To anticipate and prevent
So this last weekend was FanimeCon 2009 which took place in at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center (In San Jose, CA — just in case that wasn’t totally obvious already). It ran non-stop from Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon. Granted the night hours are a little slower, with only a few late night panels;…
Today is Memorial Day which is a day off work, and a day for food! That being said, do try and remember why we get the day off: “It commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.” You commemorating? … … … Ok. Back to BBQs!
West Entrance to Maker Faire 08 [© CC-BY-SA-3.0 Jon Davis](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maker_Faire_2008_San_Mateo_Entrance.JPG) This year the Wikimedia Foundation is going to be there again! Of course that means we need volunteers. If you’re in the SF Bay Area and a Wikimedian, you should volunteer to help out at the booth. You can find more info about it on…
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Least I Could Do on the Kindle (© Blind Ferret Entertainment) One of the interesting possible uses of the Kindle DX is to “give them away” free with a year (or longer) subscription to a major newspaper. Many people have thought of this, in fact it was used as part of the plot line for…
View Larger Map General Area: Past the Calaveras Reservoir — Sunol to Milpitas Difficulty: Advanced Riders Ride Length: 15 Miles (Up to 1 Hour) Scenery: Up on a hill side overlooking the Reservoir or strolling through some farm lands. Special Notes: I don’t recommend this ride to anyone just starting riding (or just getting back…
==Background== The other week Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty was officially released, to my great enjoyment! Of course, I’d already been running it for a while on my ASUS Eee PC 1000. The one issue I had with it was that the Ubuntu Netbook Remix Alpha that I downloaded was for i386, and the Eee runs an…
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