Siliconchef by Brian Richardson
From the monthly archives: December 2007
Like most people, I am taking today to reflect on the past 365 days and wonder “where the bloody hell did the time go?”
While I’m ready to have 2007 come to an end, I’m not entirely sorry it happened. In many ways it’s been a hard year, but it’s also brought me a lot [...]
Thanks to the folks at work, I have the use of an Asus Eee PC 4GB Surf. It’s a very cool little, and I do mean little, Intel based laptop. I haven’t done much hacking, just adding & removing packages to customize the default Linux configuration.
I will post progress reports as I [...]
Suzan and I went to see Charlie Wilson’s War last night … a fantastic movie. It has great dialog, good scenery and very solid acting. Yeah, a lot of naked women as well … but they’re actually contributing to the plot (the reader, she thinks I’m kidding).
After spending a lot of holiday shopping time [...]
It’s been a good Christmas/Solstice/GiftMas Season at the GeekFarm. Friends and family have been called, visited or been visited upon. Good food has been consumed in good company. I have a lot of nice new shirts that I would have never bought for myself, thanks to in-laws who believe my wife’s stories and imagine that [...]
Talked to my grandfather yesterday on the way to work … recovering from heart surgery, going to physical therapy, sounded alert & aware.
Just got a phone call that he stopped breathing a few minutes ago and was rushed to a local (10 minutes from his house) hospital. My dad talked to him no more [...]
