tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130891962011-04-22T00:50:52.233ZNot-so-proud user of the Butchering Blogomatic9000 (tm) since 1997.Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-78897071354693100092007-02-12T13:45:00.000Z2007-02-02T02:26:40.389Z

To the casual observer, one way to tell about the progress of work on aspects of KDE 4.0 is to look at the topics on KDE blogs. Maybe that's not the most precise measurement, but I'm not quite finished with the Real Time (tm) KDE Completion Gauge for each section of KDE. In fact, even though I'm 39.27% complete with the gauge, it only thinks that it's 19.88% done. I digress....Moving from

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-78464998914031891302007-02-01T05:03:00.000Z2007-02-01T13:27:55.727Z

Back in November, I made up a term called "Q++" in the kde-promo mailing list in discussing how to improve our familiarity and appeal. The idea was based on the media Q-score concept here in the States.A recent slashdot link reminds me that life is often indistinguishable from the Onion.Robber barons/tycoons/industrialists turned philanthropic in their latter years to both appease their guilt

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-64158653590243180262007-01-25T01:09:00.000Z2007-01-25T01:22:22.542Z

Clee mentioned in passing today that he had reactivated my blog. My last post was on Sept 17th. I wonder how many people will have flashbacks of the cataclysmic destruction my blog caused. Helpful caring and competent therapists are ready to assist any trauma you may endure.I'm dipping my toe in the blogging water again now *and* testing advanced concepts such as multiple paragraphs (baby

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-61067375885300892822006-09-17T19:04:00.000Z2006-09-17T19:10:32.264Z

I leave for aKademy in 5 days and still no love and no improvement in Blogger Beta. That upgrade was a steaming pile of crap. For those that have yet to upgrade, I salute you. Stay strong and stay on the old version.So here's my final test. I've changed syndication to handle the first paragraph only. My hope is that even even this feeble Google product can display a simple paragraph with no

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-45016578773477166722006-09-11T15:23:00.000Z2006-09-11T15:26:11.743Z

Really Annoying Syndication. Frustration level reaching escape velocity. Want some free BR tags because Blogger beta and Planet software don't play nicely? I've got plenty. No parsing whatsoever - unbelievable.

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-30637004561118214632006-09-04T14:26:00.000Z2006-09-04T14:29:09.408Z

The move to Blogger beta was brutal, and I apologize and behalf of lame Blogger migration efforts for the blog flood on my last post.So, just dipping my toe back in the blogging water to see if this software successfully posts. Why oh why can't everyone be as techincally savvy as Paris?Update: Well, that just clearly sucks. For those people that can render HTML/CSS/XSLT/Latex in their head on

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-87829005311767654022006-08-20T17:27:00.000Z2006-08-20T17:53:25.226Z

Now, based on most internet news stories, you shouldn't use the term "halo effect" without referring to an iPod. And according to most teenagers, I should instead use the word "affect" instead. And acording to Alanis Morissette, I should misuse the term completely. Great news Alanis, this isn't really a halo effect by definition, but it's also not like a traffic jam when you're already

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1155588486914089222006-08-14T20:14:00.000Z2006-08-14T20:48:07.116Z

I took Stephan Binner up on his offer to download the Suse 10.1 VMWare image. Downloading a single file (instead of multiple installation disks of the same size) and bypassing an installation. In less than two hours I was staring at a new Suse desktop. 1) Download image. 2) Launch VMWare with the image. Even Wade with the help of only 32 trained support specialists can accomplish this (I

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1154627778838168202006-08-03T16:45:00.000Z2006-08-03T19:20:54.573Z

Regardless of your spelling, Tink is right and it's definitely time to think about next year's event. Who knows, maybe every aKademy should have a BoF to take about the n+1 aKademy.As Tink mentioned, and as you can well imagine, plenty of businesses run a calendar-based financial year (meaning Jan-Dec as opposed to Apr-Apr), and so they would budget and esimate through Q3 and finalize in Q4,

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1154552309592424242006-08-02T20:42:00.000Z2006-08-02T20:58:30.103Z

