Renovations. Step 1: Planning
We got the building report for the new house the other day. The main points were the floors:
the kitchen:
and the front fence:
All of which were already on the plan (for reasons that should become obvious with those pictures!).
To that end, I've been hanging out on the Renovation Forum, where I happened to meet a guy who polishes floorboards for a living (he's also a Linux user, which makes him good people in my book). Anyway, he's been awesome with information, and I've decided that we'll rip the old carpet up and get him to polish the floorboards for us before we move in. Will be easier than doing it later, I suspect.
The kitchen, however, is another matter entirely. It's going to take a lot more money, for starters, so there's a very good possibility that it's going to take a year or so before I'm financial enough. So, what to do in the meantime? I'm considering doing a cheap-arse coverup of the orange laminate. Not sure I can cope with that for much more than a few days. Does anyone know about these things?
And the fence? Well, it just so happens that my Dad knows someone with a backhoe ... this is gonna be fun!
the kitchen:
and the front fence:
All of which were already on the plan (for reasons that should become obvious with those pictures!).
To that end, I've been hanging out on the Renovation Forum, where I happened to meet a guy who polishes floorboards for a living (he's also a Linux user, which makes him good people in my book). Anyway, he's been awesome with information, and I've decided that we'll rip the old carpet up and get him to polish the floorboards for us before we move in. Will be easier than doing it later, I suspect.
The kitchen, however, is another matter entirely. It's going to take a lot more money, for starters, so there's a very good possibility that it's going to take a year or so before I'm financial enough. So, what to do in the meantime? I'm considering doing a cheap-arse coverup of the orange laminate. Not sure I can cope with that for much more than a few days. Does anyone know about these things?
And the fence? Well, it just so happens that my Dad knows someone with a backhoe ... this is gonna be fun!
Linux beginners are go!
For those of you who have been wondering what's happening to my absolute-beginner Linux idea, wonder no longer! Jumpstart Linux is now up and running over at http://jumpstartlinux.blogspot.com. Once you're there, please sign up to the mailing list. We also have a Facebook group so if that's your poison, you can sign up over there too.
Just a quick thanks to you all for the massive response I had to the idea here on this blog. Now let's use that momentum to build something really wonderful!
Just a quick thanks to you all for the massive response I had to the idea here on this blog. Now let's use that momentum to build something really wonderful!
Fedora 11 arrives in a flurry of not-that-amazing praise
Well, Fedora 11 is finally here. And the first reports are out. And they are ... well ... less than glowing. Here's arstechnica:
It seems that the new ext4 filesystem is causing some serious issues, which is disappointing, given the hype around it. There's also partitioning problems. A lot of partitioning problems. *sigh*
I was intending to install F11 on my work machine, in order to get my screen setup the way I want (unfortunately RHEL won't cut it until RHEL6, and I wasn't prepared to wait that long). I might sit it out for a little longer yet, and see what happens with Fedora. A patch or two in the future and with any luck it'll all come good.
Hang in there with me!
The developers behind the popular Fedora Linux distribution announced this week the official release of version 11, codenamed Leonidas. This release introduces some significant new features but it also comes with some unfortunate bugs, particularly in the installer.
It seems that the new ext4 filesystem is causing some serious issues, which is disappointing, given the hype around it. There's also partitioning problems. A lot of partitioning problems. *sigh*
I was intending to install F11 on my work machine, in order to get my screen setup the way I want (unfortunately RHEL won't cut it until RHEL6, and I wasn't prepared to wait that long). I might sit it out for a little longer yet, and see what happens with Fedora. A patch or two in the future and with any luck it'll all come good.
Hang in there with me!
Geeky gifts
My beloved bought me a present today, and I just had to share it:
Very geeky, no? It's around my neck. It's staying there. In case of emergencies, you know ;)
Very geeky, no? It's around my neck. It's staying there. In case of emergencies, you know ;)
Writing
It is the struggle that won't let me fall asleep. Because I have to write. Something. I don't know what it is yet. But it's there inside of me, barking, screaming, crying, aching, swearing.
http://www.lethesblog.com/2009/05/what-is-it-to-be-artist.html
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