Just testing my new install of Logjam.

And I already tested my Flash player:

( NWS - C.I.L.F. )

Back up and running... Thoughts so far:

( geekery ahead )

Tonight is the night I nuke Debian Sarge off the laptop in favor of Ubuntu. Wish me luck, and I'll see you on the flipside!

Victor is still loving his computer. I have started ripping some of the "102 childrens songs" boxed set we bought a few months ago the hard drive. He can now open XMMS[1], and play/pause/ff/rew tracks. I continue to be amazed at how quickly he learns this stuff.

In TuxPaint[2], he can now select different colors and tools, and has started exploring tool options. There's a "Stamp" tool with dozens and dozens of stamps. He made a very pretty field of sedans and trucks the other day :) Parents, go check the features out (nudge nudge Celeste, Chandra, and Oddly). I wish I had started him on it earlier. Once I figure out a good way to network this box (it sits in the corner of our living room), I will automate uploads of his artwork to the internet and possibly syndicate him to LJ :D

He's also starting to learn the arrow keys, and today successfully did his first (intentional) doubleclick. My litle geek is coming along nicely- I'll have him parsing logs and writing shell scripts by next week.

Everything else about today has sucked, but somehow this evens that all out.
[1] Think WinAmp for Linux
[2] ...which is also available for Windows

So it turns out my linux.com article not only gets me a hundred bucks, but it ALSO got me a recruitment email from *Google*. Man, is that tempting!

For being a geek!

...I just splurged like my honey suggested.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, AZ license plate: UIDZERO is on order for me.

Rawk.