What you should know about switching to Ubuntu from Windows

I've just about made the complete switch to Ubuntu and I love it. I love the idea of supporting open source software and not giving money to Microsoft even more. But that's me. Is Ubuntu right for you?

This non-partisan write-up from ArsGeek might help you decide if you're on the fence.

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Services, Vices in JP

How to Have a Lucid Dream

I tried some of these methods a few months ago and didn't stick with it. Maybe I'll try again. Let me know if you can fly, shoot hoops with Bob Pollard or create a new universe in your dreams.


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Some Sweet Ubuntu Tips and Ideas

I'd really like all of you to give Ubuntu a shot. Feel free to contact me and I'll help you along the way. With that said, here is a list of articles about Ubuntu from my favorite geeked out blog -- Lifehacker.

Ubuntu/Linux Roundup - Lifehacker

There is no such thing as a bad day

The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items

Not content ordering from the menu? Need to have that extra little bit of class that comes from "knowing the chef"?

This crunk guide from the Consumerist will show you the "animal styles" from a bunch of restaurants.

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Bush Administration Moves to Sell National Forest Land

The Bush administration will unveil a proposal Friday to sell up to 200,000 acres of national forest land in "isolated parcels" ranging from a quarter of an acre to 200 acres, much of it in California.



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Get Free Ubuntu CDs

If you want to try out Linux, this is the best way. I've been using Ubuntu for about a year now and I love it.



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Whole Foods Tomato Inspector

Giuliani To Run For President Of 9/11

NEW YORK—At a well-attended rally in front of his new Ground Zero headquarters Monday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani officially announced his plan to run for president of 9/11.

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from The Onion

Easily the best iTunes plugin ever

iConcertCal is a personalized concert calendar that tells you when the artists in your iTunes library are coming to town. I've been using this for about a month now and have found out about a lot of cool shows.



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Sommerville, Not Bad

I was lost in Sommerville the other night. Walking around in circles. When I asked a couple on a porch for directions, they invited me to join them for beer and mashed potatoes from their spud bar. I shared my whiskey with them and they called me a poet.

Here are some pictures I took with my phone when I was lost:

Dear Dr. Dearborn-

Duty means you lose latitude like I learn skywatching. What we weave leaves wonder even. Ever vent over violence? Video-bingo? Bring it. Ring it in writing. Tighten the tongue, the younger wonder. Do worry, darling. Harm hath the hot harbor. Boring beings score scabies, scamming babies. Fables fall following fall for all calling allowances concerning waining cable pay-per-view programs. Granted-- progress greased gross products, but grievances butter ballots almost like almonds demand maintenance. Perchance people change angles gleefully. Glances fully glare loose stares. Starving hearts are helping singers bring sous-chefs Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, Tostinos, Tecate, television and table-placings piercing Totinos Party Pizza. Hearty sleazes have heaved heavily. Help!

Whole Heartedly,

Hannah

Sept 8th List

I picked a bad time and I can't help.

I don't live walking over the bridge anymore now.

Now that life is completely digital the sky is really fucking clear but when it's blue it too blue. Most of the time shit is just overexposed and white.

We live in a place where our neighbors aren't our neighbors.

I'm not crazy for believing in earthquakes.

How long does it take a man to realize that he is his best beast.

Sometimes I joke about having a magic carpet, but i really do wish I had one.

Too many people say “good shit.” Good shit does not exist unless it comes out of my ass.

I live pacing one way over the same foot.

Labor Dub

Tomorrow this chair is filled. I'll savour this final day of Unemployment Summer.

Kitty Car Alarm

Her ceaseless meowing keeps me up throughout the night. Who is in charge? Maybe I should thank her: now I will remember dreams of daydrinking with new friends in my childhood room.

Fountains and Squares

How many would meet you by the fountain in the square if it was actually there. There are so many of these and never enough. An after hours beer outside of your apartment when the dogs and their owners are sleeping. A cigarette after you quit smoking. And of course, your feet with the pennies on a hot day.

Peter Pan Bonanza

Sometimes going far can get you
it did last week lost inside each
other wrote ourselves outta there
how can a bus full of gaming trivia
and dunkin’ mcdonalds go away
from anything when it’s there again
when every newspaper reads
multinational bloods and crips with
red, white and blue as something separate
we drink and write not about it while
always writing about it
hit me in the head with a pun or
a beer bottle or anything but me or them
it’s five o’clock somewhere bulldozers
mass burial party lots of skin
we sleep it off for a new headache
and stay right
where we are because there are
always girls and music

Back to Boston

I've returned from a city where I couldn't understand the language to a city where I can't understand the people.

Montreal 3