I recently discovered GRAMPS, an open source genealogy program. Apparently there are a ton of GEDCOM (genealogy db format) readers available in web-app form, but not many writers, so I’m trying to build this. It requires gnome, and since I don’t use unix as my actual desktop OS, I’ll be building in on […]
With the passing of my grandmother, I’ve observed my passing interest in my family history take on a sort of new light, more as something about preserving a living memory. I mean, there are people in my family who are not too distantly related, yet I have no idea who they are (well I […]
I had another rather packed weekend up in Westchester; Saturday was Maggie and Ryan’s wedding, and Sunday was Neil and Rachel’s engagement party.
After picking up the car earlier in the week, Dori and I were not thrilled to discover that the scourge affecting the air conditioner is some sort of NP-complete problem; its very symptoms […]
Yesterday I learned that my father’s mother passed away, apparently sometime over the weekend. Since my uncle is a rotten bastard, he held the funeral today, alone. She would have been 92 on the 14th.
Here we are in January of ‘03.
My coworker Krush slapped me about the head and neck to remind me to sign up with him at the Dragon Go Server. While I enjoy Go, I make no claims to any level of play above that of a 5-year old. My username is ‘redterror’, if you have any interest […]
A physical and emotional rollercoaster.