Oh how I love blog aggregation. Within 90 minutes (literally) of writing about KDE's recent hardware fundraiser, my post was buried under a double post and 9-month blog flood. 13 pages down on my browser. And I don't blame the authors. Syndication is supposed to be damn-near fool-proof (for fools like me), and never is. Publishing bugs combined with active sites = posts going unseen far too

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1154527247143620932006-08-02T13:34:00.000Z2006-08-02T15:12:51.573Z

On July 19th, Dirk posted an article to the Dot entitled "KDE e.V. Hardware Fundraiser Week". KDE was looking to improve its situation with the bugs.kde.org (BKO) server. And the community certainly answered the call.There are some fairly obvious points to note here:* Being a non-profit and open source community, there aren't many days where we conclude, "Wow, we have way too much money right

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1154102986999748432006-07-28T15:40:00.000Z2006-07-28T16:09:47.070Z

This week, an interview with Sabayon (previously RR4/RR64 - a distro with a lot of recent attention) was posted on the Dot. Whereas I've done the previous interviews, this one was done by Henrik Nordin.I bring up this article for two reasons. First, I hope that readers are finding the interviews enjoyable and that the interviews are mutually beneficial (for both readers and distros). Please

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1153406348679022812006-07-20T14:12:00.000Z2006-07-20T14:39:08.746Z

Last Saturday, triathlon day, it hit 100 F. Brutal. I've never tried to run in such temperatures, let alone as hard as I can. 2,800 participants were signed up for various courses (that's massive), and the event was filmed and will be televised (to be shown on NBC 7/29).Brief recap: Even though I got no sleep due to nerves, had to wake up at 5:30am to go sign-up and check in, and had to wait

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1153142381673267962006-07-17T12:55:00.000Z2006-07-17T13:24:43.003Z

As I wrote earlier in a blog entry, I was crossing my fingers for more Google involvement with ODF as they build out online productivity offerings. Since the Google halo effect is still fully functional and the could make Disco popular again by endorsing it.Just referenced in an LXer article link and elsewhere, Google is indeed moving forward with ODF support and participation. Let's hope for

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1152931459991041142006-07-15T02:40:00.000Z2006-07-15T02:44:20.003Z

In 12 hours, I begin the Life Time Triathlon. What will the weather be like? See for yourself.Good times. It's going to take more than a positive attitude and a cheerful disposition.

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1152734647825182472006-07-12T19:18:00.000Z2006-07-12T20:04:08.196Z

Part 1: I'd bet we've all witnessed it: some mother trying to drag a child (hopefully her own child :)) into a grocery store or shopping mall. And the child is crying the entire way, more interested in playing or taking a nap. No one, including other shoppers, is happy and the mom just wants to get the ordeal over with.Part 2: Being a U.S. citizen, I get an interesting perspective on U.S.

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1152716103871507282006-07-12T13:49:00.000Z2006-07-12T14:55:06.250Z

The other day, I posted a brief introductory interview with Huang JianZhong of Red Flag Linux to the Dot.What are good signs that people have a lot of curiosity about the Linux/KDE/China/Red Flag combination? First, within 24 hours the interview was on the front page of digg.com, an extremely popular site (millions of users) where stories are driven by user voting. Second, plenty of comments in

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1152539611612282862006-07-10T13:35:00.000Z2006-07-10T14:56:23.740Z

I'd like to congratulate our friends at GNOME for their recent GUADEC conference. I've heard nothing but great things about the planning and execution of their event. It's funny how their blog site has just completed the standard cycle of 1) Getting excited to travel 2) This is awesome/funny photos 3) This sucks, not looking forward to travel back home 4) Silence/recuperation 5) Recaps 6) Right

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1151959596781047002006-07-03T20:46:00.000Z2006-07-03T21:05:57.623Z

I'm starting to get nervous about my upcoming triathlon for some reason.I've put in months and months of training, but I may be on the verge of overtraining and my body hasn't been performing well as of late. What's worse, rest only seems to make me tired and stiff and set me back more. I guess I just force through it all at this point. In other words, there isn't a clear "taper phase" plan of

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1151854639963506482006-07-02T14:18:00.000Z2006-07-02T15:37:36.323Z

