Linux upgrades
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under Amore & Vita, General, Technology
I updated my home computer to the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu Linux recently. I had a couple of unsolvable issues with the previous release, Dapper Drake.
The most annoying problem occurred after the first bootup every day. I could not open any additional application windows after the first two. After that I could click all day but nothing else would open until I rebooted, even though everything already open was still responsive.
The second issue was that when I went to shutdown..I COULDN’T! The Shutdown and Restart buttons were completely missing from the dialog box. After I rebooted once they would return. This same sequence of events occurred every single for 4-5 months.I think it started when I tried to install XGL/Compiz, the 3D window system similar to Vista’s Aero GUI.
Anyway, all is well in Computerland now…almost. I still desperately want to decrease the computer footprint in my apt. Right now I’ve got a mid-tower with dual 1.8Ghz Xeon processors and a ginormous 19″ CRT monitor. It takes up a lot of space AND makes so much noise that I can’t leave it on at night. I want to replace this setup with a quad-core Shuttle mini box and a 20″ LCD. The main issue is that, even though this computer is now nearly five years old, its still pretty darn fast…fast enough that I don’t NEED an upgrade. Oh well. 
In other news it looks like a friend is going to hook me up with a sweet cabin in the Tennessee mountains for next to nothing. Jacuzzi tub inside, hot tub outside, pool table, plasma TV. Belle and I could be getting some much needed time away far from the madding crowd. Just need to schedule the time off.
Dilbert
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under General, Jokes
Flatulence forces emergency landing
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under General, Newsworthy
American flight diverts to Nashville after woman lights match to mask gas
The Associated Press
Flatulence forces emergency landing – Vehicular Peculiarity – MSNBC.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. But not while on a plane.
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.
The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a “body odor,” Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.
“It’s humorous in a way, but you feel sorry for the individual, as well,” she said. “It’s unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up.”
The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.
Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early – December 6, 2006
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under General, Newsworthy
I have no words.
Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early – December 6, 2006
Another unnecessary cyclist death :(
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under Amore & Vita, Cycling, General, Newsworthy
The News-Gazette.com: Woman is sentenced for bicyclist’s death
Things like this make me so angry I can’t see straight. I want to grab this lil bitch and shake some reality into her. A young man with a long life in front of him is dead. His life has been snuffed out because this punk bitch just had to download a fucking ringtone while she was driving a car.
State’s Attorney Julia Rietz doesn’t fair much better in my eyes. I just cannot believe they couldn’t make a case for a stronger charge than “improper lane usage”. Improper lane change? WTF is that? WTF happened to involuntary manslaughter? WTF happened to vehicular manslaughter? There are still too many people out there that just don’t believe cyclists have a right to share the road.
People – listen to me. Put the fucking phone down while you’re driving the car. If the call is that important pull the f*ck over and talk! Personally, I think talking using cellphones without a headset should be illegal in the U.S. I hate when people call me when i’m in the car and this is why.
This girl seems to have no remorse whatsoever for her actions. She doesn’t seem to get it or want to get it. She has a Myspace blog. I’m going to send her a message and give her a piece of my mind and if you’re a friend of mine you will do the same.
I suppose I should really upset with the DA for not coming up with more appropriate charges. I am quite sure had the victim been a young mother pushing a baby carriage she would have found a way to make more serious charges stick. Shame on you, Julia Rietz….shame on the system.
Chris Rock show skit 10 years ago
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under General, Jokes
Dude has mad prediction skillz…I’m just sayin…
Youtube video
“The Invitation”
Posted by Dubbayoo | Filed under Amore & Vita, General
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, Yes!
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
