BurningbirdJonathon has become the latest recruit to the Geek Force. I’ll have to send him an autographed copy of Unix Power Tools 3rd edition as soon as it’s published. Just think, Jonathon– 1200 pages full of tips! (Makes a good doorstop, too.) And now Jonathon can join us in the most important debate of geekdom: Which […]
Seems as if love’s in the air in blogdom. It started with Jeneane’s declaration of simple love and continued with AKMA’s wonderful reaffirmation of his love for his wife, Margaret. Mike’s newest Sandhill Trek interview is about love, and encompasses some of his best writing to date, in my opinion. And Jonathon asks a question: I wonder whether some people are […]
Allan has posted several postings, here, here, and here, about the infamous Open Letter to America from a Canadian, as has Steve and Stavros. However, it was Allan’s postings that touched a nerve. Allan states With friends like America, who needs enemies, and in a later posting, based on comments he’s getting, he writes: McDougall’s letter was surely written in a fit […]
Yesterday one of my errands took me to KMart, home of the infamous Blue Light special. The store was strangely empty for a Saturday afternoon, with few customers and fewer store employees. I couldn’t find what I was looking for and pushed the button at one of the service stations to get help. As I […]
Well, wasn’t I in a melancholy mood before retiring yesterday? I blame it on the dog days of August. This time of year, the Dog Star–Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major–starts appearing in the sky just before dawn for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, after hiding behind the sun for most of the […]