Picture of the Day – 31 July 2008
Eric Mesa | July 31, 2008
Share and Enjoy:
test
Eric Mesa | July 31, 2008
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 31, 2008
First of all, I guess we got all jealous of Ubuntu because we have a startup sound now. There goes signing in with the speakers on late at night or early in the morning. Second, I apparently no longer have any functionality in Gnome. There are no panels, I can’t right-click the [...]
Eric Mesa | July 30, 2008
Ok, I noticed that most complaints on the Fedora mailing list seemed to have been solved and it has bene a few months since Fedora 9 came out. So I figure that it’s time to finally upgrade. Also, my biggest problems appear to have been resolved. Although X.org is still in beta, [...]
Eric Mesa | July 30, 2008
The exciting conclusion to my pictures from the Orioles game:
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 29, 2008
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 29, 2008
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 28, 2008
Saturday, I went to the Orioles v Angels game. Here are some of the shots I got:
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 27, 2008
This month’s Linux Format Magazine had Linux Mint as one of the Linux distros on the DVD.Ā I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about this Ubuntu-based distro.Ā So Mint is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian.Ā Why not just base Linux Mint off of Debian?Ā Ok, so given that it’s based [...]
Eric Mesa | July 26, 2008
Back in May I reviewed Puppy Linux along with a bunch of other lightweight Linux distros. This month Linux Format Magazine included Puppy Linux 4.0 on their disc and I thought I’d check it out. I’m mainly focusing on how things have changed and improved or gotten worse since Puppy 3.01. I [...]
Eric Mesa | July 24, 2008
I am now done with the entire story of the hobbits.Ā Overall, I have enjoyed the books more than the movie.Ā Here’s what I have to say about The Return of the King:
I found the characters in the book seem a lot more hopeless than in the movie.Ā I mean, the movie does a good [...]
Eric Mesa | July 23, 2008
Wrote this over the course of a few days as a creative exercise.
—-
“Ā”Carajo CoƱo!”Ā he muttered under his breath as he ran.Ā His wife had just started to get into the mood when the call had come in.Ā It was on the mobile that he never turned off, not even during moments of planned intimacy.Ā [...]
Eric Mesa | July 21, 2008
Today I consider whether or not TV Stations as a distinct programming lineup have become obsolete.Ā More or less since the beginning of commercial television there have been TV Stations to tune in to.Ā (eg ABC, HBO, TNT)Ā These stations create and broadcast original programming or buy the rights to broadcast programming created by others [...]
Eric Mesa | July 20, 2008
A lot of websites have funny page-not-found (404) and maintenance pages. I got a good chuckle out of Plurk’s maintenance page.
Share and Enjoy:
Eric Mesa | July 19, 2008
I finished up The Two Towers a week or so ago and I have to say that “Trudging” no longer describes my experience (for the most part). While I preferred the first movie to the first book, I mostly feel exactly the opposite about the second book/movie. The only annoying thing was that [...]