Where's the blog?

I haven't posted in almost a month. Just thought you'd want to know.

And the moons aligned

It doesn't happen very often. In fact, it is so infrequent that I can't recall the last time it did happen. It is one of those splendid things that you just have to savor. Yes, that's right. My four kids actually behaved themselves during Church today.

Halloween or Hallo-weenies

I don't know why I'm surprised but hardly anyone dressed up for Halloween. Gosh, idiots...

Question: Who am I dressed as for Halloween?
Answer: Dwight K. Schrute, only the best Halloween costume ever. We Schrutes pride ourselves in our Halloween costume choices. Great Great Great Great Aunt Bernice did such a great witch costume that she was burned at the stake.

On going Ubuntu

So, my good buddy Jared tried to get Ubuntu + Xgl + Compiz Fusion working a couple days ago. It was an amazing adventure through the innerds ( yes, I meant 'nerds' ) of Linux. He got compiz to work in single monitor mode. However, the dual monitor + compiz fuzion combo would prove unsolvable in Polynomial Time. So, he left me with 2 GNOMES running ( one on each monitor ). That in itself is surprisingly like a two-headed ogre. I can start Firefox in one Gnome but then the other Gnome won't start it and I can't drag windows between the two. Just for my reference, here's some command line stuff that I may need to use in the future:

> cd /etc/X11
> cp xorg.conf.1 xorg.conf
> /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> less /var/log/X11.0.log
> X -configure #this creates a xorg.conf.new in home dir

Elder Hales

I am a lucky man. Today I had the fantastic opportunity to listen to Elder Hales directly. Here is a summary:

• Many are called but few are chosen - We were lead to this job. We should seek the guidance of the Lord in our work. This isn't just another job.
  
• The Grist Mill - Decisions are made by committee ( he prefers to call them Councils ) because the decisions made must be as good as possible for all affected people/organizations. We must avoid feeling like we know the right answer for our projects and avoid the desire to push it into 'production' before it has been carefully considered by all involved. Sometimes we pray for patience and we want it now! He compared it to a grist mill. Yes it turns slowly. The ideas are like grain poured into the grist mill. As it turns, the grain is ground into flour that is beneficial for all. The process can be slow but it is necessary.
  
• All things unto me are spiritual -
  
• Watchmen on the Tower - as watchmen on the tower, we must speak up when we see dangers coming. Example of the cyber attack on a European bank
• Target fixation - Don't be so focused on your target that you fly your plane into the ground. Don't stay on one project too long or you will invariably go down in flames.
• Always have a wingman, try to never fly solo.
  

I feel for the first time that I really was lead here. I felt the Spirit.

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

I installed Gutsy Gibbon on my Dell 810 today. Apparently the ATI 600 video card isn't supported for compiz-fusion. That was the whole reason to try it out, sigh... Well, hopefully there will be support for it soon.

Slow beginnings can be the best

Or they just bore people to death

So....

Where does one begin?