Archive for April, 2004

A Moment of Silence…

  • April 8th, 2004
  • Posted in life

In case you haven’t heard, or have forgotten today is the 10th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s suicide. Actually he shot himself on April 4, 1994, but the world didn’t find out until the 8th. There are several remembrances going on today. On the way to work today I listened to part of Sirius‘s coverage on [ READ MORE ]

I See Green Things

  • April 6th, 2004
  • Posted in life

The rain has finally passed here in Midland, and everywhere you look there is green grass, blooming plants and trees waking from their winter slumber. It a pretty strange sight to see in West Texas. This time last year all I remember seeing was dead dry yellow grass and dust flying through the air. This [ READ MORE ]

An April Fool’s Shark Tank

  • April 1st, 2004
  • Posted in work

Shark Tank: Well, it IS April 1, after all Everybody gets along pretty well in this Army IT office. Well, almost everybody, says a pilot fish in uniform. “We had an associate who thought he knew everything but really didn’t,” fish says. “It’s not like we didn’t make him feel at home — he just [ READ MORE ]

X Trials and Tribulation: Part 4

  • April 1st, 2004
  • Posted in pblug

2560x1024x24bpp. That’s right got X up and running on my 17″ panels at home last night using my Athlon box. Gave the P4 machine one last try using the Radeon 9000 but no luck. I’ll just keep the Matrox G550 in that rig and start testing Fedora Core 2 test 2. Seems that I’ve make [ READ MORE ]