29th February 2008, 08:34 am
Whoa! February was quite a month. Right now I am without stable Net access (again…) and this is slowing down my posting and Net activity, but this month was otherwise busy.
One of the highlights of this month was that I was able to play with KDE 4. I was amazed by it, and impressed by its ability to run on my seriously underpowered workstation. It’s a great promise for the future. My advice for now: Don’t use it… yet. Wait until some key components are ready (I have kdepim and the printing system especially in mind). Until then, stick with KDE 3.5.x.
See you in March!
11th February 2008, 05:51 pm
As I was waking up this early morning (oh my goodness, how I hate mornings!) I turned the TV on to check on the weather and the morning news. Then I saw it: a TV spot for notebooks… followed by other spot from a local supermarket chain highlighting its new sale on notebooks, pencils, uniforms, and school supplies, followed by another, and so on.
February is the month where schools begin their classes here. I remember a vague, horrific sense of dread thinking that those beautiful, hot, humid and lazy summer days were doomed to an end: ugly, hot, humid, busy school days were closing fast. I hated school and I still don’t like schools; I am glad that school it’s over for me. But those ads still unnerve me… 
