Monthly Archives: July 2007

Leaving Portland

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/27/2007
OSCON is over, or at least very nearly over. It's been a long, but fun, week. Much fun has been had, many sessions have been seen, my session went OK, and all is well. Here's hoping that the flight back is uneventful and I get a few winks on the redeye flight. My final report will [...]
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Heading to Portland

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/21/2007
Because I haven't traveled enough this year (*cough*) I'm on my way to Portland, Oregon for Ubuntu Live and OSCON 2007. Assuming we take off, it's raining mightily here at the Sarasota airport as I type this waiting for the plane. (God bless airports with free and plentiful Wi-Fi connections...) I'll be at OSCON all week, [...]
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Social networks

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/20/2007
I'm on LinkedIn and Facebook, and I've found LinkedIn just ever-so-mildly useful, and Facebook not at all -- at least not yet -- but I've noticed the volume of invites is picking up. Wondering about a few things: What's the etiquette on these? How rude is it to ignore or reject requests from folks you know [...]
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Linux on MacBook Pro?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/19/2007
Let's say a person is in possession of a brand-new (or very nearly) MacBook Pro. Let's also say that said person wants to put Linux, preferably Ubuntu, on said MacBook Pro. Which of the 3.2 million howto's is most accurate for ways to put Ubuntu on the MBP, and will result in minimal pain in [...]
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Nearly settled

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 7/15/2007
Once again, my blog has been suffering neglect. This time around, it's due to being entirely too busy to blog... because I have just spent much of the last month traveling or moving. As of the first week of July, I picked up and moved to Bradenton, Florida. I'm still waiting for my stuff to [...]
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