Although the public release doesn’t officially happen for 3 more days, Ubuntu, being the great company it is will let you upgrade early to the newest version of their OS. I upgraded from 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” to 7.10 “Gusty Gibbon” last Friday and have been completely thrilled with the results. The system fonts have been [...]
This post may be a little more personal that usual but my son (one of three kids) got me thinking tonight. I received his 4th grade social studies test and he scored poorly. I wasn’t upset for a couple of reasons. First and foremost my son has Asperger’s syndrome. I won’t spend time explaining the [...]
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It’s a cultural curiosity that should need no explanation: Men are pigs. I reluctantly fall into this category but have to say admit that “dick-and-fart” jokes, as they are so aply named, make me laugh (a lot). Here are four examples that I just had to share.
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It was released July 21st, just 3 days ago. I sat, a grown man, waiting for a (so called) children’s book. It arrived early Saturday morning, around 8:30 a.m. via UPS. The box was striped with bold lettering, “Do Not Open before July 21st!” I ripped the box apart and saw the off-yellow cover of [...]
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Last week I wrote a guest post for Ilker of The ThinkingBlog. The subject was ubiquitous computing. The videos below begin to supply a real world example of what I was talking about in the guest post. I nearly started drooling when I saw the technology a few months ago. As you watch, think of [...]
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