I'm sure everyones' parents have said that at some point, whether you're going on vacation, heading off to school, or heading off to the Norwegian woods to work on KDE libraries. Dear old mom will always put an extra serving of love in the apple pie she's mailing to you if she knows her children are properly implementing facade and decorator patterns. Oh mom!So don't forget why you're there (to

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1151678449419822392006-06-30T14:17:00.000Z2006-06-30T14:40:49.450Z

There once was an intrepid young manwho developed a quixotic plan:"Score points updating important docs late at night,lose them comparing goatse and the Tour website,and work hard just to stay where I began."Ade, you're killing me. There are plenty of things I'm trying to erase from my memory: Ace of Base, my awkward teenage years (ages 11-27), the Care Bears, any video by David Hasselhoff, and

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1151356077580205912006-06-26T20:23:00.000Z2006-06-26T21:07:57.623Z

* Good to see this happening. Our government will probably tackle such issues once we're done arguing about abortion and gay marriage.* Not to be outdone, others try to make pragmatic decisions as well. Our government will definitely follow suit once we achieve Middle East peace and take down the Pirate Bay.* As a shining example of being a renaissance man of many talents, our own Dirk wins a

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1151033471923955822006-06-23T03:11:00.000Z2006-06-23T03:31:11.943Z

Years ago, in a fairly large software development effort, my group had some internally modified 'make' system for code that worked just fine and was pretty efficient.Of course, that meant someone had to tamper with it. In a quest for elegance and a couple of features that no one in their right mind would ever use, someone on our vaunted architecture team introduced a new series of steps to check

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1150235863035949432006-06-13T21:11:00.000Z2006-06-13T22:09:41.270Z

I've been dealing with their softwaresince I was seventeen.When they say they're well connected,I finally know just what they mean.Their maintenance of monopolyhasn't turned out like they'd planned.And adhering to published standardsis something they'll never understand.My apologies to Steely Dan, but I was listening to these lyrics when I read this article.Just as stalking someone was a heck of

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1149881936688291302006-06-09T19:11:00.000Z2006-06-09T19:45:55.856Z

As discussed recently on Ars Technica, let's cross our collective fingers that both Writely and Google Spreadsheets get rolling with everyone's favorite standard, OpenDocument. Are these services aimed at us? Not really. Will Wade ever use these services? Doubtful. Will they ever gain mass adoption of any sort? Who knows - I can't even prognosticate what I'm eating for dinner. Does Wade

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1149564308686421342006-06-06T02:58:00.000Z2006-06-06T03:25:08.700Z

It definitely puts a bounce in my step to see strides being made in understanding how to improve and update the KDE HIG.Further, we have great progress on icons and hopefully in turn our CIG. Planning and preparation gave focus to the Oxygen team, and this last week we saw the first results in SVN as reported in Danny Allen's great commit digest.I'm crossing my fingers, but the timing might just

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1148876111534815142006-05-29T03:34:00.000Z2006-05-29T04:16:21.396Z

Triathlon progress? Training is going well. Today was not a glorious day however, as temperatures neared 100 F with plenty of humidity, and that pesky part *about a car hitting me* while I was cycling.I applaud the driver though, as they cut off all my escape routes/evasive options and *then* plowed into me. James Bond wouldn't have lasted for half a movie against a ring of inobservant soccer

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1147102121434173342006-05-08T14:57:00.000Z2006-05-08T15:28:41.493Z

With the span of time between 3.5 and 4.0, I was concerned about KDE's interim visibility and crazy phrases like "market mindshare."Just looking at the Dot today is a perfect example of the KDE community in action.Every week, we have Danny Allen reminding us that although developers may be sometimes be quiet, there is a whirlwind of activity in svn. We have great KDE representation at events

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1144805576703331822006-04-12T01:18:00.000Z2006-04-12T01:32:56.713Z

Like many of you, I get to be tech support to my friends and family. As far as most of my family is concerned, I work with computers. And stuff. Probably technical stuff.Well, that all changed recently.My aunt is going to be remarried this summer, and I've met the incoming relative-to-be, and he's quite nice. Apparently he also works with computers. And stuff.I'm lucky enough to have some

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1144294077453919712006-04-06T02:56:00.000Z2006-04-06T03:27:57.476Z

