November 2009

20 Nov 2009

How Windows came back into my life

By jmccabe
technical: 
Fedora
Windows
Linux

I am saddened that the Microsoft product Windows has returned to my life. I was raised on Apple ][ machines, and later Macintosh (512, Plus, SE, etc). Eventually I began using cheap x86 boxes with Xenix on them, and begged and borrowed UNIX shell accounts from my friends that were attending UCSC. Windows was unavoidable though. I was forced to use Windows 95 or Windows NT on company issued laptops beginning around 1996. I hated everything about it. I hated the Plug & Pray support. I hated the Registry. I hated the interface. I hated it all.

23 Nov 2009

Wasting time, Fall, 2009

By jmccabe
personal: 
television
tivo
season pass

I intend, each year, to take inventory of my Television Watching Time Wasting. Each year I forget. This year I'm determined not to forget.

Lost
The new season hasn't begun. That's OK though. I haven't cared much about what's happening for at least two seasons. The Island has become a TARDIS, Locke is an analog for God and the Devil, and I lost interest. The TiVo will still record it when the new season starts, and I'll watch it. I'll be complaining the whole time though.