Monthly Archives: May 2006

QoTD: Brigadier Michael Slater

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“Jessica I feel quite safe, yes, but not because I’ve got these armed soldiers behind me that were put there by your stage manager here to make it look good.” — Brigadier Michael Slater, talking to Jessica Rowe on Today

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Quiet Little Tributes

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Once upon a time, a 4U server was donated to SLUG, for use as a web and list server. Though it wasn’t wildly powerful, it became known as “The Six Million Dollar” machine, because it had really earned its keep … Continue reading →

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Polypaudio 0.9.0

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Polypaudio 0.9.0. Righteous. Could Polypaudio be the cure for the ALSA blues? Could GSmartMix be the sweetness that puts Polypaudio back on the GNOME agenda? I put Lennart and Marc-André in touch. Let’s see what happens.

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Sunday Grab Bag!

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Planet in Strange Orbit: Ben Martin (of libferris infamy) wrote a rocking article about how to set up and run your own Personal Planet. Thanks, Ben! Strangely, it was published in a particularly bad issue of Linux Journal, which for … Continue reading →

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Old School

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Matt Galvin has made ubuntu-artwork parallel installable, and created packages for all previous generations. Ever since we shipped hoary I’ve wanted to do this, but could never really justify it — oddly enough, Daniel Holbach also started talking about it … Continue reading →

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GNOME on FreeBSD

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Joe Marcus Clarke, who has worked tirelessly for a number of years making GNOME rock on FreeBSD, has never been very noisy about his excellent work. So I was very happy to find him quoted in a ZDNet article about … Continue reading →

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QoTD: Steve Ballmer

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“The greatest competitive threat we face is our own ability to either embrace or compete with alternative business models.” — Steve Ballmer

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The Zen of Freedom

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“Kung-fu prepares you for thinking strategically rather than reacting. I’ve learned to be the master of the first stroke and to take control of any situation,” says Ms Waugh, who six months ago founded an open source consultancy business, Waugh … Continue reading →

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Test-Driven Development

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

Last month, Rob did a talk about test-driven development at SLUG. It made me wonder: Does God employ test-driven development… and are we the product, or the test-suite?

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QoTD: Kevin Shockey

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Jeff Waugh

“From now on, I will strive to make TUX rise above the comments that divide our community. If I slip, you most certainly can ask for my resignation.” — Kevin Shockey, Editor-in-Chief, TUX Magazine Great to hear — I sincerely … Continue reading →

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