Hey Charlie, I've really been enjoying these past few posts on open source software. I've always been curious about what open source meant, and you're doing a great job at explaining it (compared to wikipedia which hasn't been so helpful). These past two posts have been very enlightening. I look forward to reading the next one(s).

Also, on a separate note, is there any way you can program your website to not destroy everything I enter in the comment box if I forget to enter my name and email? The first comment I tried to submit just went on for pages about what a wonderful and smart person you are, which would have surely put you in high standing to any future employer possibly perusing your blog, but then I had to retype everything when it didn't go through, and as you can see, my heart just wasn't as much into writing this one.

You must be thinking of Ms. Fordell when working from a Stone Soup cookbook. Did you pick book for the photography or the recipes?

With a quick peak, however, I could surely live off the recipes in that book. Thanks for sharing! Unfortunately I don't know if some others in the house will let me :-). Enjoy!!!

Sounds fun...with all that talking, any sleeping on the overnight train? Look forward to hearing about the new digs!

Nice!!! Excellent pictures. Looks like a fun project.

Ah, but some of the fun of college ie learning all kinds of alternative artists that you will *never* hear in the Top40...or at least not for another year when other people figure out how great they are!

Maybe the folks at Delta will hire you after this so that my planes will be on time.

I'm back online! 4 Hours totally successful. My desktop even looks the same still!

Good luck on the upgrade! We certainly don't want to have three computers not working!

But how does one defend the colleges from attach of large wooden bunnies?

this made me smile so much. i am especially a fan of the "unified bitch theory"! =)

This reminds me of a movie I saw recently called "Detroit: Ruin of a City." I might have discussed it with you before. It's an interesting documentary explaining the conjoined history of Detroit and the Ford Motor Company. A good portion of it is also dedicated to the urban decay of the city and how it got to be that way.

http://www.detroitruinofacity.com/

The entwined life of the city and its industry seems more relevant now as well, since our automobile companies feel like they're heading down the same road Detroit did many years ago.

Thanks for writing this.

Good article, but oh, I forgot what I was going to say. Darn!

You can tweet via SMS on that lovely Motorola you've got.

I hate Denver airport. They don't have wifi...

Looks great! Break a leg!!!

Sounds like an outstanding week! How do you find time to sleep?

Photo thiefs! Hope you get your money.

What kind of internship at EA?

I JUST WONDER WHEN YOU EAT AND SLEEP!!

The chicken lady says hello.

You are awesome Charlie..............

Discovered Voyager? There are seven seasons you have yet to burn through.