Archive for June, 2006

Not really so interesting

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

Doc Searls wrote on his Linux Journal blog: Picasa on Linux, so far What the hell, scoops are over-rated anyway. News is news. In this case, news that Google has released Picasa, its photo editing and organizing software, on Linux. That's before they release it on Apple (if they ever do). I ...

No BlackBerry half-baked

Monday, June 5th, 2006

I found this both refreshing and consistent with my limited BlackBerry experience. Not in the mode: RIM steers clear of half-baked tech He confirmed that RIM was "taking a look" at dual-mode phones but said: "We won't launch something that's half-baked... It has got to be darn easy to use or it ...

Weekly Saturday fun

Monday, June 5th, 2006

This week's edition of The Roadhouse was a particularly fun edition to do. Part of that fun was the addition of Blind Pig Records to the stable of labels. They have a great catalog that's very, very deep. It'll make for a lot of great music in upcoming shows. The ...

Where’s the leadership?

Monday, June 5th, 2006

In a typically diversionary and divisive move, the House of Representatives is ready to once again take up the gay marriage issue. Despite the fact that all involved concede it's unlikely to garner the required 2/3 support, it's an election year. Worse for the Republican leadership, it's an election year ...

Tough for history

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

This is a tough break for the Cardinals, but also a tough break for baseball history. ST. LOUIS (AP) -- This is a much larger challenge for the St. Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols will be out indefinitely with a strained muscle on his right side. Pujols, last year's NL MVP and this ...

When is too much technology not enough?

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

After acquiring a BlackBerry through Cingular a month or so ago, I've begun to understand why they're called "crackberries." Mine is on my hip every waking hour, vibrating with all the email from my 5 accounts. I'm using the PDA functionality prodigiously and even really like the phone (though it ...

More Minimalism

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

I found this great WordPress theme this morning. I was digging around trying to find some inspiration to carry on with the blog. While I suppose real inspiration probably isn't derived from the look and feel of a site, the new minimalist theme has sparked my interest again. Unlike my ...

Even Less Hat

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Following on with this post, I've recently upgraded both my home and work systems to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. I did both upgrades via apt-get and have not had a single problem with either. I just can't say enough for Ubuntu. Moving me away from the Red Hat/Fedora family was no ...