August 2008 archive

Some Time After The Move

I've been intending to write something to mark the "completion" of the move. I started this blog two years ago to write about free software and related topics, and to give myself additional motivation to finally make the switch from MS Windows to GNU/Linux.
So where am I at today?
I've been using Ubuntu as the [...]

Awaiting Anathem

Coming soon to a bookstore near you: Neal Stephenson's next book! I've been waiting with pleasant anticipation since hearing about it earlier in the year and preordered it from Amazon this month.
It's not necessary to know anything about it. I'll be at the front of the line for anything new from Neal, [...]

Images from the 2008 Minnesota State Fair

Mmmm... French Fries
Bigger: 2816 x 2112

Big Green Caterpillar

Found this big little critter crawling around outside our door this evening.
Bigger: 2442 x 1605

Shot with: 6 mega-pixel Canon SD600
Shared with: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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Big Brown Moth (See the other side of the metamorphosis!)