Monthly Archives: April 2009

Another awesome LinuxFest Northwest

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Getting ready to drive to Seattle-Tacoma airport from Bellingham, where I got to attend yet another awesome LinuxFest Northwest. This was the 10th anniversary for LFNW, and it shows – it looks like it’s no effort at all, which of … Continue reading →

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Gearing up for openSUSE Summit

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Some aspects of planning an event — picking the date, the venue, figuring out the budget — tend to be a bit tedious, but other parts are downright fun. Planning for the openSUSE Summit is getting fun, now. We just … Continue reading →

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On Macs vs. PCs, again…

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

There are some topics that just won’t die. Vi vs. Emacs, GNOME vs. KDE, Coke vs. Pepsi… and Apple vs. PCs. And I can’t help it, I just had to comment on this one. It used to be an, sorry, … Continue reading →

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HTML email: still evil after all these years?

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

This evening I had a short discussion about one of Gmail’s new features: Image insertion. I was kind of curious about the feature, until I realized ugh, this requires HTMLized email. Yeah, I’m one of those people who still thinks … Continue reading →

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Attacking Strunk & White

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

For all the word wonks in the audience, The Chronicle Review carries a scathing attack on The Elements of Style: But despite the “Style” in the title, much in the book relates to grammar, and the advice on that topic … Continue reading →

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