I'm on vacation.

Or are you just happy to be using opensource software?

I never know if I should capitalize "opensource". Should it be OpenSource? Gah, I hate stuff like that!
But, I love Linux. I may not be incredibly well versed in the ways of Ubuntu, but, that's okay because now I can download a free pocket guide to Ubuntu in PDF format. Of course, you could buy the $10 print version, but why?

So, c'mon you Linux geeks and wannabe Linux geeks! Go get it!

...No one to choke.

I saw this article on Boing Boing last week about a guy who'd made a fake DHS Photographer's License.

At first, it seemed like a great idea.  Right up until I started thinking about the penalties for producing false identification for a police officer.  Not good.  But, I was put in mind of two things that are substantially more useful.

I finished Vampire Zero by David Wellington Friday night.

Actual conversation before going to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine for the second time last night...

Would you like to play a game?

It may be obvious by now, but I'm not a graphic designer.

Still, I appreciate the work. I mean, I understand the effort and appreciate the people who put in the work to make good design. And, I have to admit that design, good and bad, fascinates me.
So, to make amends for my various bad design, I offer the few good designers who might stumble across my site some nice bits.

StarTrek

Originally uploaded by Network Geek
Well, yeah, of course, I saw Star Trek this weekend.

I find this story both beautiful and a little uncomfortable.

Imagine being a double amputee and stuck in a wheelchair since childhood. Imagine all the questions that you'd learned to deflect, perhaps with a little sarcasm, or, perhaps, with gentle humor. Well, one such person who told a kid who asked why she didn't have all her legs that she was a former mermaid has gotten to realize a dream. The special effects wizards behind the Lord of the Rings movies have made her a mermaid suit, that works.