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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Meh

29-Jun-09

Flyers and Sixers talk: 1. The Flyers essentially gave up four first rounders for Chris Pronger. He is good, no doubt, and the Flyers need defensive help and leadership in a bad way, but giving up Sbisa, Lupul and two picks is not the way to go. If we’ve learned anything from the Penguins, it’s [...]

MJ

25-Jun-09

His dance numbers had the flare of Bollywood times one hundred and his songs had an unbelievable groove. His sound wasn’t stereotypical 80s electronica, and he was mesmerizing to watch. Before Michael, the only music my parents let me listen to was religious Malayalam music. For a lot of first generation american desis, Michael Jackson [...]

Addendum, other stuff

24-Jun-09

So, Lisa and I were discussing my rant yesterday and I felt it was important that I explicitly note the theme: He gives all dads a bad name, and he plays into the stereotype that men, given the chance to distance themselves from the responsibility of parenting, will take it in a heartbeat. I don’t [...]

J&K+8

23-Jun-09

My deepest apologies, but I wanted to mention something about Jon && || Kate ++8. I’ve watched the show maybe three times, and every time I’ve found the show deeply disturbing. The last time I watched it was the worst, especially with the news of their pending relationship demise. There seems to be something deeply [...]

Yay, Father’s Day

22-Jun-09

This year’s father’s day was laid back, because I didn’t commit to do anything (ergo, Lisa couldn’t plan anything). The concept behind Father’s day is a silly one; I celebrate being a dad by doing very little parenting. To me, it seems the opposite should be true but Lisa wasn’t about to let that become [...]

Review: Red Steel

21-Jun-09

It has its flaws, but for a launch title it was 1) not bad, as reviewers had suggested and 2) quite fun with caveats. First, this game was universally panned when released. I don’t generally make assessments of a game without having played it or at least seen game footage; so when I first turned [...]

The problem with

20-Jun-09

The problem with running in the morning is that I’m exhausted for the rest of the day. Oh, yes: I never did run that 1.3m course. I decided I didn’t like staying up to 2AM because I was wired and that I wasn’t losing any weight even though I was running nearly every day. Today [...]

Ubuntu Minimal: Incredibly Easy

16-Jun-09

The minimal cd CLI install is the same as debian’s (very straightforward). After installing (8 minutes!), I simply typed: sudo aptitude install lxde bluefish abiword gnumeric wicd kazehakase powernowd (enter) And in another five minutes or so it was done. Rebooted, and was greeted with nearly the exact same setup as my debian install, except [...]

A Note or Two

16-Jun-09

After some digging, it turns out Ubuntu offers a minimal distro cd – and by minimal I mean 10 MB big. This is of interest because the effort I’ve put into following repos is much more than I had hoped or anticipated. There has to be a balance between security and ease of use; I’m [...]

Just Tiny and Me

15-Jun-09

I left work early because Lisa was sick. As soon as I got home, Lisa went to bed. It was just the Tiny and me. Because Lisa has been in various stages of sick (today was allergies) I’ve had a chance for a lot more one on one time than usual. It’s been awesome. She’s [...]