A little over a year ago I moved from Linux/KDE to a Mac as I was getting fed up with stuff not ‘just working’. While I wasn’t immediately happy for various reasons, it grew on me, especially the fact that you could use commercial applications and they integrated well. The thing that drove me crazy the most was context switching; you switch from app to app, not window to window. Here is my original write up: http://goo. Read more

With the recent release of the Nexus 4 and iPhone 5, I am interested in what is the expected life of a mobile phone, and I guess specifically smart phones. In the last 3 or so years I have had 4 phones: Sony Ericsson P910i HTC Dream Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Samsung Galaxy Nexus But in that same time, actually longer, I have had only one laptop; a Dell Latitude D630. Read more

After a number of attempts at starting a blog, this time I am going to succeed. Why? I don’t know, just a change in my rational on life I guess. I will probably mostly post on System Administration topics, hints, tips, gotchas, etc. I might post about my family or other person things from time to time too. So, ENJOY.