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Some Web History:

• Origin of a Browser: Netscape Time Capsule
• The History of the World Wide Web <w3history>

Sunday BrainDrain Quiz on LinuxNewbies, which is a great site to learn about the whole linux thing. I got a 9 out of 10, forgot to check the answer in one of the questions.

The Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun

“The code freeze for the next Debian release, code named “potato”, has begun”, says Richard Braakman, current Debian Release Manager. He expects the freeze process to take about two months.

Until the new version is released, there will be three distributions available on our servers: `stable’, `frozen’, and the new `unstable’.

“The new `unstable’ distribution, code named �woody� (Debian releases are code-named after characters from the movie Toy Story. Woody is the main character, the cowboy action figure.), was created today”, continues Richard. The `frozen’ and `unstable’ distributions start out with the same set of packages. While `unstable’ will be updated rapidly, `frozen’ will have only bugfixes applied in preparation for its release.

There is mutch rejoicing at the fozbaca organization.

These are my results. The scary part is that this is actually pretty accurate. I hate when those damned things are accurate.

You are most like a ST. BERNARD. You are one loyal and good-hearted individual! You have a naturally protective personality that is reflected in the way that you treat people close to you. Your do-gooder approach to life earns you a great amount of respect and admiration. You aim to please, and your focused and determined demeanor enables you to accomplish this goal. You are a pleasure to be around, and people admire you because of your strong morals and ability to live by them. It’s a breed like yours that makes the world a better place!

What Breed of Dog Are You?
I took the test, like everyone else seems to be doing. Results:

You are most like a GOLDEN RETRIEVER. You are loved by all. Your extroverted and fun personality automatically makes you one of the coolest and most popular people around. In addition to being socially elite, you are also attractive both inside and out. You seem to have a magnetic personality that makes you the life of any party. You are probably pretty accomplished at anything you set your mind to, and have a very supportive and fun-loving social network. A Golden is a great dog to be!

Your Weblogger Name get’m while they last.

I finally did the IRC thing with the bloggers. Kinda overload but cool. Oh and I need something to blog when IRCing about blogging, go fugure 🙂

Promises Have Backfired

“When the interface is all set, then the real core programming is continued relentlessly, without interruption… only there’s a deadline hanging over, and it must all be finished. Code compromises, left-over bugs, inelegant implementations – there you have a typical piece of proprietary software. “

Been there done that. I have been in “maintenance hell” over a webapp that “looked good” but didn’t scale past the beta users. The whole problem, interface first backend whatever. Now it starts all over again, it only took 12 months to get someone to approve fixing the problem. Oh well corporate america is such fun, it is amazing that we ever became a “world power”.

Google Apple/Macintosh Search
All I have to say is “Insanely Great Product” , nice logo too.

on megnut

“A while ago, I dyed my hair red, a rather bright red. Well now it’s seeming pink, and I don’t like that. So I’m soliciting opinions: what color should I dye my hair? Your input is appreciated. Majority rules.”

My vote “shave it all off”, have been wanting to do that myself but never got the courage.