As some random dude mentioned in a recent blog entry, there was some scheming, teaming and daydreaming recently on the #kde-promo channel.Was this group brought together by a meeting notice? No. Was there a grandoise plan to accomplish a specific set of tasks? Not really. Did we have user profiles and marketing materials and a unified vision of branding? No. Was it really anything more than

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1144202883308285662006-04-05T01:24:00.000Z2006-04-05T02:46:24.930Z

Being a math major, I've always gotten away with ridiculous stances and opinions about how numbers work. One simple, expensive sheet of paper allows me latitiude to adamantly declare such facts as derivatives being invented by the drummer from ZZ Top; or possibly that in advanced math, you learn that there are exactly 2.718 imaginary numbers recorded thusfar. All fascinating, and meticulously

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1142452324048839922006-03-15T19:02:00.000Z2006-03-15T20:11:46.943Z

A fresh announcement for AKademy in Dublin two days before Saint Patrick's Day? Nicely done.I propose that we always coordinate such releases in the future. Want to announce an event in Paris? Sorry, you have to wait until Valentine's Day. Anxious to talk about Linuxworld Boston? Too late, you should have sent something out around Thanksgiving.Back to the AKademy topic, top-notch artwork by

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1141880664805125592006-03-09T04:34:00.000Z2006-03-09T05:04:24.816Z

Like a moth to the flame, like a pudgy child to cake, so am I drawn inexorably to San Diego.Today's excuse? The Desktop Linux Summit. An opportunity to speak about marketing and KDE and the chance for a booth, thanks to Linspire.Can I defend myself against a fully operational battle station? Of course.Have I figured out the last digit of pi? You bet.Could I beat Kobayashi in a hot dog eating

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1141753971201690882006-03-07T16:42:00.000Z2006-03-07T17:52:51.240Z

I owe a public apology to Sebas.In a bizarre turn of events: I apparently ordered nearly the exact same laptop as Sebas at the exact same time, with no discussion whatsoever on the topic. How weird/reassuring is that? However, he did beat me to the punch on blogging about it.Why the apology? Although I have no proof whatsoever, I have a suspicion that both ATI and IBM were waiting to learn of

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1141616951536989732006-03-06T03:21:00.000Z2006-03-06T03:49:11.550Z

No, this not a reference to a new Fox sitcom. Or that outfit you keep hidden behind your winter coats.It's about you, and helping KDE promo to gather information. So take some time today and give us some feedback on IRC (#kde-promo) or on our mailing list about:* An event calendar: We're collecting and compiling data about events that pertain to KDE. In your region/country, what upcoming events

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1141096104690888222006-02-28T02:36:00.000Z2006-02-28T03:08:24.700Z

While I try to maintain my sanity without the addictive repository insight of either Jes Hall or Derek Kite, I've turned to Tux Magazine as a crutch.Among the noteworthy items in the newest issue:* Page 4: Linux adoption in developing countries (where have I heard this before?)* Page 6: Project Portland and the OSDL* Page 11: Flattery from some sycophant named Wade* Page 15: Putting your money

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1139894613081125342006-02-14T04:47:00.000Z2006-02-14T05:25:16.713Z

Unfortunately, few users are introduced to KDE through hardware preinstallation. And while that percentage grows over time, let's think about [cue ominous music]: The Switcher (tm).Now, we are already thinking about "Who" the Switcher is (user profile / demographic / market segmentation) or "Why" the Switcher switches (motivation). But do we consider "How" the Switches switches enough?Desktop

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1139335686351374982006-02-07T17:28:00.000Z2006-02-07T18:08:06.513Z

1) NFL: I grew up playing that addiction called American football. Oh, so you've mastered signals and slots? Well screw you, I won a local punt, pass and kick competition.I could write for days and days about the NFL and reasons for its dominance; it's quite a savvy organization. But I'll leave it at this:* Parity breeds hope. Every year, every fan base can consistently cross their fingers

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1138718929490641682006-01-31T13:50:00.000Z2006-01-31T14:48:49.590Z

Your friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend might not have heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. (I guess it was pretty serious)But you might know someone or someone who knows someone that works somewhere deserves recognition for their work with KDE. We've been interviewing individuals for some time now (and

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1134924474274307522005-12-18T16:22:00.000Z2005-12-18T16:50:46.246Z

1) Just saw Syriana last night. Plenty of free seats since other movie patrons apparently selected other triumphs of cinema instead.2) It's freezing in Minneapolis right now.3) Canadians aren't allowed to play the Blues, because our neighbors to the north have nothing to complain about!4) Triathlon off-season training is never helped by holiday season treats.

