Month: August 2005

Imminent IM wars?

elbeno,

Some interesting speculation on the impact of Google Talk and the reaction of the other IM players. I am increasingly of the opinion that Google is going the way of the corporation, to the detriment of the user. I agree with : Google missed the point about IM in producing…

Ask the LJ readership…

elbeno,

Quite often, I will listen to the same song on repeat for several hours. Is this strange? Mrs. Elbeno thinks I'm certifiable. Maybe I am, but I don't think for my musical habits. In case you are wondering, songs which I have employed thusly include: Toxic – Britney Spears Lonely…

Universal Studios

elbeno,

Mrs. Elbeno and I took a trip up to Universal City today. Had a free lunch (company summer picnic), and since we had been before it was nice to just wander about and take a look around the City Walk rather than try to see everything in the park. Since…

My first crossword

elbeno,

Beginnings by Elbeno 1A. Short dance mix anticipated (2,3,5) 6A. Point: many a sailor breaks a strike (4) 9A. Girl cooling the French fiasco (7) 10A. This French herb has a tail (7) 12A. Chief follows a parasite found at a dinner party (8,5) 14A. Precisely implement: takes time (4,2)…

Computer niggles

elbeno,

… of my efforts to run a dual boot Gentoo/WinXP system. The other day I ran across 10 days as a Linux user, the account of a Windows user’s self-imposed Linux odyssey. And it makes fairly interesting reading. As you know I’ve been a Linux user for hmm, over 10…

elbeno,

Mrs. Elbeno and I took the car down to the local place for a minor service yesterday. We spent a pleasant Saturday morning wandering around the cafes and shops downtown. It was too early to see a movie, so we stopped in at a coffee shop and had a cup…