One of the things I love about working in the Fedora Project is the opportunity to blog. In the beginning I thought blogging was for other people. Then I realized I needed a place to talk about the things I… Continue Reading →
Ever since first reading about mind mapping I’ve used mind maps often to help clarify my thinking. Bringing clarity to complicated and unclear situations is satisfying to me. I like mapping out the complexities of a problem without explicitly trying… Continue Reading →
I confess to having no idea what I’m doing, but I’ve got to say it tastes great and doesn’t dirty any pans. I’ve been trying to eat less and eat healthier. I’ve also been experimenting with eating a lighter meal… Continue Reading →
Things are coming together for the next release of Fedora–Fedora 12! The Fedora 12 Alpha will be publicly available next Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Admittedly the term “Public Availability” sounds funny in Fedora… it isn’t as if the bits have… Continue Reading →
I’m looking for a new LCD wide screen monitor in the 22″ range. Contrary to the current industry trend, the biggest monitor possible is not what I’m looking for. More real estate for distractions is not really what I need…. Continue Reading →
As a follow-up to my posts on the testing and releng lists I met today with James Laska, Jesse Keating, Bill Nottingham, Paul Frields to harness the power of Fedora Talk and Gobby to hammer out the Release Engineering and… Continue Reading →
The overall Fedora 12 schedule remains unchanged, but we are still working on tuning the individual sub-team schedules. We had a really fantastic meeting on Friday documenting the Design Schedule for Fedora 12. It was an open meeting, announced on… Continue Reading →
This video called Auto Tuning makes me laugh every time I watch it. And I’ve watched it several because because I’ve been “Blake” more times than I can remember. It is a hilarious illustration and reminder of how challenging some… Continue Reading →
I have a love-hate relationship with buying things from Cooks Illustrated. I hate the process I have to go through, but my wife what loves comes. A few years ago I ordered a single cookbook and somehow became automatically subscribed… Continue Reading →
The title is slightly misleading, but it is true as long as the original source does not change. I’ve also made a copy of an entire rawhide tree (~13G) in less than five seconds. I’ve been syncing rawhide trees at… Continue Reading →
A week ago I discovered Terminator. It has mostly solved an ongoing frustration I’ve had with how to structure all my gnome-terminal windows. A great getting started guide is here: http://maketecheasier.com/maximize-your-terminal-usage-with-terminator/2008/12/21. The only drawback I’ve found to it so far… Continue Reading →
Last week FESCo approved the Fedora 11 schedule. The Fedora 11 milestones are posted. I am still planning to create detailed schedules in TaskJuggler for some of the Fedora teams. A first look at the detailed schedule is here. I… Continue Reading →
One reader took issue with disabled comments at my blog. I came across the idea recently and it resonated with me. I’m trying it out. There are plenty of free blogging services and places for people to respond to what… Continue Reading →
A big thanks to Christer Edwards for posting on the fantastic Firefox plugin called It’s All Text! I just started using it on the Fedora wiki and it is superb for large and complicated edits. Make sure you enter the… Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a job you did not like? This book–described as a page turner by one reviewer–is a fable illustrating what separates good jobs from bad ones. I think it also speaks clearly to the keys for success… Continue Reading →
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