Archive for September, 2008

Car Wreck - 2008-09-24

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

So I’m on my way to work this morning heading southbound and stop at the signal light at 103rd & State Line Rd. The car behind me didn’t stop… I’m not sure whether he didn’t bother to attempt to stop or whether he hydroplaned into me.

Since I was already on the other side of the intersection I pulled into the JiffyLube to be out of the way of street traffic.

The cops showed up and took care of everything - yay cops.

As for me - I went to the message therapist and chiropractor last night and felt much better after I left… Now after the car wreck my lower back hurts and I have a migraine.

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OLPC Update

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

I know there were several people wanting updates on the OLPC.  The GUI is non-standard for a PC of any breed (Mac, Linux, Win) & I had thought of looking to see what other projects were around that would provide an interface I’m more familiar with.

I’m not a large fan of the Red Hat’s (the linux distro that OLPC uses) rpm (yes, I realize yum has come out since I left), but I figured I could mess with whatever for a laptop I’d only be using for taking notes at conferences & such.  I’d still have access to pretty much all the tools & utilities I’m used to.

I ended up with other projects that were more of a priority for me (my mythtv boxes, work, fun…).  And then somebody pointed out Fortune Magazine - With Microsoft, OLPC may finally succeed. While a nifty title I find it on the humorous side.
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