by Jono Bacon | Sep 14, 2004 | Uncategorized
Susan got me an iRiver MP3/OGG player for my birthday. It is awesome. Busy days yesterday and today. Just after I wrote my last log entry, I practically blew away the database on the jonobacon.com server when I was messing around with some MySQL configuration. All is...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 13, 2004 | Uncategorized
Well, well, well, my most recent article for the O’Reilly Network called Improving Linux Driver Installation seems to have caused a bit of a stir across the ether. The story has been linked on Slashdot (link), OSNews (link), Linux Weekly News (link) and...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
I am pleased to see that my talk has been finalised at the Blender Conference 2004 in Amsterdam. I am heading over there with my buddy Jon Leek and t’will be fun. I have added the talk to my Speaking Events page and it is on the front page of jonobacon.com toon...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 9, 2004 | Uncategorized
You may be wondering why there has been a distinct lack of updates all week. Well, this has been because I have been in the studio with my band (Seraphidian) recording our debut album. It has been a series of long 12 hour days, but we have now completed principle...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Today has been one of those days where my brain has been in about ten places at the same time. On one hand, I have been thinking about the work I need to do, on another hand I have been thinking about desktop usability, on another freakish third hand I have been...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
Last night I signed up to a couple of freedesktop.org mailing lists that I have been meaning to get on for a while. This was the general freedesktop list and the xdg list. The idea that has been spinning around my head that prompted me to join was the problem of...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Another crazy few days packed with busyness and topped off with a little breathlessness. A new issue of Linux Format dropped on my door and there is a stack of my content in there this month. Cool. The bundled Linux Pro magazine also features another two articles, one...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
This week has been pretty crazy, and I have been busy tying up a load of bits and pieces. It has been one of those weeks where I have not achieved one huge goal, but lots of smaller ones. I am pleased these things are out of the way. I have been thinking a lot about...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
Well, I am finally back from EuroFoo, and my crazy August is starting to wind down. I have got three gigs this week and then the mad period is pretty much over – just the album to record next. That should be fun. EuroFoo was great. I set off from home at 3am on...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
Recently I commissioned a piece on X.org for Linux User & Developer magazine and I got to work gathering information about the subject. I mailed Keith Packard, Jim Getty’s, Daniel Stone, Owen Taylor, Eric Anholt and I have only had some feedback from Eric....
