10/20/2007

Ubuntu 7.10 – Riding the Gutsy Gibbon

Sections: Fun, Linux — Posted @ 12:12 pm by Chris

My upgrade to the latest Ubuntu, version 7.10 aka “Gutsy Gibbon”, went off without a hitch. Open Office feels faster, I now can use the version of Thunderbird in the main repository, and I have some really cool desktop effect with Compiz Fusion. Check out the screenshot below… real transparent terminals and drop shadows around my windows. Little eye candy to make the best Linux distribution even better.

screenshot of my desktop running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

10/7/2007

AJ Wants a Duck

Sections: Life, Photos — Posted @ 11:36 am by Chris

10/6/2007

Nick and Jessie’s Wedding

Sections: Life, Photos — Posted @ 11:31 am by Chris

Congratulations on your wedding Nick and Jessie! The ceremony and reception was great! Hopefully you are enjoying your honeymoon.

10/2/2007

Next Version of Ubuntu Is Coming!

Sections: Linux — Posted @ 7:40 pm by Chris


9/18/2007

Open Komodo Project Announcement

Sections: Software — Posted @ 7:48 pm by Chris

My favorite editor for all things programming, Komodo Edit by ActiveState, is going Open Source!

I can’t wait to get my hands on the source code. The first thing I am going to do is add the ability to open multiple windows instead of always opening a new file in a tab in the existing window.

The public source code repositories should be available in less than a month. And because this project is built on top of Mozilla Firefox technology, it should be both fun and easy to hack on. Another big win for Open Source!

More info about the Open Komodo Project

9/12/2007

Someone Overestimates the Power of Congress

Sections: Fun — Posted @ 10:14 pm by Chris

Stolen from Kevin, who stole it from someone else. When did Congress gain power over the sun, and why can’t they cause Seattle to be sunny year round?

stupid people shouldn't write letters


It turns out that this article was actually published by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, but the author meant it as satire. Hopefully, the editors of the newspaper realized this as well when they published it.

9/9/2007

Fish and Gasworks

Sections: Photos — Posted @ 9:10 pm by Chris

9/2/2007

Bumbershoot 2007

Sections: Events, Photos — Posted @ 1:57 pm by Chris

My brother Nick, soon-to-be sister-in-law Jessie, my beautiful wife Aliciana, and I decided to checkout the Sunday performances at this year’s Bumbershoot. We saw a couple good bands, North Twin and The Bouncing Souls, and also visited some of the art exhibits. We were also hoping to see The Horror Pops, but they canceled at the last minute. Suck.

8/27/2007

Social D singing about Bakersfield

Sections: Fun — Posted @ 10:58 pm by Chris

I’m missing the great nights we had listing to Social Distortion in Bako…. Aaron, Ryan, Brock, this one goes out to you:

[Warning... a little bit profane]

8/18/2007

Discovery Park Lighthouse

Sections: Hikes, Photos — Posted @ 9:29 pm by Chris

Taking in the beautiful sights of the Puget Sound. We hiked to the beach at Discovery Park and took a look at the lighthouse. Then, we hauled ourself back up the hill. It was about a 3 mile hike round trip.