Burvil's Life: Sanctification in Progress

… but the question is, will it back itself up by offering more Ubuntu systems?

I read this article, and confirmed on Dell’s site that they do in fact offer a netbook and laptop with Ubuntu installed. While it’s good that Dell is promoting an alternative to Windows, I seem to remember it waffling, perhaps from pressure from Microsoft. As I’ve come to realize the inferiority of Redhat systems for the desktop in terms of general user experience (links not working, etc.), I’ve been playing around with Ubuntu more.

Well, after about four years of being on call, I’m finally getting a break. It’s just as well, as now instead of getting called at 2am because an Oracle server rebooted itself, I have a little one vying for my attention. A different phase in life, I guess. I’m transitioning to a different role at DirecTV that should be interesting nonetheless – one that doesn’t involve any on call responsibilities, but still involved in the data center with Redhat boxes. I have the first meeting with my new team next week.

On another note, my profile somehow got corrupted, and IT couldn’t fix it. I’d turned off System Restore and pagefile to cut down on places for malware to hide, but I guess that was to my detriment this time. Not the biggest deal, as I don’t keep much on my laptop, but it’s still a pain to reinstall all those programs. It’s times like this that I miss having Connected TLM like I did at my previous job. I’m thinking about implementing Shadow Copy once I get it back. I’ve thought about asking for a Macbook Pro, but I know that won’t happen, so I have to plan for alternatives

Update: Shadow Copy doesn’t actually restore system state to a given point in time… Maybe I’ll just do frequent scans with avast!…

I was listening to Family Life this past week, and heard a program that’s really made me think. (Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find it online).

The guests were a pastor and his wife, and the pastor said something to the effect of “A lot of times, your spouse may say something that you may take as truth, and it may hurt. But you need to realize that that person is not perfect, and may not be actually telling the truth, but rather an opinion that’s biased. Instead, think of it as an opportunity to learn something that God may be trying to teach you through your spouse; to know God’s truth in the matter”. It’s something that really hit home for me, especially in this time when either Susan, I or both of us aren’t getting enough sleep.

I’d also thought about the idea of my response being my responsibility – that no matter how Susan treats me, I’m still responsible for my own actions. It’s something Emerson Eggerichs covers in his book “Love and Respect”, which we’d been going through in our small group.

Being a Lord of the Rings fan, I got a kick out of this image from shyeah74′s xanga. Gotta get some of those Ninja Wizards and bears that shoot lasers from their eyes.