Bored

Well it's not my homepage, but I was messing with Google for a second today and noticed that I'm back on top. I think it's because of all the blog links from Planet COSI and the COSI bloggers. I'm finishing up the next-generation of Planet COSI while I have a little down time in Texas. I'm using the jdub Planet code now, which is much easier to control and easier to modify as they have done a lot of work in cleaning things up. The new code shouldn't drop as many feeds as the old stuff was, I was spending too much time hunting down UTF encoding errors that I want something that really just works.

Grading

I'm working on the OpSys grading now, I really don't want to look at another homemade shell for as long as I live.

OpSys Hacking

I'm looking into the last assignment for OpSys while I have some time. I think it's going to be a cool break the linux kernel assignment that actually reads in the kernel memory and tries to mess with the internals.

IBM

I emailed Tony Temple while I was down here to see if we could meet. He's a pretty busy guy but I'm setting up a time to call him to talk about what kind of work he and his team are doing. Tony is the VP of Ease of Use for IBM and works in Austin, Texas.

I also gave a talk at IBM the other day about GNOME and the future collaborative roadmap that will be coming out soon. The talk was focused on showing off the desktop and discussing ways in which GNOME has integrated it's applications (like evolution) to provide better interaction and more secure desktop environment.