Max: Brain Dump 1111
I slept late today and have been somewhat lacking in the Type A level of motivation I have had these past few weeks. Rather than do a brain dump first thing, I have waited until late afternoon. I did manage to get in my one hour each of network security, Cisco, and Linux studying. Beyond that I have spent most of the day doing some leisurely web surfing.
One thing that recently has changed about me is that I am not as into watching TV as I used to be. When I was a kid, I was convinced that TV was the meaning of life and everything else was a distraction. Up until recently, it has still been my main source of recreation. Now, unless I have already written, read and studied some, I can't sit long enough to watch anything. I still enjoy Lost and Heroes as well as most anything on the History Channel or the Science Channel. But since I got the depression under control and found the motivation that I have lacked for most of my life, I have seen TV as a way to wind down at the end of the day. Even today I haven't spent more than a few minutes watching TV and that was while eating. I don't work on my computer while eating. I get it nasty enough with my own natural slime. It doesn't need a coat of chicken grease on top of that.
Not having done much of interest to anyone but me today, I find it difficult to come up with anything to write.
I just glanced through my news feeds and saw that Novell is partnering up with some white box PC manufacturers to sell PC's with SUSE Linux preinstalled. It hope that at least some of those manufacturers will have laptops in their lineup. Right now I am on a Windows PC, but I can run Linux in a virtual machine. My goal is to switch that. As a tech, I need to keep in touch with Windows. But from what I am reading, Window's Vista is the mos locked down, least tweak friendly OS ever to come out of Redmond. I don't hate Windows as much as the hardcore Mac and Linux fans out there. But I really want an OS that does think I am an idiot, or that I am going to somehow destroy civilization by taking too many liberties with the CDs and DVDs I've purchased. I just want a computer that realizes that I am in charge and that I, not the people who made my OS, should get to define my computing experience.
I understand that Lenovo will install Linux on their laptops if one requests it. But their laptops have an out of date feel to them. They still have the tiny rubber joystick in the middle of the keyboard to control the pointer. I hate those, so unless that changes, Lenovo is out of the running.
One of the goals of my Linux studies is to be prepared in case more Linux laptops options aren't coming out. I am hoping to understand enough about Linux to easily setup the many workarounds one often has to put in place when installing Linux to a laptop. My ultimate goal in my Linux studies is to understand Linux well enough to be able to put my own personalized distro together as some hardcore geeks out there do. In that way I will truly be the master of my [Linux] domain.
Here you will find a series of six word long stories by various authors. It is an interesting idea, so...
1. Groupies all taken. Bass player masturbates.
2. Stupidity rampant, Congressional Republicans are implicated.
3. Congressional Democrats form circular firing squad.
4. Libertarian elected. Didn't go. Hates government.
5. Antidepressant abuse devastates death metal community.
6. Atheist finds God then shoots him.
7. Pothead convention disrupted by shiny object.
8. Jesus returns. Admits it was scam.
9. Goth girl smiles. Banished for life.
10. Time machine malfunctions. Robots battle dinosaurs.
11. Bush speech interrupted by shiny object.
12. Accountant disemboweled after billionaire pays taxes.
13. Conspiracy theorist calls hemroids government plot.
14. RIAA copyrights the brain users sued.
Well, that was a bit of fun.
Honestly, I can't think of one more damn thing to write about. For many reasons I need to go chill out. So, this brain dump will be a little short.
15. Brain Dump too short. Max apologizes.
16. Brain dump not proofread. Sue me.
One thing that recently has changed about me is that I am not as into watching TV as I used to be. When I was a kid, I was convinced that TV was the meaning of life and everything else was a distraction. Up until recently, it has still been my main source of recreation. Now, unless I have already written, read and studied some, I can't sit long enough to watch anything. I still enjoy Lost and Heroes as well as most anything on the History Channel or the Science Channel. But since I got the depression under control and found the motivation that I have lacked for most of my life, I have seen TV as a way to wind down at the end of the day. Even today I haven't spent more than a few minutes watching TV and that was while eating. I don't work on my computer while eating. I get it nasty enough with my own natural slime. It doesn't need a coat of chicken grease on top of that.
Not having done much of interest to anyone but me today, I find it difficult to come up with anything to write.
I just glanced through my news feeds and saw that Novell is partnering up with some white box PC manufacturers to sell PC's with SUSE Linux preinstalled. It hope that at least some of those manufacturers will have laptops in their lineup. Right now I am on a Windows PC, but I can run Linux in a virtual machine. My goal is to switch that. As a tech, I need to keep in touch with Windows. But from what I am reading, Window's Vista is the mos locked down, least tweak friendly OS ever to come out of Redmond. I don't hate Windows as much as the hardcore Mac and Linux fans out there. But I really want an OS that does think I am an idiot, or that I am going to somehow destroy civilization by taking too many liberties with the CDs and DVDs I've purchased. I just want a computer that realizes that I am in charge and that I, not the people who made my OS, should get to define my computing experience.
I understand that Lenovo will install Linux on their laptops if one requests it. But their laptops have an out of date feel to them. They still have the tiny rubber joystick in the middle of the keyboard to control the pointer. I hate those, so unless that changes, Lenovo is out of the running.
One of the goals of my Linux studies is to be prepared in case more Linux laptops options aren't coming out. I am hoping to understand enough about Linux to easily setup the many workarounds one often has to put in place when installing Linux to a laptop. My ultimate goal in my Linux studies is to understand Linux well enough to be able to put my own personalized distro together as some hardcore geeks out there do. In that way I will truly be the master of my [Linux] domain.
Here you will find a series of six word long stories by various authors. It is an interesting idea, so...
1. Groupies all taken. Bass player masturbates.
2. Stupidity rampant, Congressional Republicans are implicated.
3. Congressional Democrats form circular firing squad.
4. Libertarian elected. Didn't go. Hates government.
5. Antidepressant abuse devastates death metal community.
6. Atheist finds God then shoots him.
7. Pothead convention disrupted by shiny object.
8. Jesus returns. Admits it was scam.
9. Goth girl smiles. Banished for life.
10. Time machine malfunctions. Robots battle dinosaurs.
11. Bush speech interrupted by shiny object.
12. Accountant disemboweled after billionaire pays taxes.
13. Conspiracy theorist calls hemroids government plot.
14. RIAA copyrights the brain users sued.
Well, that was a bit of fun.
Honestly, I can't think of one more damn thing to write about. For many reasons I need to go chill out. So, this brain dump will be a little short.
15. Brain Dump too short. Max apologizes.
16. Brain dump not proofread. Sue me.
posted by Max Dobberstein at 10/26/2006 05:49:00 PM
7 Comments:
They sound more like newspaper headlines, but some are pretty funny.
It would seem you are the only one of that opinion.
I couldn't get to the comments at work all day today. I don't know what's up.
I chuckled my nips off! :)
Cool.
I mean, it's not like I am putting my attempt to become a writer on public display because I want feedback or anything.
Who needs an audience when I have...
Shit, what do I have?
Max, You have a home, loving wife, ability to build addition to make home suit you, time to pursue intellectual interests, free potable tap water, and enough freedom to shower at will. Whine when you spend your life covered in the spew of others and only have one free hand to even try to type with every 3rd day or so.
Jericho, if you laughed your left nip off, does this mean your heart is now homeless?
Well, if you put it that way...
I still want feedback. :p
My heart is not homeless, nor is it exposed. There is plenty of scar tissue to protect it ...
Would you believe I still have chest stubble. Chest hair takes forever to grow back.
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