James Bowes » Uncategorized http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com Purveyor of Pre-eminent Programmes Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:17:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en The ol’ update post http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/07/01/the-ol-update-post/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/07/01/the-ol-update-post/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:20:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=22

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Ms. Vissers (now Mrs. Vissers-Bowes) and I got married on May 20th, 2006. We flew back to Halifax for
the ceremony; it was a beautiful day. I love her, and it was definitely the best
day of my life.


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This week we expanded our family.
Julius
is our new baby boy. So far Spook has been a little scared of him, but we’re
taking the introduction slow. Hopefully they will get along.

In software related news, herk and I have
been working on
Dangerously Incompetent.
Our goal is to create a small community site, centered around
a few FOSS projects, book reviews, and articles. If only I grokked drupal.

Also, I have Mugshot invites. If you want one, send me an email.

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  • Green Thumb: Cherie and I planted assorted seeds outside next to our porch today. They should look better than dirt and trash when they are grown in.
  • Red Hat: Sent a patch to the yum devel list the other day. The patch basically did a bunch of stuff that had already been discussed on the yum lists, like Composite pattern for PackageSacks. While the patch has yet to be committed, it still feels good to give back to the community.
  • Fedora: I am now a Fedora Extras maintainer (for pwgen). Yes, it just so happens to be my employer’s distribution of choice, but it is the distro I use (now, anyways).
  • Transportation: I walk to and from work most days, and plan on continuing that. I also plan on getting a car soon. Probably a Toyota Yaris.
    • ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/04/01/the-theatre-serves-beer/feed/     Two dollar T-shirt http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/13/two-dollar-t-shirt/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/13/two-dollar-t-shirt/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:13:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=24

    Cook-Out

    Cook-Out is an eatery here in NC. I don’t know what the food is like, but the clothing is awesome!

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/13/two-dollar-t-shirt/feed/     Keane is Krazy http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/06/keane-is-krazy/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/06/keane-is-krazy/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:23:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=25 Got an email to my Comp Sci account from a Keane recruiter
    today. It was very generic; my name wasn’t in the email, and it said they were
    hiring for basically every position under the sun, and my skills matched those.
    I sent a reply saying that I was happily employed and no longer living in the
    area, but thanks for asking and good luck in your search!

    The email was total spam, and even if I was looking for a job the nature of this email would have completely turned me off. I can’t see how they think such tactics will net them any employees of any worth.

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/03/06/keane-is-krazy/feed/     Possibly a Bad Generator Definition? http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/15/possibly-a-bad-generator-definition/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/15/possibly-a-bad-generator-definition/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:29:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=26 As I obliquely
    alluded to
    the other day, big things are happening. I’m resigning from my
    current
    job
    as a software developer. Ms. Vissers and I are packing
    up and leaving the province. The country, in fact. We’re moving to
    North Carolina.

    I got a job at
    Red Hat.

    I’ll be working as a software engineer on
    Red Hat Network.
    The product sounds interesting, and the technologies involved sound fun.
    Oh yeah, and the develop on Linux ;)

    I’m pretty pumped about it. Obviously it’s a huge change, and I’ll
    miss everyone here very much, but it’s also going to be very fun; kind
    of an adventure.

    One of the hard parts in the decisions was definitely leaving abridean.
    There’s a good bunch of people there, and I’ll miss them.

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/15/possibly-a-bad-generator-definition/feed/     Public Service Announcement http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/13/public-service-announcement/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/13/public-service-announcement/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:30:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=27 Fedora Core is the best Linux distribution for home use. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the best Linux distribution for office use. That is all.

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2006/01/13/public-service-announcement/feed/     Mersey River Chalets http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/11/06/mersey-river-chalets/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/11/06/mersey-river-chalets/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:26:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=28



    Mersey River Chalets Photos

    For herk, and anyone else who
    may be interested, here are some photos of
    Mersey River Chalets.

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/11/06/mersey-river-chalets/feed/     Is there something wrong with my Timex? http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/10/25/is-there-something-wrong-with-my-timex/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/10/25/is-there-something-wrong-with-my-timex/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:14:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=29 …because all of my recent spam is about quality time piece replicas (no one will know the difference!)

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/10/25/is-there-something-wrong-with-my-timex/feed/     ipods http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/09/07/ipods/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/09/07/ipods/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:40:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=30 I am not impressed by the
    ipod nano.

    What gets me excited is the ipod yotta, which takes 12 stout men to work the
    clickwheel, and can hold enough music to last you till the heat-death of the
    universe.

    ]]>     http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/09/07/ipods/feed/     I Wish… http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/09/01/i-wish/ http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/2005/09/01/i-wish/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:55:00 +0000 James Bowes http://jbowes.dangerouslyinc.com/?p=31 That Microsoft Word had Emacs keybindings.

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