Moving

March 6th, 2007 by anton

I’m moving this blog over to antonolsen.com. This site will remain here to keep the search engines happy.

This is all part of my attempt to take over the #1 spot on google for Anton.  If you’d like to help, drop a link to antonolsen.com with Anton as the text.

Yay, I’m going to SXSW!

March 1st, 2007 by anton

My employer was generous enough to send a couple of us to SXSW next weekend!  I’ll be driving up to Austin with Mark.
Let me know if you’ll be there and we could meet up if you’d like.

I’m still working out my schedule but will post it here once I have a rough idea which sessions I’d like to attend.

anberlin – Cities

February 23rd, 2007 by anton

CitiesI should preface this quick review with a simple WOW.

Anberlin is growing up and it shows throughout their third album. Stephen’s voice has matured well while retaining the edge that makes him distinct.

If you liked Never Take Friendship Personal or Blueprints for the Black Market then you should really check this album out. You can preview it at anberlincities.com.

Linux.com | ESR gives up on Fedora

February 21st, 2007 by anton

Linux.com | ESR gives up on Fedora

ESR gives up on Fedora

For the record, I gave up on Fedora for exactly the same reasons about a year ago. Ubuntu rocks, and to date I’ve only had one small dependency issue which occured when I attempted to jump two full versions with one dist-upgrade. The dependency was fixed in less than a minute and the upgrade continued on without a hitch.

To quote Eric:   Fedora, you had every advantage, and you had my loyalty, and you blew it. And that is a damn, dirty shame.

Wii Less No More

February 21st, 2007 by anton

nintendo_wii_1.jpg I picked up a Nintendo Wii at the Target North in San Antonio this morning. (1604 and Blanco) They still had 10 or so on the shelf if you’re interested. I’ll try to post about the unboxing tonight.
stretch mark removal

photo cube – frameless, cheap and easy!

February 8th, 2007 by anton

Find a block then tape or glue a photo to each face.

Or you can do it that hard way like this guy.

Bicycle Hoist or “How to get the wife’s bike out of my way”

February 8th, 2007 by anton

Nail two pulleys to the ceiling, run some rope through the pulleys and tie it to the bike, pull.

Or, waste a bunch of time reading how this guy did.

Pardon Me, I’ve Got To Have a Wii

February 3rd, 2007 by anton

Nintendo Wii

The bug to buy a Wii has bit me and I’m much too lazy to run around to all the stores so I’ve written a BASH script to check Amazon and email me when they are in stock.

I’ll publish the script right after I order my Wii.

If you’ve already got a Wii, be sure to check out my growing line of Wii shirts. Ok by growing I mean one, but I do have a list of a more sayings to put on them.

[UPDATE] Printfection though the Wii Hugger shirt was a copyright violation so I’ve taken it down until I can redesign it a little.  I believe it’s a parody and falls well within the fair use laws but don’t have the time to argue with anyone about it now.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (Hardcover)

February 2nd, 2007 by anton

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) (Hardcover)

The book is up on amazon already for pre-order! Go reserve your copy now and save the headache of standing in line at midnight.
Some discussion should be happening soon here.

Debian Package of the Day » qalculate: the ultimate desktop calculator

January 25th, 2007 by anton

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Debian Package of the Day » Blog Archive » qalculate: the ultimate desktop calculator

So what is qalculate? First and foremost, its a calculator. Which means that it can do what you typically expect a calculator to do, no surprises there.

A very cool desktop calculator.  Handles polynomials, unit conversions, and much more.