at that point.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: food

02/27/10 11:11 - 32ºF - ID#51086

Pomelo

The next fruit on my quest for the citrus Holy Grail was a pomelo

. It tasted like a grapefruit but without the bitter. It acrually tasted very pleasant. I keep hoping there is some other citrus flavor that is as unique to the other citrus fruits as orange or lemon is to lime. I guess the subtle nuances between tangerine and orange, mandarin and the other orange-a-likes are interesting but my absolute favorite right now is meyer lemon

The problem was that it is almost the size of a volleyball and the
skin is so thick. The ugli fruit from my earlier journal was much
easier to peel and eat. I managed to peel it abou 10 minutes. Each
section was in a leathery fiber pouch. I don't think I would ever get
one again.