Author: Brian Richardson
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Eee for meee
Thanks to the folks at work, I have the use of an Asus Eee PC 4GB Surf. It’s a very cool little, and I do mean little, Intel based laptop. I haven’t done much hacking, just adding & removing packages to customize the default Linux configuration. I will post progress reports as I learn more…
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Where Movies Go To Die
Suzan and I went to see Charlie Wilson’s War last night … a fantastic movie. It has great dialog, good scenery and very solid acting. Yeah, a lot of naked women as well … but they’re actually contributing to the plot (the reader, she thinks I’m kidding). After spending a lot of holiday shopping time…
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Merry Christmas To All
It’s been a good Christmas/Solstice/GiftMas Season at the GeekFarm. Friends and family have been called, visited or been visited upon. Good food has been consumed in good company. I have a lot of nice new shirts that I would have never bought for myself, thanks to in-laws who believe my wife’s stories and imagine that…
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xkcd on the writer’s strike
I love this cartoon …
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Again …
Talked to my grandfather yesterday on the way to work … recovering from heart surgery, going to physical therapy, sounded alert & aware. Just got a phone call that he stopped breathing a few minutes ago and was rushed to a local (10 minutes from his house) hospital. My dad talked to him no more…
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The last thing I want to hear …
Yeah, it’s not been my best day …