Monthly Archives: June 2006

Event: YAPC Chicago 2006

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Administrator

I attended the affordable ($100) Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC) this year in Chicago on the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) campus. It was a good, compact venue for this size of conference. Thanks, corporate sponsors. The first nite I … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, i18n, Open Source, Perl, Tech, Travel | 1 Comment

Grub fallback option

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Administrator

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of the GRUB boot loader. It’s nice that you don’t have to run a program after modifying the configuration file grub.conf, but I had problems in 2002 getting it to work with a LVM … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Open Source, Tech | 1 Comment

Comments: United 93 Movie

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Administrator

I saw “United 93″ at the Century 25, San Jose. The film is about the events of 9/11, and specifically the fourth airplane in the 9/11 attacks which crashed before hitting a building. I’m a pilot, so was interested mainly … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Psychology, Tech, Travel | Leave a comment

Open House at K & S Photo

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Administrator

I went to Palo Alto to see the annual Keeble and Shuchat Open House. It’s a good opportunity to play with a lot of equipment with no sales pressure. I got to handle the full line of gear by Nikon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Tech, Toys | 1 Comment