Those familiar with The Jargon will recognize the terms synchronous and asynchronous. In computing they usually refer to signals; synchronous signals are expected — they come at an appointed time and are not a surprise. Asynchronous signals are… everything else. It could be something unexpected (an error or a user-driven event), or something which is variable and unpredictable (a result from a database or server request of some sort).
Most Time Management schemas are generally synchronous. Continue reading ‘Asynchronous Time Management’
I guess it was time for a new theme. I think I’m going to stick with this one, “balance” by thoughtmechanics, for awhile. Probably I will customize it a bit over the next while to make it a little more unique, but I like it pretty much as it is. Kind of nice.
Looking back over my archives, I notice that I used to write quite prodigiously about a year ago. Apparently I didn’t sleep much, or something. :-/
This site’s new look works fine in IE 6, but it does not look quite as nice.
For the first time, I’ve decided not to fix it.
Sure, if I happen to be going through the CSS and see something that I can easily adjust for cross-browser compatibility, sure. I’m not actually going to spend any time sitting down and making sure it looks “the same” however. At this point, it is honestly no longer a concern of mine.
Continue reading ‘On IE compatibility’
If you’ve been impressed by Novell’s Xgl, you’ll probably be blown away by Beryl.
Beryl is the community fork of Xgl. In fact, some of the the Xgl videos you’ve seen of “Xgl” may actually have been compiz-quinnstorm, which is now called Beryl.
I would write a “how to”, but I’m not about to pass off someone else’s work as my own… and I installed Beryl from the simple instructions from this Beryl thread in Ubuntuforums. So, go there if you’re interested.
Beryl basically takes the eye-candy that Xgl starts with, and accelerates it, adds more options, and its own theme manager and configuration tool. It’s Xgl/compiz on steroids, if you will. Or maybe Xgl on psychotropics is a better metaphor… you decide.
I’ve spent some time in the past making fun of buzzwords. After having spent a little over seven months in a more corporate environment, my attitude is beginning to change.
Certainly, there are buzzwords. By accepted definition, “buzzwords” are nearly meaningless, and are used simply because they are the concept du jour and sound exciting, impressive, and meaningful.
Continue reading ‘Buzzwords versus Information Shorthand’
I’m pretty sure it’s over a month ago that I wrote a post officially abandoning the idea of writing a “niche” oriented blog, and giving myself permission to write not only about geeky/Linux/techie/coding/web topics, but spirituality, Christianity, or whatever.
Since that time, I think I have yet to write a single post which is spiritually oriented. So the question remains: why?
Continue reading ‘Further thoughts on writing to a niche’
I’m in Boston all week; it’s a cool city. Expect posts all the same, but they might be fewer and shorter.
Apparently tonight we’ll be eating at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn.
Good night, Space Rangers.
Gnome 2.16 is out; not sure when this happened, but it must have been pretty recent.
Mandriva has released Mandriva Linux 2007, reportedly shipping with “both AIGLX and Xgl 3D technologies”.
In addition, it sounds like parties such as IBM and Sun Microsystems continue to push Ubuntu into the enterprise. IBM would seem to have some conflict here, as I know they are also a strong Novell (Suse) partner. I suppose this is what you’d call “hedging your bets”.
Interesting; Slashdot is running a story which includes the insight that the Nintendo Wii runs on Linux, or something very much based on it.
The article is actually nothing too surprising — typical anti-piracy fare. Nothing that concerns me too much, as I happen to agree that you should not steal software.
But Microsoft to rip your head off if you pirate Vista has to make a list of “Great Headlines” somewhere. I hereby proclaim it My Favorite Headline of the Day.
I hope the staff of the Inquirer doesn’t let this distinction go to their heads.
