The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

This weekend was time for getting things done

| March 7, 2004

My earlier post about free vs. proprietary has attracted some trolls. You can view the discussion, chime in, etc., here. Anyhow, I finished the humidor pc (pictures below), and am using it for testing various F/OSS distributions. I will be posting opinions as time goes on. First is on OpenDarwin and GNU/OpenDarwin. OpenDarwin is impressive, [...]

I bought a waffle maker!

| March 7, 2004

JC Penney had waffle makers for $10, so I bought one. So tomorrow, I'll make waffles. Bonus points if you get the movie reference…

The ethics of proprietary software

| March 5, 2004

So, the trolls had gotten me thinking about proprietary vs. free software, and what are the problems that I have with it. Starting from the proprietary software that I do use: – All the embedded stuff: routers, switches, etc. These are okay because they are closed, embedded systems that serve specific, closed, needs. The exception [...]

How I almost bought a Mac

| March 4, 2004

Okay, so today, at work, we got into a discussion about Macs and all this stuff. Liz and are big time Mac afficianados, so I figure I should see what all the hubbub is about. I figure the best way to do this is buy a cheap Mac to play with and render a verdict. [...]

For Lokust

| March 1, 2004

Baby's First Mythos