Archives: 2009 July
A Sporing
July 18th, 2009, 4 Comments
Today, while Terah and Oliver napped, Jacob and I went “a sporing” (exploring). We went out and got him in his new “all terrain” Radio Flyer wagon. We first headed over to “check out the beans” as Jacob likes to put it. We found that yes, they were getting tall. Jacob found a couple of [...]
Why I Buy $100 Fans (Review: Vornado)
July 16th, 2009, 18 Comments
Like anyone else, I try to find the best deal on things. Sometimes the best deal isn’t the thing that’s cheapest up front. I work for a company that makes some of the world’s best lawn mowers, for instance, but they aren’t the cheapest. Anyhow: after a series of cheap $20-$50 Walmart fans failing in [...]
Another Freenode Annoyance
July 16th, 2009, 14 Comments
I regularly keep XChat windows open to both Freenode and OFTC. I prefer OFTC for a variety of reasons, but still participate in several channels on Freenode. Recently I discovered that somebody else was using my nick. No problem, I think; just use nickserv and claim it back. Only nickserv claims I never registered the [...]
Oliver
July 10th, 2009, 8 Comments
Some of you may know that Terah and I have been expecting our second child. Terah had been scheduled for a C-section, but the day before it was to happen, she woke up at 1:30AM with contractions. We made some hurried phone calls (I was supposed to pick up her mom at the train station [...]
The Cynic’s Guide to American Presidents
July 7th, 2009, 13 Comments
Sometimes I’m just annoyed at politicians. Yesterday, after receiving a letter from Sen. Brownback and reading coverage of Sarah Palin, I was annoyed at them. So, in keeping with my theme of being annoyed at politicians, here’s my cynic’s guide to American presidents. Yes, it’s biased, under-represents successes, but that’s the point. I’ll start with [...]
An Update on the Music Player Quest
July 6th, 2009, 3 Comments
I’ve written a few times (parts 1, 2, 3) about my annoyance at music players. I’d come down to two finalists to consider: Rhythmbox and Banshee. I’ve used both for awhile now, and as of today, am also trying Songbird (after finally managing to make it run; see part 3 above). In addition to my [...]
Songbird: How To Make Great Software Unpopular
July 6th, 2009, 9 Comments
As part of my ongoing quest for working media players, I’ve more than once tried Songbird. But it never wanted to work in Linux, always crashing before it even fired up the GUI with errors like this: (songbird-bin:17595): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libmapping.so’ (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libmapping.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) [...]
