the late update (as if there were only one)
October 9th, 2008Seems like it’s about time for one of my few-and-far-between type updates, so here it is.
Things are going pretty well for me, in general. After around ten years at The University of Tulsa I got a new job at Centipede Networks, still a sysadmin. Some of the stuff I work on here is the same (Linux, Postfix, MySQL/PostgreSQL, etc.) and some not. I’m enjoying not working primarily with Oracle anymore. :)
I bought a new (used) car recently, a 2004 Acura TL. It was too good a deal to pass up and I’m happy with it. I’ll try to remember to take some pictures and post them. It’s white and hard to keep clean. I also recently bought an Asus Eee PC 901. It’s tiny, fun to play with, and has been extremely handy a few times since it’s so convenient to carry around. My only complaint is that it doesn’t have a serial port. I didn’t really think I’d use a serial port often but it seems like I do somewhat frequently these days. I’ll probably pick up something like this to solve that tiny problem. Not enough of a complaint to worry about, really.
I’m no longer an active CRUX developer but I still try to contribute via ports or ISO builds, that sort of thing. It’s still a fun project, I just don’t have as much time to devote to it as I used to.
I’m getting over a nasty cold.
argh
May 20th, 2008argh! bad drivers! on the road where they should not be! rantrantrant that is all.
wordpress update
May 5th, 2008I’ve just updated my wordpress install to the latest version. Please drop me a line if you notice any weird issues with the site. That is, of course, assuming anyone at all reads this anymore, which seems unlikely. I’ve found it difficult in the past to have anything to say when blogging, not sure why. Anyone have any input on that? Perhaps I’m not that interesting or I’m not social enough. No idea. Anyway, I hope to come back to posting something somewhat regularly here.
On a side note, what’s the deal with all the blogging software being mysql-specific? I realize there’s some difficulty involved in making a system like this truly dbms-independent. Perhaps it’s not fully possible to do so and retain all the features we know and love from each. With that said, perhaps a few more software authors could arrive at a happy compromise such as ruby on rails uses, or another similar system? *grumble*
updated crux 2.4 iso again
March 26th, 2008as per usual, links on the right, etc. etc.
crux 2.4 updated iso available
March 12th, 2008finally made a crux 2.4 iso with updated packages available; links are to the right as usual.
gnome 2.20.2 tagged and current
December 7th, 2007i tagged gnome 2.20.2 and copied it to the ‘current’ tag as well today. enjoy. :)
now with 100% more correct updated crux iso
October 5th, 2007the updated iso that was supposed to be uploaded sep. 12th somehow disappeared into the ether. here’s a new one, links to the right as usual.
gnome current updated to 2.20.0
September 28th, 2007i’ve updated the “current” tag to gnome 2.20.0, enjoy! :)
updated crux 2.3 iso with usb cdrom support
September 12th, 2007i finally had time (and the hardware, thanks to this) to sort out why the updated iso was not able to use an external usb cdrom as its install source - the script was running through the cdrom check too fast for usb devices to settle and missing the cdrom as the device and sysfs nodes weren’t created in time. links are on the right, as usual.
gnome-release replaced with gnome-current
September 12th, 2007following a good suggestion from a fellow cruxer, i’ve added a ‘current’ tag to the gnome svn and it mirrors the current available ports, so if you’d like to get the latest without continually updating the rsync ports driver, grab the ‘gnome-current’ driver and replace your gnome-release.rsync in /etc/ports.
