As some of you may know, I do my best each week to participate in Crystal “@crredwards” Edwards’ “Manic Monday” activities over on her blog, Aff the fang. So, like a good little participant, I dutifully dropped by this evening to see what twisted idea she came up with for this coming Monday. (Which, interestingly [...]

It’s not a’comin at me, mind you, but it’s still a’comin. Were I anywhere near this thing, I wouldn’t be anywhere near it — I would have evacuated as soon as they said “There’s a hurricaine forming off the coast of Africa.”
However, there are some [enter your own preferred adjective here] souls who elect to stay [...]

Each week, friend and fellow Twitterite Crystal “@crredwards” Edwards issues a challenge to all comers to perform some strange and bizarre task before close-of-business on Monday. Christened “Manic Monday,” it gives everyone a bit of relief from what can otherwise be a killer day, and keeps all of us on our toes.
The very first Manic [...]

Today — if Skype is right — is the birthday of my lovely and talented boss, Ms. Carlie Fairchild, publisher of the Original Magazine of the Linux Community, Linux Journal.
On this truly auspicious occasion, I want to extend my warmest wishes for a very Happy Birthday to Carlie, and I have chosen to do [...]

It’s not very often that a story I write for LinuxJournal.com’s Breaking News really gets me worked up in a froth. Sure, some of the stories about Microsoft get me worked up a bit — I remember a particular gem about OOXML that had me in a bit of a tizzy — but for the [...]