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1134504357844069762005-12-13T16:54:00.000Z2005-12-13T20:09:55.373Z

I will echo Aaron's recent blog entry that this paper on co-operative concepts is well worth reading. In fact, I'll be rereading it later today.For some reason, fighting for food and mates for years has made humans a tad competitive. A necessary evil. I'm all for competition, but in some aspects of life, these core tendencies are counter-productive. Read as: you won't see me in a Walmart any

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1134317004760557132005-12-11T15:45:00.000Z2005-12-11T16:03:24.773Z

I'd like to welcome KDE India, recently announced on the Dot. Having a KDE group representing India is certainly needed, and most likely overdue.Congratulations to all of those individuals who helped lay the foundation for this new group, and hopefully they have the success of some of KDE's other strong regional groups.We'll all be taking notes on the work involved with KDE India, so that each

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1133965942722308732005-12-07T13:57:00.000Z2005-12-07T14:32:22.736Z

Why do I even bother? Two monitors can certainly be useful; and my current contract is a perfect example. I constantly need more virtual real estate. Who knew that a 15" laptop display could be insufficient? You knew.The problem: My Windows XP build. I've never really had problems with Windows' ability to either clone or extend desktops in the past, but now when I need it the most (now), I'm

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1133714771886472742005-12-04T16:14:00.000Z2005-12-04T16:53:48.013Z

Apparently those Walt Disney imagineers are at it again, taking the ray guns from a laugh-a-minute 1989 movie and using their powers over at Intel.45 nanometers? Are you kidding me? A short list of things easier than making a multi-core 45nm processor stable:* New Olympic extreme sports* Peace* Network television shows that aren't totally insipid (with apologies to Arrested Development and

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1133197890431436872005-11-28T16:05:00.000Z2005-11-28T17:11:33.316Z

(1) My blogs failing at humor and (2) the current U.S. administration fumbling yet another issue. Few other things in life are simple and black and white. Oh, and the tee-shirt that reads, "There's only 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary and those that don't."For those that have had the pleasure of taking statistics courses, or philosophy, or hell, if you've even

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1132168373246837682005-11-16T18:39:00.000Z2005-11-16T19:12:53.260Z

Give me any topic, as my friends will agree, and I can rant on it until any and all listeners within earshot vacate the area. And then usually another 10 minutes. Topical knowledge in no way hinders me from forming opinions and taking an easily-assailed authoritative stance.So, I go to this page. Do I know the background of this project? No. Do I know if the developers of KCall are in the

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1132090268750017122005-11-15T20:45:00.000Z2005-11-15T21:31:08.776Z

Now, I'm all for innovation. And the KDE community has loads of creativity and talent.But from a marketing and public relations perspective, if any one is planning on creating an open source rootkit that secretly installs itself, misuses licensed encoders, silently manipulates system files, calls out to specific external servers and allows itself to be a broker for trojan attacks by virus

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1131981884237443212005-11-14T13:51:00.000Z2005-11-14T15:25:48.556Z

Like an anxious NASA engineer fixated on a monitor during a shuttle launch, I was refreshing the Dot enough the other day to throw off the visitor metrics. I had just posted about the new Marketing Working Group and was curious about the initial reaction.Having been in the software development idustry for over a decade, I know from personal experience how frustrating sales and marketing

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A recent blog here discussed World...Usability...Day. As a note, I picture someone with a megaphone and an echo shouting that out. Adds impact.There were 3 posted events here in Minneapolis, but my work schedule did not permit me to attend. I'm curious, as I haven't seen anything posted in the kde-usability archive: did anyone attend events? Any stories to share?

