...useful. Having said that, I think that revolutionaries are pretty likely to use Linux or BSD because it is accessible and legal, not because there’s something intrinsically freeing about having accessible source code. As a slogan I think there’s something to the notion that “you can’t code your way to freedom.”  ↩ Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...sometime this year. The pattern is for a vest, but I’d put sleeves on it, and probably do the yoke/shoulders in a totally different way, but that’s the method to my madness. And so forth… Anyone else have a sweater nagging inside of them? One of these something you want more elaboration on? Onward and Upward ! Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...are, to say nothing of the really poor use of space (that’s tangential, but probably my largest gripe with GNOME). Interestingly I started using a different window manager (awesome) , which accesses gtk , and I was very surprised to find that some of the gnome apps were actually pretty decent. Who knew!  ↩ Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...to do something, so we’ll see. The Latvian Dreaming sweater, which I’m almost to the shoulders, which I don’t have a plan for. I’m waiting in part till I’m done with plain yoke sweater before I figure out what I’m doing on this sweater. (And, cough two shawls, but they don’t count.) What are you working on? Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...up early, and it turns out that this is the wrong thing to do, as it means potentially that the state of the upstream repository could be wonky when you want to pull. Pulling before you push, locally, prevents having more than one kind of change in any one commit, and makes the whole situation a bit more error proof.  ↩ Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...thought that Stephen King’s writing book is pompous and sort of unfocused, but admittedly I couldn’t even force myself to finish it. That’s what come to mind, do you all have any good recommendations? Notes: I’m not above recommending a book on reputation alone, though I try to disclose this.  ↩ Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

... I write non-time sensitive entries in batches and post them later, mostly because I want to get blog posts going live up in the morning, and don’t want to have to cram to get them done every night, and I like this rhythm, but the it’s still very off the cuff, and minimally edited. But you knew that.   ↩ Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

...your console window. Apple stocks everything with an ugly black text on white background thing, which makes my head hurt from the squinting. Readably sized fonts, good coding fonts, anti-assailing, colorizing your prompt, light text on dark backgrounds, and some transparency all make the terminal more functional and elegant . Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

... Also I have a little script to ease in the posting of links and other miscellany that I find along my travels through cyberspace, I just have to get better at using it. That should help even out any over specialization that I might be prone to. So that’s what’s on my plate and mind. What’s on yours? On/up! Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .

... but because oppression and societal norms needn’t be fascist to impinge upon the quality of our lives or do harm. And always be vigilant in the crusade against false consciousness and fascism, but don’t become confused into thinking that the vestiges of fascism are it’s cause or sole offense. Onward and Upward ! Originally published at tychoish . You can comment here or there .