What it is
My name is Geoffrey Jost and this is my blog, in which I mostly write about things of interest to me. Your mileage may vary. : ]
My name is Geoffrey Jost and this is my blog, in which I mostly write about things of interest to me. Your mileage may vary. : ]
posted 8 Aug 2008 (Fri) at 7:03p.m. from Little Tokyo
Gosh it's been a long time since I posted anything. What's the point in having a blog if you're never gonna post anything? For me, it's as much about tinkering with the software as it is about the posting, but I haven't even done much of that recently. I'm gonna try getting back in the game though. Look for more updates ahead. Thanks for reading.
posted 25 Apr 2008 (Fri) at 11:28a.m. from the office
FYI, the Ubuntu just released version 8.04 of their Linux distribution. I run Ubuntu on the servers and my desktop at work, and on my personal laptop, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. If you've heard that Linux is just for geeks, it's totally not true any more. Linux is a rock-solid operating system that runs well even on old computers, and the Ubuntu team have packaged it so that it's really easy to use and pretty easy to install.
I could go on about how Linux is free and open, and lets you monkey around with the source-code of your programs, and that's all true. But the best thing about Linux and other open-source projects is the people.
posted 25 Apr 2008 (Fri) at 9:07a.m. from the Gold Line
Those folks up in PDX have really got it going on. I just ran across the web site for Free Geek, which is an organization that takes donations of computers and either recycles them responsibly (if they're too old) or refurbishes them, installs Linux, and then gives them away.
posted 15 Feb 2008 (Fri) at 10:28a.m. from an unspecified location
"Are you really so scared of terrorists that you'll dismantle the structures that made America what it is? ... If you are, you let the terrorist win. Because that is exactly, specifically, his goal, his only goal: to frighten you into surrendering the rule of law. That's why they call him 'terrorist'. He uses terrifying threats to induce you to degrade your own society."