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In Anywhere, USA on a weekend night, the scene is probably the same. One main street, and people cruising back in forth. Seeing and being seen. In big cities, the bar districts are still similar. Gridlock caused by those going to bars and those with no plans going into bars. Massive stereos, massive rims and wheels, massive LCD panels, massive neon lights.Also known as: peacock feathers for

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This weekend, I went with my girlfriend to see an exhibit of Pulitzer prize winning photography at the Minnesota Historical Society. For those not familiar, Pulitzer prizes are journalism awards in the U.S. Now, I'd highly recommend going to such an exhibit if you have the opportunity, but I'd also recommend going when you're in a stable state of mind.When Not to See This Exhibit:* It's a sunny

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2 dumpsters (3 cubic yards each) filled in 2 hours. I'm going to need about 10 more at this rate - my house must have been silently amused at my feeble attempt to rid it of debris.A basement room I previously thought was empy is filled with wood. Wood? Yes, wood. Like a couple of 2X4s? No, not like a couple of 2X4s. Like Noah's Ark has been found. Like several tons of wood. How did I not

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1130519710881575622005-10-28T16:57:00.000Z2005-10-28T17:15:10.903Z

The internal plumbing is rough. Rewiring needs to be done. Total cobwebs. A Clawhammer will speed things up. Tons of garbage collection taking place.Is Wade finally shutting up and helping with the QT4 port? Nope, I'm talking about finally beginning to work on my basement. I'm remodeling an old Victorian house, and the basement is beyond description. Let's just say it's very appropriate

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1130419692596436382005-10-27T12:54:00.000Z2005-10-27T13:28:12.606Z

Unfortunately, the question continues to be, "What would happen if you took a bunch of bright engineers and surrounded them with somewhat less talent?"Working with Sun Micro for the last decade, I'm not sure I've understood a press release of theirs since ${fill in horribly dated pop bad here like Ace of Base or Insane Clown Posse or Color Me Badd; it doesn't really matter if the dates match up}

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HOW: The OSDW conference happened only because certain people put in a lot of worked and some companies understood the value and helped sponsor the event.WHEN: OSDW was held recently on October 13-14th. Future workshops have not been announced publically to my knowledge.WHY: Because, as referenced in my interview with aseigo, there is plenty of interest in learning more about OSS and developing

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After a blustery and bumpy red-eye flight, I find myself back in the land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota); with coffee in hand, I will now begin half-heartedly reading over hundreds of unread and unloved personal and private emails.In short: OSDW was great. Enough can't be said about Linspire and the other sponsors. The workshop went smoothly and was professionally run. If you are one of the

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But who will cash in from Tango? Oh mylanta, that's got to be my worst one yet. Can't we get voting going? People should be allowed to voice their outrage over my assault on sensibilities.It's 10:30 at night, and I just saw this pointing to this.Now, I have no idea how this relates or conflicts with this, but hopefully I'll get some answers while here doing this.

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In San Diego, after several doses of liquid courage at the bar, I plan to approach Aaron with the following concept, I think he'll like it.We have release names, and each one is the name of an animal, and an adjective that starts with the same letter, or maybe even rhymes as an option. I can't wait - I'm pretty confident no project is doing something similar, so let's keep it a secret.I'm just

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Rapid fire opinions, devoid of value. Here we go:1) Documentation: Yes good compared to other OSS projects. Yes can be better. Trolltech's API documentation and surrounding info is nice, and you should expect that when you work with a company that gets paid to make a product. Amazing how KDE continues to prove that OSS and commercial offerings benefit from one another.So let's be proud of

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I swing back and forth on the concern of FUD. As the old business saying goes: You haven't made it until you've been sued.The more hysterical propaganda and FUD is generated about you, the more you can be assured that you're on the right track. And if this is the case, Linux and KDE are hot on the trail of success!But how effective are such tactics? In U.S. political campaigns, an election

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1128017258321676702005-09-29T17:23:00.000Z2005-09-29T18:12:41.013Z

As the saying goes:In theory, theory and practice and the same. In practice, they'e different.Now I agree fully in theory with the stabilization and hopeful boredom of the desktop (due to completeness and stability). In practice, I'm not quite there yet.My tech pride forces me to cover this, and not just send a footnote email to Aaron. When pride force you to post on a topic that will

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1127938662043829232005-09-28T20:04:00.000Z2005-09-28T20:17:42.050Z

