Alexander seems to have decided that his new bunk bed is fine for sleeping at night but when it comes to nap time during the day it is everyone for themselves. He has never liked to take a nap in crib (or new bed). Instead he will often pile his blankets, pillows and other paraphenalia … Read More “Any place will do for a nap!” »
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Regina and I purchased Alexander a new bunk bed for his new room. We were concerned that the first week or two would be very difficult as he transitioned form the nursery to a new room. Indeed we felt a mix of sadness and joy ourselves as this represented sort of mini-milestone in our families … Read More “Alexander gets a new room!” »
I guess I should have prepared myself for that phone call. You know the one from your wife that starts off with, “I’ve had an accident!’ Well today was the day. Regina was out grocery shopping on her own (no small accomplishment there!) and on her way home she got into an accident. Fortunately she … Read More “Mini-van mayhem!” »
Good evening, I’ve been mesng around with various distributions of Linux for about a month. I started off with Gentoo when I decided to dual boot an computer I purchased off eBay back in May. Having finally settled down my Windows XP machine (combination of bad USB 2.0 card and buggy VIA motherboard chipset) I … Read More “Xandros, Mepis or Gentoo for you?” »
Hi dedicated reader! As most of you may know through reading of previous post I’ve been installing, tweaking, testing and all other ‘ings one can do when attempting to use a different operating system than that which is offered by the diabolical hegemony Microsoft. At first I was excited about the capability to build an … Read More “Gentoo is for you!” »
Home – Chennault and Khern Web It has been nearly two years since I converted from my home-brew website on Apache/Linux and replaced it with Windows 2003 and Sharepoint Services. At first I was loathe to give up the power that the apache/Linux solution gave me. I am most comfortable in the Perl language and … Read More “Home – Chennault and Khern Web” »
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ethan Daniel Chennault, originally uploaded by rchennau. So I am sitting here in what is soon to be Alexanders new bedroom. It is currently the ‘junk’ room where we have the computers … Read More “Ethan Daniel Chennault” »
OK. I am officially impressed. I checked out the map capabilities of Google. It ROCKS! Satelite imagery with your route super imposed. It doesn’t get better than that. Bye bye maps.yahoo.com Google Maps – from: 2880 Shadelands Dr, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 to: 1430 MT DIABLO BLVD, Walnut Creek, CA
Comprising your Integrity The role of an enterprise architect requires one to evaluate new technologies and trends and help position the company to take advantage of new trends. Often time new tech does not mean good tech for the company. Sometimes decisions are based on multiple factors that have little to do with the technical … Read More “Comprising your Integrity” »
Pain in my Asus! I am finally done. After countless hours of toiling away at my ASUS P3V4X 1000MHZ 124FSB 640MB SDRAM 133/CL2 VCORE 1.80 it finally works; sort of. Apperently for reasons known only to the gods and perhaps some retired ASUS motherboard engieneer the Asus motherboard will not achieve full 133 FSB with … Read More “Linux, Asus, Overclocking and other musings of May” »