Bonjour. This is my little hideaway. If you happened on this place, it is here that I occasionally express thoughts and opinions on whatever I feel like, for no particular rhyme or reason.
Hal Burgiss
Based on a True Story
I have a thing about movies that are “based on true story”. The more fantastical the better. Why doesn’t Netflix have genre for this? It adds a whole other dimension to a story line. I am too old to be naive enough to believe that every “true story” is indeed a true story. But the
Bob Dylan – Buried Treasure
There is such a wealth of works by Bob, its a little hard to get around to listening to it all. And I don’t mean just the stuff major record labels have released. There are zillions of unofficial works, bootlegs and whatnots floating around these days. Going back to 1960. I’ve managed to go through
Bod Dylan – On a Rainy Afternoon
Good News: Cluster Headaches
I had my first cluster headache about 15 years ago. I didn’t know it was a cluster headache, I just knew it hurt so bad I wondered if I was dying. Incredibly intense, burning, searing pain on one side of my head and neck. To the point, I could barely walk. I didn’t find out
Solving Ubuntu Performance Issues
As a long time Linux user, I was disheartened to find getting a reasonable level of performance would be so much work. And would defy the old saw that Linux runs great in less memory than Windows. This is a q&e summary of my experiences with Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Desktop, and the various performance
Bradley Mills of Mills Remodeling
Buyer beware I hired Bradley Mills of “Mills Remodeling” to replace a roof that had suffered storm damage. The roof had not leaked or had previous problems. Bradley seems like a nice enough, hard working young guy. He is from Bardstown, KY though does most of his work in Louisville, KY. He completed the work
Open Source Matters
li {padding:.5em;} “Open Source” is one of those buzzwords that probably doesn’t matter much to most people. But its our bread and butter. We use Open Source products to run our servers. We use it to build and manage websites. We use it for hosting, marketing campaigns, and internal business applications. And its not just
How granddad Invented Tabasco Sauce
The True History of Tabasco Sauce.1 This is really one of those rags-to-riches, American success stories. To get to the beginning of the story, let’s start at the end, and then march backwards. First, some family history … My mother is Laura Bullitt Burgiss, whose father was Hugh Kennedy Bullitt, whose mother was Heloise Kennedy