Compare and contrast. I sympathize with Mako’s basic argument (we should use shitty free software, despite the pain, because it is more moral) but the reality is very few people are willing to put up with all the issues Matt outlines, for the fairly basic reason that very few people are actually convinced that non-free [...]
Saw Corpse Bride last night. Fun. Not Nightmare Before Christmas, but then, what is. Definitely still recommended if you enjoy things outside of the realm of the normal visual experience.
Relaxed today- got out and enjoyed some beautiful (if chilly) sunlight, did some errands with Krissa, and then watched some football and basketball.
Have been avidly following [...]
Mentally long day, even though I left the office by 4:45. It isn’t coincidence that I left Novell in January, I think, nor that the previous February and March I thought hard about doing the same. The lack of sunlight has definitely been getting to me the past few winters. This winter is no exception. [...]
The biggest compliment I can pay Olav is that using stock bugzilla (like I do at work) sucks now. I hope he and the upstream folks can get together to get a lot of the UI improvements upstream for 2.24.
Am going to do one of those horrible ‘here was my holiday’ extended diary/photo blogs, but can’t seem to get the photos off my camera because of my knuckleheaded insistence on using a development distribution. Oh well. In summary, it was a very relaxing break, but I’m excited to get back to work- we’ll be [...]
