This clip on YouTube brought back some great memories. I must have spent days and days practicing along on the drumkit (years and years ago) to Assembly Line (from Industry Standard), trying to pick up Rod Morgenstein’s techniques. That was one of the most fun songs to work on. That and Jeff [...]
After having suffered through all but one televised debate for both GOP and Democratic candidates, I am left with the feeling of being told my house just burned down. Seriously. I don’t see one single candidate that’s worth a shit. Not one. They’re all turning into brand-X cereal boxes before our eyes. Struggling to fit [...]
So, after a reader suggested this article by Clive Cooper “How I made the transition from Windows to Ubuntu“, I have to say that the obvious response to that is that the “results” of such a transition are almost entirely subjective. Not entirely, but almost. The emphasis of any perception of a “good [...]
I finally reloaded my machine with Ubuntu 7.04 and have had a good experience so far. However, I’m still looking to fill some gaps in terms of replacing what I had on Windows. For one, a decent (e.g. reliable and pretty-looking) RAR extraction utility. Preferably a GUI based app. I was using WinRAR, but then [...]
I started off by cleaning the pool, backwashing the pump, checking the chems, the usual. Then I mowed the lawn. Then I dug holes to stand up an arbor truss for the backyard gate entrance. Then I threw some baseball with my son Zach. Then we had a big bar-b-que with ribs, chicken, salad and [...]