Archives for August 2010

Curious Behavior

So I admit it,  I have a huge problem. I check my email constantly — every 20 seconds constantly. I cannot work on a computer with less than two screens because email must always be visible.  Buzz and other social media, however, don’t get checked as often.  So, today,  right before a late lunch I [...]

HELP! My Girlfriend Learned How To Use A Bug Tracker

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626593 I never thought it would happen. My girlfriend figured something out about the Internet. In the real world I have to pretend to be normal and communicate with people.  I usually can take solice in the internet, those hallowed sacred grounds only a real hacker understands.  I can go there and know that unless [...]

A true test of Ubuntu: Setting it up for the parents in 2 hours

So yesterday I got a desperate call from the folks — Windows got gunked with adware, viruses and other forms of badness and dad couldn’t use it to work from home anymore. So, after work i got on a train and headed back to the ‘rents for some quality computer troubleshooting family time. My instinct [...]

GUADEC 2010 debrief

I’m on the subway in ny , heading home from GUADEC in The Hague, n Netherlands. First things first — a huge thank you to the gnome foundation for helping sponsor my attendance, and to all the conference’s fantastic sponsors. Some highlights: -Produced a introspection->docbook documentation generator which is in a branch on gobject introspection, [...]