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Interesting story.  I have 9 linux boxes in the house.  All are servers of various types, except for one desktop PC.  The Desktop runs Slackware 8.0, as do all of the servers.  I use AfterStep as a window manager.

Now, that said.  I have a Sony VAIO PCG-R505JL laptop that runs Windows XP and is used to run my home business, email, web browsing, and so on.  The Linux Desktop PC is used for programming and other things where a good linux desktop is needed. 

Said desktop also dual boots into Windows ME for games 😉

I’m not ready to give up on Windows as a desktop environment – I like Outlook too much, the support for my hardware is indeed better, and most of my business tools are Windows based.  But I can’t code on the laptop 🙂

A Linux user goes back. From Windows to Linux and back again. It’s a journey I know all too well. Except that I also use a Mac a lot… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]

Jeremy makes some very good points from George’s article. 

MySQL: Better Practices. Allow me to point out some things that I really don’t agree with in George Reese’s recent OnLAMP article. [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]

Evening music….

I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere in the sands of time
I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah

I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be something to do with you
I really donât mind what happens now and then
As long as youâll be my friend at the end

* If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman
If Iâm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand
Iâll keep you by my side with my superman might
Kryptonite

You called me strong, you called me weak,
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times I never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head
If not for me then you would be dead
I picked you up and put you back on solid ground

I agree with Dave!

I’ve seen a spattering of comments about the fiasco at baseball’s All-Star game earlier this week. Time for me to weigh in. First, the All-Star Game is total bullshit. It’s an exhibition. It doesn’t matter. It never did matter, and it’s hardly the end of baseball as we know it when the managers, umpires and the commisioner of baseball don’t respect it enough to allow it to be played like any other baseball game. No, ladies and gentlemen, the end of baseball as an honorable sport with a rich philosophy came with the Designated Hitter Rule of the so-called American League; and the final nail in the coffin was interleague play. Pitchers were meant to come to bat, so the opposing pitcher could throw at them, and the mystery of the two leagues matters. [Scripting News]

Jeremy’s response to Spam is something I’ve considered…  many times…

Spam the Spammers. You spam my pager, I spam you back about 10,000 times harder than you spammed me. Maybe more if I’m in a bad mood to start with. [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]

Remind me not to move there.  Wow.

Executions ordered for China software pirates [Geeknews]

Lots of good advice here…

Ten MySQL Best Practices. George Reese, coauthor of Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition, offers a set of best practices for MySQL administrators that will help with the security, maintenance, and performance of a MySQL installation. [O’Reilly Network Mac DevCenter]