day 8 of the beardday 8 of the beard
The beard is still growing steadily, and I’m still waiting for the beardly powers that some of the bearded delegates at LCA 2006 assured me that I would develop. Related[...]
electric carselectric cars
Here’s an interesting post on the Green’s site about the Indian Reva electric car and the attempts to get a permit to drive it on Australian roads. From the Reva[...]
more about Fedoramore about Fedora
In a comment on a previous blog entry I was described as an active Fedora advocate, I don’t think that is an accurate description. I advocate it to appropriate people,[...]
debate via wikidebate via wiki
Lars Wirzenius seems to be seconding my idea for using wikis to solve contentious issues. My latest idea in this regard is to have several wiki pages, one for each[...]
yet another beard picyet another beard pic
I’ll space them out a bit now, no more daily pictures. Years ago Jon Wright (a well known bearded OS/2 programmer) told me that after you get past a week[...]
The benefits of SE LinuxThe benefits of SE Linux
Today I discovered a bug in one of my programs, it called system() and didn’t correctly escape shell eta-characters. Fortunately I had written custom SE Linux policy for it which[...]
about leavingabout leaving
I’ve read quite a few blog posts about someone leaving Debian and whether they should remain on Debian planet. An official policy on these matters has now been posted which[...]
day 4 of the beard and the Crypto museumday 4 of the beard and the Crypto museum
The day 2 picture had an NSA coffee mug in the background. I purchased it from the gift shop of the National Cryptologic museum at Ft Meade, Maryland. I highly[...]
day 3 of beard, and the gimpday 3 of beard, and the gimp
Right now I’m just starting to break new personal records for hairyness. I’ve been surprised that the GIMP isn’t as difficult to use as I had previously thought. I particularly[...]
Another beard picAnother beard pic
I’ve attached another pic, titled this one day2, which I guess means that day0 (not photographed) was one day without shaving and day-1 (also not photographed) was the last time[...]