Category Archives: Rants

Firefox – set browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent to false

Posted on April 12, 2011 by herlo

I honestly hate that the default function in Firefox is to open a tab from a link right next to my current tab. I suppose others have their idiosynchratic preferences, but this one is mine! To fix it, in both … Continue reading →

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Okay! Who do I blame?

Posted on June 24, 2008 by herlo

While I am working on a post-fudcon report.  Its kind of hard to work when the network continues to drop packets.  Currently, I’m on-site in Los Angeles, teaching a course.  Why, oh why does this happen? Cheers, Herlo

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The OLPC Deserves Better!

Posted on April 24, 2008 by herlo

The following two articles were published in the past couple days.  When they were published and made known to me, I was saddened: Report: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP Nicholas Negroponte on Sugar and One Laptop … Continue reading →

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Yum Update: 482:07

Posted on February 4, 2008 by herlo

As I usually do while teaching class, I installed a Fedora 8 machine, and ran yum update.  Today I noticed a strange amount of time for one particular download: While this is hilarious, its shouldn’t happen.  Any ideas?  I know … Continue reading →

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Why do they do that?

Posted on November 30, 2007 by herlo

As an experienced traveler, I regularly run into a situation where the housekeeping staff will put the plug in the tub and leave it there.  Why do they do that? My reasoning is that its pure laziness on their part, … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird! You’re Annoying us all!

Posted on November 29, 2007 by herlo

Let me get this out first, I’m a avid fan of all things Mozilla. Even with the limitations they cause, the problems I’ve heard about Firefox and Thunderbird and all that Jazz, I’m still a big fan, current and future … Continue reading →

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Please define “Distribution”

Posted on November 2, 2007 by herlo

As some of you may know, I am the founder of the Utah Open Source Foundation.  On November 10, we’ll be holding the Multi-Distro Release Party, and I planned on sharing Fedora (of course), OpenSUSE and Ubuntu.  Its the only … Continue reading →

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GNOME Question: How does one load https links into the preferred browser?

Posted on October 29, 2007 by herlo

You’ve done it, you’ve gone to your email and clicked a link. The link will happily load into your preferred browser, in my case, Firefox. If you are using gnome-terminal, its a ctrl+click on the link and it works great. … Continue reading →

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Boston Red Sox (and me) at the World Series

Posted on October 25, 2007 by herlo

Okay, okay, I didn’t get in, but it was sure fun to take a train trip down to the World Series to see the vibe. I’ve never been quite so close to a World Series game. The closest thing for … Continue reading →

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Why is blootbot (ibot/infobot/jbot) a girl?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by herlo

Some of you may have seen my mailing list posts to SLLUG, PLUG and Ubuntu Utah. If so, you are welcome to participate here and flame me for asking this question as you may have already answered it there. BUT … Continue reading →

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