Ringside announcer 1: In the red corner, we have a braaaaaaand new Sun E6900 running Oracle 10g.Aaaand in the blue corner, we have a single stored procedure written by the Master of Coding Disaster Waaaade Olson; pulling 66 fields from no less than 15 full-outer joined tables, each table having upwards of 4 million rows and joining on non-indexed columns, all fully sorted. *Ringside announcer 2:

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Now, on other days I might answer peanut butter and jelly. Or the Doublemint twins.But today it's Klik and KimDaBa. Of couse, I haven't used either, but that's never stopped me from having an opinion before.Klik-Among other great things, it's YAATT (yet another awesome testing tool). Virtualization, NX remote sessions, live CDs and now Klik; each having a different testing forte. It's boggling

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I wish I could write about my rock star weekend, but after a mentally draining work schedule, a weekend of rain and a day-long headache, I can safely file this weekend under the "Fast and Forgettable" category.So pulling from the Rantomatic9000 device I have (you'll have to imagine the whirring computer beeps and clicks yourself), let's talk about the downfall of the roman empire (aka MS). I

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So, $DEITY_OF_CHOICE decided that my area of the U.S. hadn't been slapped around by the weather yet, and was probably overdue. Of course, the only information that had been on local news sites and news broadcasts was bad weather miles and miles and miles away, so I was blindsided by this all. Cue the thunderstorms and tornadoes. So power goes out very early on into this debacle, and I have no

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Major tactical error.I'm supposed to get paid to draw on whiteboards and talk about ambiguous things like "strategy" and "vision".Now I've got two weeks to write a dumptruck full of code (restricted from saying more).Haven't been in CodeMode in a while: Cancel all meetings until 9/30, make sure I have 24-access, functional VPN, Mountain Dew and Pepto Bismol.I need an intern.

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Listening to Aaron on the TLLTS show today, two things struck me:1) Roughly 62% of information wants to be free. For two Appeal projects, Plasma and Oxygen, reasons were cited why work-in-progress was not the most visible and public.Call it building anticipation, call it keeping others from plagarism (reference title here). I wondered if some listeners were ruffled by the insinuation that Open

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1126793862350898412005-09-15T13:42:00.000Z2005-09-15T14:17:42.373Z

The merit karma of the participants battle it out to determine the formula to gauge the merit karma of the bug filers. Like sports fans helplessly watching events unfold with their favorite team on the television, so do casual bug reports tremble with anticipation at their assigned ranking."Wade Olson: Your rank shall be -1. All of your reports will be routed to /dev/null. Go about your

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1126648282140970942005-09-13T21:21:00.000Z2005-09-13T21:51:22.153Z

Microsoft has unleashed a new site to discuss their upcoming Vista Gadgets.Rich media gadgets and blogging. Why don't we ever think of these things?To combat this "cool" arms race, the Plasma team will be wearing sunglasses at all times. A team tattoo appears to be in the works. MC P0z3r is working on the rap anthem "Supah Karambah".Nonetheless, I'd encourage everyone to spend some time

Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396237007530571436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13089196.post-1126449737914669252005-09-11T14:05:00.000Z2005-09-11T14:42:17.920Z

And is anyone terrified? Terrified as a potential captive user: possibly. Terrified as a competitor: possibly not.To be more clear, Paul Thurrott is speculating and postulating about forthcoming Windows Vista versions, and hopefully you have your slide-ruler and aspirin ready.If true, 15-year old electronic store employees could have less than 18 months to master Vista version nuances in their

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At 12:41 AM Minneapolis time (the Greenwich of the Midwest as they call it), I send a message to clee.He responds within 7 minutes.http://worldwide.kde.org/pics/fullmap.jpegIt's too late (read as: I'm too lazy) to see if he's on this map, but unless it's Toyko or Fairbanks Alaska, the timezones just don't make sense for a response that fast.What can we deduce? His dedication is second to none.

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Ok, I've deleted page after page of Hello Kitty fan club entries, and we're back at square one.This blog is being refurbished and repurposed for KDE-specific topics. int iSuccess = total_readers - readers_that_dont_care - readers_that_disagree;I'm guessing a negative result coming my way.

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