Whether it’s translating from one language to another or fixing bugs, figuring out what to do and if it’s right for you is tough.
I’ve been using F/OSS software for 12 years and I still haven’t figured out where I belong. I’ve researched fixing bugs, but in all my research I’ve found nothing that makes it clear on how to get started and what steps to take from start to finish, and I sure don’t know any other language so I can’t do translations.
If I knew the process on fixing bugs, from setting up the environment in which to work in, to committing the bug fixes, I would write a howto and possibly set up and use a real life scenario using a sample program with a known bug for a quick hands on experience for the next guy to get familiar with the process.
I know PHP, MySQL and CSS, (though I’m not a GURU) but IMHO that isn’t very useful when it comes to giving back to the F/OSS cause.
All in all, I know loads of people that have contributed to F/OSS and have found their place, but for me, it’s just not happening no matter how hard I try.
My 2010 Fantasy Football picks
Well Fantasy Football is Officially in progress. I had my draft Tuesday night and I ended up with a pretty good roster, but I’m still not confident it’s good enough. Here are my picks:
Starting Lineup
- Matt Schaub QB- HOU
- Jamaal Charles RB- KC
- Adrian Peterson RB- MIN
- Mike Sims-Walker WR- JAC
- Robert Meachem WR- NO
- Hakeem Nicks WR- NYG
- Zach Miller TE- OAK
- Jay Feely K- ARI
- San Diego Chargers DEF
Bench Players
Chris Chambers WR- KC View Videos
Visanthe Shiancoe TE- MIN View Videos
LaDainian Tomlinson RB- NYJ View Videos
Tim Hightower RB- ARI
Cadillac Williams RB- TB View News
Cincinnati Bengals DEF
I got so caught up in the draft, I forgot to grab me a backup QB. Now I need to figure out what Bench Player I am willing to drop to pick up a QB.
Ubuntu Hour
Ubuntu Hour turned out great this evening. We didn’t have a chance to get down to the nitty gritty of too much I think because me and at least 1 other person was new to the scene.
I think that sort of threw things off a little, but it should get much better with time.
Zoobezi Bay
We just got back from Zoobezi Bay. The kids had a blast, not to mentioned slightly cooked.
The kids and I went down so may slides today, I think I rubbed the skin off my butt cheeks. 
they also conned me into riding a roller coaster, the bumper cars, and 2 other rides that spun around until we almost hurled. Anyway, aside from getting conned all day, the trip was well worth it and I’ll definitely go back again.
I write like test
Thanks to Tim for the link I gave this tool a test and my results were similar to his.
My blog post titled “Fresh install not such a disappointment” claimed to be in the style of:
My post titled “Spent my Weekend Camping” claimed to be in the style of:
David Foster Wallace
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
My post titled “Ubuntu 10.04″ claimed to be in the style of:
My post titled “My Anniversary” claimed to be in the style of:
My post titled “Lebron Goes to Miami Heat” claims to be in the style of:
Finally for good measure my post titled “A Picture is worth a thousand words” claims to be in the style of:
David Foster Wallace
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
Ah Wait! For good measure I copied an excerpt from a book by my favorite Author John Grisham and the result was:
Ha! Ha! That’s a funny one.
So I guess for me it’s a toss up between Corey Doctorow and David Foster Wallace.
Spent my weekend camping
Friday we went to the campground because some friends at the campground called to tell us that some of the windows were broken out in our trailer. As soon as we got up there, we found that 5 windows had been broken with rocks.
My original plan was to drive up there and see what all I would have to do to fix the windows and go back another day to fix them, but once I got up there, I didn’t want to leave, so I drove back to Columbus, packed up everybody and took off for the weekend.
Saturday I got the windows fixed and then spend the day with the kids at the pool and we fished for a while and Sunday we got back in town sometime in the late afternoon.
Today I was so tired, I just spent my day playing Zelda on the Wii with my son Kyle and my daughters and I played some Mario Kart.
Ubuntu 10.04
Today I tried installing Ubuntu 10.04 on an extra computer that I mentioned in an earlier post. To refresh your memory the specs of the computer are:
Athlon (T) XP1800+ 1.53 GHz featuring QuantiSpeed Architecture
Advanced 266 MHz Front-Side Bus (FSB)Socket A
512 / PC2100 DDR
128 KB L1 Cache and
256 KB L2 Cache
Surprisingly It wouldn’t run. I had to give the install at least 3 tries before I got it to run. My first problem was I had to choose both noapic and acpi=off in the boot menu of the live CD to finally get the installation to start. Then durring the installation I decided to try ext4 instead, so I formated the disk for ext4 and started the install and went outside.
When I returned the install had failed at somewhere around 54% and I was forced to start all over, so I ran though the install once more choosing ext4, and again it failed at nearly the same place.
By this time, i’m starting to suspect a bad CD, so I tested the CD and everything seemed fine, so I did a memtest and everything seemed in tip top shape so I figured it was just a coincidence.
The 3rd around I got lazy and just chose ext3 and didn’t give it another thought and finally the installer finished.
Now I’m all excited to give this new toy a test drive, so I reboot, remove the installation cd and let the computer do it’s thing, here comes grub……..wait for it……blinking cursor on a black screen……..wait for it……. and finally I get…….. nothing but a blinking cursor Ah man! Reboot, reboot, reboot. Nothing, nothing nothing.
Now I’m just disgusted and give up and wonder why things have to be so difficult and not to mention how good this makes Microsoft look!
My Anniversary
July 11, Will be my anniversary!
My Wife and I met when I was in the 10th grade and she was in the 8th grade. We stayed together all through my HS years and after I graduated we got married 1 month after in July.
Contrary to what everyone said, our marriage has been going strong for 18 years and I’m looking forward to another 100 years if it’s even possible to live that long.
Lebron goes to Miami Heat
It’s official Lebron is now a member of the Miami Heat.
I have to admit I’m upset, but I guess he has to do what he believes is best for him. When I was growing up, I was always a Celtics fan and Larry Bird was my favorite player. But 7 years ago, I became a Cav’s fan when Lebron was drafted by them and took the NBA by storm. He averaged 29.1 PPG in the 2010 playoffs and averaged 28.4 PPG and 7.2 assists in the 2008-2009 regular season. He truly is a great player with a lot of potential.
So now I guess I’ll go back to my beloved Celtics. Here is a list of my favorite teams now
NFL: Cleveland Browns (2nd favorite Philadelphia Eagles)
NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets (Before my hometown of Columbus had an NHL team I was a Pittsburgh Penguins fan which I still am, only when they are not playing the Jackets)
NBA: Boston Celtics
MLB: Cleveland Indians