BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

I’ve been running the latest alpha builds (read, don’t try this at home unless you are really sure you can risk stability on your browser) of the upcoming FireFox2 (due out in September code named “Bon Echo”) for the last few weeks. There are a few things I would like to mention about it, and [...]

Current Mood:  accomplishedSo, my boss made it in for a little while today (he had some orthoscopic surgery on his knee), and said that he thinks they don’t need me next week, so today is my last day. HOORAY!!! I’m out of this place, and I get a 5 day weekend to relax. So, if [...]

Well, the transition is mostly complete. I have Ubuntu Linux installed, and it is running, and I have all the nice eye-candy (from an add-on called XGL and Compiz) that you can add to Linux (makes windows vista look silly by comparison). I’m still working on getting my printer working and shared over the network. [...]

So, I’m up late, can’t sleep. I can’t stop thinking about how sick I am of my bosses total incompetance when it comes to managing or leading people. ( Warning! Nerdy, angsty late-night rant ) Seriously, this guys leadership potential almost amounts to the ability I have in my left toe. How do you tell someone that [...]

In most things I tend to get annoyed with hype (except for movies and video games…but here I’m referring to science and politics). Global-warming is one of those things. It isn’t that I don’t think that there could be, or possibly is some kind of global warming phenomenon going on, it is just that I [...]

Current Mood:  excitedI am accepting an offer from a company called Veeco, which has an office north of St. Paul. I’ll be working in their MBE devision, which essentially means I’ll be working on systems that make silicon (and other semi-conductor) wafers. They are big machines with lots of control systems in them that heat [...]

Current Music: Happy Dance of Joy – Performed by MyselfCurrent Mood: A Little Freaked Out.I read a tech (read “geek”) new site called Slashdot every day, many times a day. Have been reading it since late 2001 early 2002-ish. The whole time I’ve been reading this site it has looked the same. Recently they did [...]

I haven’t updated in a while so, I thought I would just catch up with life, and list out a few interesting things I’ve found around the net lately. Things are going pretty well at our new place. We are starting to get unpacked, and secure a few pieces of needed furniture. Lauren is still [...]

Current Mood:  stressedWell, we are in our brand new house. Big thanks to everyone who helped, and to those that ended small group early to help (thanks Barny!) even though we didn’t end up needing the extra people. It has been a crazy week for me. My boss took off this morning for his annual [...]