I’ll be giving a couple of lectures/seminars this week in the Twin Cities. The first is tonight at the U of M (topic: Selenium), the second will be Saturday morning (topic: Vim). See here for announcements about future talks and materials from talks past.
Keeping me up late… keeping me from working on my upcoming Vim and Selenium talks. This time with fast-booting desktops!
Found on this Slashdot thread:
I’ve got a ton more bike trail exploring to do around here before the snow hits! Here’s a start.
Ever see that old TV show with the computerized crime fighter? Sidekick named Cursor?
Eva found this place by searching the Web, I think. I hate to sound self-centered, but, holy cow, did they build this place just for me? I couldn’t think of a better restaurant idea, and if I lived in Syracuse I’d eat there every day. And night.
I munched a falaffel waffle while Eva and I played Guess Who? and listened to b-side-ish funk tracks I’d never heard before.
Funk ‘n Waffles, I heart you.
I love going outside. However, perhaps because I’m a complete internet/computer addict or just feel more comfortable in my “nest”, there is definitely a bit of resistance that must be overcome before I actually lace up the sneaks and breathe fresh air. Eva (and I) purposely found a place to live near the places we work, learn, and commune, so proximity is often a handy excuse for walking, running, biking, or busing to wherever we might be going. And I’m actually exercising. Yay! Here’s some proof.
Oh, and what would this post be without something nerdy? The routes were downloaded off a wristwatch GPS as XML, and munged by a Python script I’ll eventually generalize, clean up and release publicly.
Based on this review I bought a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000. I ignored all the red tape and “Run The Installer First!” warnings on the packaging, and plugged it in to my Ubuntu 8.04 laptop. And it worked immediately. Yay! Skype, Cheese, both work. Video sharing via Flash (like for Dimdim) doesn’t work, so no extra credit, yet. :)
My face with edge effects
Here’s a Public Service Announcement. Kroger Hi-Tech Mint Waxed Floss is the best. Period.
This floss balances the perfect amount of strength, slipperiness, and cleaning power. It doesn’t cut into my fingers. My teeth don’t slice it. It smells nice. It’s made in the U.S.A. It’s way cheaper than Glide, or any other flosses that claim to be “high tech”.
This is a bit of a departure from most of what I blog, but staying in shape is also part of my life. As such, I recently ran the Vancouver Marathon with my bro, and we had tons of support from the family along the way (especially Eva!).
At the end of the marathon, Forest and I had a random encounter with some nice folks from a company called Saxx. They claimed they had some fancy new underwear that would eliminate chafing, you know, “down there”. I agreed to try on a new pair and tell them how they fit, in exchange for the underwear.
And the result is online for all to see (safe for work if your coworkers don’t mind lots of talk about balls). Fast-forward to about the four-minute mark to see Forest and I.
So then, here’s my shout out to Saxx. They make a great pair of undies!
Encryption is a nice security feature that makes it significantly harder for someone to mine your data if, for instance, your latptop is stolen.
If you install Ubuntu with the alternate installer disk, encryption takes only a few keystrokes. Here are two tutorials with screenshots.
If you only need to encrypt a single file, just right-click on the file in the File Browser and click “Encrypt”.
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