Monthly Archives: December 2008

Right now I’m sitting outside a grocery store in Austin.  There’s a flock of noisy, whistling blackbirds in the tree above me (they look like grackles but don’t sound like the kind we have in MN.)  Behind me is a … Continue reading →

Aidan saw all this rigging over the horizon and declared it to be a ship.  This was visually correct and yet didn’t make much sense geographically.  I guess coal-mining involves big airborn blocks and tackle. I had another Yankee moment … Continue reading →

On the road from Dallas to Austin is Italy, Texas:  home of the Monolithic Dome Institute.  I can’t offer up much explanation, here — I played with Aidan in a big empty field while Mary walked around inside the visitor’s … Continue reading →

It’s probably best if I say as little as possible about Dallas.  The landscape there combined with my generally dour frame of mind had me spending a lot of time dwelling on the fact that humans are no better than … Continue reading →

Over Christmas the internet service went out at the hotel in Dallas.  The hotel was essentially abandoned for the holiday, and  what staff was present didn’t have much interest in my communication problems.  So… I have many days of photos … Continue reading →

Most days Wine development is painfully slow, with each step forward followed by several steps back. Today was not one of those days. ‘ One of our free-software-advocating board members has been paying to have Vincent adapt Wine to work … Continue reading →

    This morning there were fewer buses than usual.  Fewer buses means a longer commute time as well as being packed cheek-to-jowl during the ride — usually I don’t mind this, but in the winter the additional bulk of winter … Continue reading →

Dijkstra wrote by hand?  In 1988?