Michael Doornbos

Since we’re using the subversion repository for our Wordpress directories, upgrading to 2.5 was as easy as:

svn switch http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk/
svn up

That was it for 10 different wordpress blogs.

Fingers crossed.

One of my laptops that gets heavy use is a very old IMB T41.  It’s currently getting upgraded to the first BETA release of Ubuntu 8.04.
I’ll follow up with some thoughts on how it works after it’s finished.

In fact, that new car is a hole where you pour your money, which in my book is very NOT COOL.
What’s not to love about a new car?

I ordered a monitor from TigerDirect last week that included a $50 rebate in the box.  I filled it in and mailed it.
I have about a 50% success rate with actually receiving rebate checks when I buy something which is pretty sad.
Today I got an email from TigerDirect saying that they have received my rebate [...]

I’m very sad to hear that we lost Arthur C Clarke today.  He was 90.
Thanks for everything Arthur, we miss you already.

Aspyr released The Sims Castaway today. Now you too can be like Tom Hanks and try to survive on an island.  Of course the subtle differences like a pause button and no sand in certain places aside…

Great, another thing to suck away my attention.  But it’s just so cool:
Google Sky

TED 2008 just wrapped up and in no time, they’ve started to post some of the talks on the site.  I’ve been interested in the brain and how it works for years.  My Uncle had a massive stroke about 10 years ago and lost much of his ability to communicate through speech.  Dr Taylor is [...]

In stark contrast to my Vonage and Sprint customer service nightmares earlier today, I contacted VMWare support via the online tool. I got an email back in 7 minutes with the correct answer and the change was completed.
Total time for my personal involvement was around 25 seconds and my problem was resolved asynchronously in [...]