It turns out being an adult is mostly Googling how to do stuff.
tech related
I imagine that the measure of success for an operating system is when a non-tech user uses it on a daily basis. Long story short – my father-in-law runs Linux now. Some background… I built my father-in-law a computer for Christmas about three years ago. At the time it was cobbled-together from used and discarded … Read more
I like my job. Remember that. “It helps to remind those who think of programming as a “cushy job” that programmer burnout rates are high, programmer divorce rates extraordinary, programmer work hours are obscene, programmer job security is next to non-existent, programmers come home from long work weeks of programming to spend hours more in … Read more
Abort, Retry, Ignore… Nevermore? I installed Linux again. This is like the fourth or fifth time. This time I found a new distribution: Mepis. I tried it out on my CrapTop(tm) at work (yeah – I scavenged an old low-end laptop to experiment on) and I got it working! So I brought the CD home … Read more