my animals and other friends
We had the window cleaner in the other day, a nice chappie who cleans all the windows in the house for a fixed amount. We get him in once or twice a year.
He did his bit, and after settling with him, I showed him to the door. On the way out he says: You've written a book, haven't you? Is it already available?.
That came very unexpectedly. 
It turns out he'd heard it from another of his clients.
He knows his clients.
My book Alternative DNS Servers is almost there. I just received some photos of the proofs that arrived from the printers:
Just in case you're wondering, the above shows all 736 pages.
Suspense is killing me…
Ubuntu Kung Fu by Keir Thomas is a collection of fun tips, tricks, hints, and hacks surrounding the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
It contains a large array of tips surrounding system administration, the desktop, multimedia files, printing, etc. What I liked about the book is that you can just open it anywhere and start reading: most of Thomas' tips are unrelated to eachother.
The book has a Web site with top tips as well.
One tip which greatly surprised me was number 170. It is called Steal the Windows (or Mac OS) Fonts. The author doesn't point out that such practice could border on illegality.
All in all, however, a good read and a fun book. (But why does it have a pussycat on its cover? Oh, well; others like it. )
habe es heute endlich getan: im ICE 516 mit zweihundertirgendwas Kilometer pro Stunde mich mit T-Mobile zu verbinden. T-Wifi bei der Geschwindigkeit funktionniert erstaunlich gut — sogar in den Tunnels.
Der Zugang ist fuer mich kostenlos: als ich das hier kaufte, lag ein Gutschein fuer 12 Tage WLAN dabei. Diese Zeit arbeite ich nun endlich ab…
Doktor Hirschausen I'm ICE 279, Wagen 14, Platz 17 oder so.
Ich jedenfalls muss stehen…
