My drivers license qualifies as a government-issued photo ID card so that I am allowed to go through TSA at airports. TSA scrutinizes all IDs that pass in front of them and it was mentioned to me at one point that the corner of my license has laminate peeling off …

That title should drive Google search results high. I hope that someone at Regions customer service finds this post and is able to make some changes at the bank. I cannot believe how hard it was to change one piece of information on my loan account.

Back in 2004 I …

Dear Facebook,

Facebook is a huge waste of time, but I still look at it. I read the things people post and the things people become fans of and the pictures they tag themselves in. WHY? None of this is at all useful to me. Why is it so captivating …

I’ve been needing a local bank account for a while now. The only checks I write are for rent and the people who get that check really don’t like the fact that my checks are drawn on a credit union based in Massachusetts. To me, it doesn’t …

Today I got a new safety inspection done on the car because mine expires every December. I also took the opportunity to get an oil change and fluid check done. The last time I had that done was March or something like that.

Most states that do safety inspections or …

Probably the coolest thing I’ve seen built with the Lego Mindstorms NXT set. The builder has posted source code, building instructions, and a 3 minute video of his Tilted Twister solving a Rubik’s Cube:

Information is available at tiltedtwister.com.

The last townhall meeting for the Fedora Board elections was held today on #fedora-townhall. It occurred at 5:00 AM in my time zone, which is a bit too early for me to be coherent, so I was not present for that debate.

If anyone has any questions for me …

Today is one of the most exciting development days for me ever on Fedora. Why?

libdhcp has been removed from the distribution.

It no longer exists. It’s a dead.package. Likewise, libdhcp4client and libdhcp6client are gone since they only ever existed for libdhcp. It took too long to get …

I’ve been busy. That’s the usual excuse that people use when they haven’t posted to their blogs. Yes, I’ve been busy, but more importantly I haven’t been able to come up with a good topic in a while. So, here’s a collection of updates …

November 18, 2008

Dear Christopher Butler,

[To all Christopher Butlers in the world, I speak only of the one who had my cell phone number before it was assigned to me. You know who you are. The number is a US number in the 808 area code.]

You had my …