Adam's Blog

I have been trying to piece together my family tree. I started by just trying to get some of my cousins together. But then it got addicitive. I've gone back a few generations now, and it's getting to be big. I now have about 200 people entered and there's so much more I need to fill in. It's odd that just getting to my grandparents' grandparents is tough - it was a different time. My grandfather doesn't know his grandmother's name in English, only Yiddish. Although we know that the family hails from Russia and Romania (incidentally, all from pre-WWI), we really don't know where. I may do some research after the wedding and see how far back I can trace.

So it's Friday, and this has been an interesting week, to say the least. For a lot of reasons, I don't want to get into it too much here, but it's been a very long week. It's really caused me to do a lot of thinking about things in general, and come to a few conclusions. 1. I need to focus more on the present and less on rushing into the future. Too much time spent thinking about "tomorrow" is generally just wasting "now." 2. Having a todo list on paper is SO MUCH less stressful than having it in your head. 3. I am really genuinely excited for the wedding, and I really do consider myself lucky to find someone so fantastic who gets me, puts up me with, lets me care for her, and is such a perfect partner. It's rare for someone like me - someone who reads and researches almost hyperbolically, has compulsive tendencies, and is so methodical and detailed, to truly stop and enjoy the moment. That's my new mission.

I'm tired. Have been all week. We went to Connecticut this weekend for wedding shower 2 of 3 and this weekend Jenn heads up to NJ for the third and final. Then it's really crunch time. Seriously, this thing is going to happen in just a few weeks. Everything and all of my energy is moving towards to the wedding, and I'm really excited to do it already. 9 months is a long time to be in the planning stages.

I will sit down this afternoon and write more with substance - we were in CT this weekend for Jenn's wedding shower. But until I have a few minutes, enjoy this public service announcement: Like Gary the No-Trash Cougar always says "Give a larbage, throw out your garbage!"

I have always loved this classic little barber shop. Maybe it's the blue and red stripe-y thingy. Updated: This is a barber shop, not a post office. Not sure WHY I wrote that.

I was just glancing over my web server logs, and I found that this month, the stats for my domain have changed a bit, no doubt due to the OSNews Staff Blog. The thing is, it's still curous. Let's examine:

WIN	13922	60.6 %
Windows XP	12513	54.5 %
Windows NT	18	0 %
Windows Me	112	0.4 %
Windows Codename Longhorn	238	1 %
Windows 98	316	1.3 %
Windows 2003	144	0.6 %
Windows 2000	581	2.5 %
MAC	1958	8.5 %
Mac OS X	1904	8.3 %
Mac OS	54	0.2 %
Others	7057	30.7 %
Unknown	4891	21.3 %
Linux	1943	8.4 %
FreeBSD	100	0.4 %
OpenBSD	38	0.1 %
Unknown Unix system	37	0.1 %
Sun Solaris	25	0.1 %
BeOS	15	0 %
Symbian OS	5	0 %
NetBSD	3	0 %

So, it's nice to see some NetBSD and BeOS in there, but over 1% comes from Windows 98! Who the heck is still using Windows 98?? And also, how come there is so much "Windows Codename Longhorn?" Is Vista identifying itself as Codename Longhorn still?

I never read osViews. I never had a problem with this guy Kelly McNeill, but he and Thom go at it sometimes, and it's kinda funny from the sidelines. When he started abusing OSNews, something I could definitely prove via the OSNews database (I won't give away all of my secrets, but I could prive with nearly all account info, including forwarded IP info, that it was him - over and over and over), I emailed him. Since he was pretty much a dick (I am the internet police, and if Thom doesn't clean up his act, I will invoke terror on your website by spamming and trolling your forums), I banned him and all referer links from osViews. Then today I was pointed to this retarded post on osViews. What a nimrod. Read the comments, even his own readers think Kelly is a hoser now. I suppose we should thank him though, since he consistently sends traffic our way. Since Kelly has a habit of responding to virtually all criticism of his site with a comment that simply reads: "This is Thom," you never know what the hell he's thinking. He's disclosed nothing other than "I can tell by...

Jenn and I have a blast playing with Photobooth. And although I have a fifth grade mentality and continue to laugh at the warped faces, she still indulges me. So, without further adue, here are my favorite Photobooth photos. All pics hosted at flickr. Me, BJ, and Dan Yikes.

Eugenia's blog entry yesterday, which claims that the hype surrounding the Linux desktop is waning is a really interesting read. I have realized that not only is the hype waning, but the interest is condensing into a few main distros, as I once predicted it would, back in 2003. In fact, these were my words: "I expect it to be a Ximian-ized Novell/SUSE distribution, Red Hat, and some sort of Debian offshoot - whether it's User Linux or not remains to be seen." Shoot, sub in Ubuntu and you're pretty much dead on. Maybe that wasn't such a stretch, but it's still pretty damned accurate. Linux as a desktop system is not going to succeed until a major corporate backer makes a serious play at CORPORATE desktops. This is where the success is viable. People will pay a small amount for support and multimedia/codec integration. Xandros is right on track here, I just don't know if they are too early for their own good. I think, sadly, you'll need a major player with pre-existing credibility, such as Red Hat. But Novell is capable of this, and I pray they haven't used up all of their karma chasing NetWare (which was...