Illusory Follies

Just some thoughts… Extreme Programming is a neat concept (that’s been around for a while) and it really does seem like it’s a sound concept. On every programming project that I’ve worked on I can see how Extreme Programming could have helped us avoid pitfalls. Anyway — just something to think about… Here’s the website.

While looking through Enlightenment’s website I found a link to a neat terminal program that’s designed to replace xterm… It’s called eterm. I’ll definitely be giving this a shot.

This looks interesting… A very slick looking window manager for Linux called Enlightenment. It’s strong points are speed, compactness, and (most importantly) beauty! It’s nice to be able to use a window manager that makes OS X look a little out-of-date. More info on their website.

Just stumbled across a neat Mac OS X only program designed to help organize and manage your media called Delicious Library including books, videos, and even games. It’s a cheap program ($40) and you can opt to buy a spiffy little bluetooth barcode scanner for an additional $174. This allows you to easily add books and videos to your collection and also manage loaning the same items out to friends. The data is stored in non-proprietary formats so that’s also a plus… Definitely worth considering for people with more than a few books or DVDs!

Anyway… This is my first post in quite a while. Many, many changes… My wife and son and I have moved from Fairfax, VA to Puyallup, WA. We’ve finally settled in and I’m getting into a routine so it’s back to the blog for me. Changes in my technological standing include the addition of a Power Mac G5 — a very generous present from my father-in-law. I’ve been trying to get used to using OS X while converting my old primary system that used to run Windows XP into a brand spanking new Fedora Core 4 box.

Some new hardware is also en route for my MythTV box. I will probably get it this next week and begin installing everything. Most likely I’ll be wiping both Linux servers that I have and starting over using Fedora Core 4 and some new stuff that I’ve run across. I’m especially interested in playing around with Enlightenment DR17. Very pretty looking… Additionally, I intend to at least START to get some ideas going on my future company website at http://www.paradigmatic.net. We’ll see how far I make it.