by ezs | May 14, 2005 | evilzenscientist, travel, Uncategorized
I went out late with Alan and got the night bus back.
It’s amazing how alive London feels at 4am – the sun is starting to rise; the sky is lightening; people are still on the streets – either returning home or heading to work.
The one thing that struck me that was different from home in Utah was the ‘dawn chorus’ – just so many birds singing and contending for their own piece of space. There are certainly many birds at home; but they just don’t seem to sing their hearts out when the sun comes up.
That’s enough from early-morning London..
by ezs | May 13, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
My GroupWise client on the Novell Linux Desktop sometimes hangs – so I made a dirty little script to kill it. (Should be two lines of text in total for the script)
#!/bin/sh
ps ax|grep [b]in/groupwise|grep -v .sh|xargs –max-args=1|sed 1q|xargs kill -9
Paste this into a text file – say gwkill.sh; make it executable chmod +x gwkill.sh; maybe make a launcher shortcut on your toolbar.
Did this work for you?
by ezs | May 11, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
I keep meaning to post this to make my life easier every time I (re)install VMware on a new machine.
Here’s the ultimate how-to for installing VMware workstation on Novell Linux Desktop; and how ZLM makes it easy.
Pre-requisites:
– make sure the ZENworks Linux Management client (aka Red Carpet) is installed.
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by ezs | May 10, 2005 | blogging, Uncategorized
I gave each of my Product Managers a copy of Cluetrain Manifesto. I don’t know how many of them will read it.
Another interesting post on how blogging relates to the real world – this time from Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid.com
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by ezs | May 8, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
Hahaha – This made me grin. Then grin some more.
http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/decalkit.html
I especially like the “Microsoft Employees” jab.
And now Reverend Ted blogged this too 😉
by ezs | May 6, 2005 | evilzenscientist, travel, Uncategorized
I was in Ottawa the last couple of days.
Another interesting city – all the benefits of a capital (museums, parks, generally good looking and well kept) but in a handy size 😉
by ezs | May 5, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
General Election day in the UK – as a US resident I got to vote by Proxy.
I voted – did you?
by ezs | May 4, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, travel, Uncategorized
New Order – live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Here’s the set list. New Order played for almost 2 hours.
Love Vigilantes
Crystal
Regret
Hey Now What You Doing
Krafty
Transmission
True Faith
Run Wild
Jetstream
Waiting For The Sirens Call
Bizarre Love Triangle
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Temptation
[Encore]
Atmosphere
Your Silent Face
Blue Monday
Photos are blurred and small – squint and it’s like being there.
More pictures are posted at neworderonline.com
by ezs | Apr 29, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
I’ve been using the browser Firefox for a long time – since the earliest days of Phoenix and Firebird.
I am stunned that Firefox has been downloaded over fifty million times – this is an incredible achievement – the whole Firefox team deserves credit.
My own involvement with Firefox has been tiny. I’ve submitted one defect and a fix; I’ve recommended the browser to friends, colleagues and family; I’ve pushed for Novell Linux Desktop to use Firefox over Epiphany; I mandated the Firefox configuration policies inside ZENworks 7 Linux Management.
by ezs | Apr 28, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
I got my copy of the UK edition of the latest New Order album “Waiting for the Sirens Call” a few days ago. Mmmm – it’s good.
Lots of echos of the ‘older New Order sound’ ; the Peter Hook bass is very strong in the mix. Many songs sound have hints of New Order of the late 80’s and early 90’s.
I’m off to Chicago next week to see New Order live.
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