So I am basically camping in this tiny studio apartment while on this consulting gig in CT. My furniture consists of a folding table and two camping chairs. Last night I went to a holiday party here at the apartment complex and met a nice woman who offered to donate some old furniture to me (with the promise that I would donate it to a charity when I was done with it). In return, I am giving her a copy of Ubuntu 7.10 for an old Windows system that has suffered bit rot. She had heard about Linux and is interested in trying it out. Sounds like she is moving to Mac for her audio and video editing, but Linux might still breath new life into her PC as a net surfing station for the rest of the household. Thad -- Yeah, I drank the Open Source cool-aid... Unlike the other brand, it had all the ingredients on the label.

Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote: > > You are giving her something you got for free? That's generous of you > Thad. Maybe some flowers and a meal would be nice too? What's your daily > contracting rate? 1500$? And she is giving me something she had planned to throw out / donate to charity. In truth, the two things are not really linked. She offered the furniture before we even got on the topic of Linux, and I will gladly give someone an Ununtu CD with nothing expected in return. I'm just glad I found some friendly and interesting neighbors. My furniture supplier is a local musician that dabbles in video production, so we had a lot to talk about. I was especially surprised to learn that she had heard of the band Beatallica (friends of mine that I've mentioned here before). It turns out they've been getting radio airplay, have a CD in the stores, and have even played here in Connecticut. I think right now they are touring in Europe again (they are really popular in Germany evidently). I'm really happy for them... but I'm guessing it means they won't be playing at my Halloween parties any more. Thad -- Yeah, I drank the Open Source cool-aid... Unlike the other brand, it had all the ingredients on the label.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:02:45 -0600, thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com <thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com> wrote: > Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> You are giving her something you got for free? That's generous of you >> Thad. Maybe some flowers and a meal would be nice too? What's your daily >> contracting rate? 1500$? > > And she is giving me something she had planned to throw out / donate > to charity. In truth, the two things are not really linked. She > offered the furniture before we even got on the topic of Linux, and > I will gladly give someone an Ununtu CD with nothing expected in > return. > > I'm just glad I found some friendly and interesting neighbors. > My furniture supplier is a local musician that dabbles in video > production, so we had a lot to talk about. I was especially > surprised to learn that she had heard of the band Beatallica > (friends of mine that I've mentioned here before). It turns > out they've been getting radio airplay, have a CD in the stores, > and have even played here in Connecticut. I think right now > they are touring in Europe again (they are really popular in > Germany evidently). I'm really happy for them... but I'm > guessing it means they won't be playing at my Halloween parties > any more. > > Thad Don't take it personally, Hadron is like that all the time. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZr+Zd90bcYOAWPYRAjhPAJ9DNzZHd/w7QFfz/N6OsB+se7SM1wCg3t5P zja2kb15jlDrtV4XjOlwR4g= =KwQH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion

So I am basically camping in this tiny studio apartment while on this consulting gig in CT. My furniture consists of a folding table and two camping chairs. Last night I went to a holiday party here at the apartment complex and met a nice woman who offered to donate some old furniture to me (with the promise that I would donate it to a charity when I was done with it). In return, I am giving her a copy of Ubuntu 7.10 for an old Windows system that has suffered bit rot. She had heard about Linux and is interested in trying it out. Sounds like she is moving to Mac for her audio and video editing, but Linux might still breath new life into her PC as a net surfing station for the rest of the household. Thad -- Yeah, I drank the Open Source cool-aid... Unlike the other brand, it had all the ingredients on the label.

Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote: > > You are giving her something you got for free? That's generous of you > Thad. Maybe some flowers and a meal would be nice too? What's your daily > contracting rate? 1500$? And she is giving me something she had planned to throw out / donate to charity. In truth, the two things are not really linked. She offered the furniture before we even got on the topic of Linux, and I will gladly give someone an Ununtu CD with nothing expected in return. I'm just glad I found some friendly and interesting neighbors. My furniture supplier is a local musician that dabbles in video production, so we had a lot to talk about. I was especially surprised to learn that she had heard of the band Beatallica (friends of mine that I've mentioned here before). It turns out they've been getting radio airplay, have a CD in the stores, and have even played here in Connecticut. I think right now they are touring in Europe again (they are really popular in Germany evidently). I'm really happy for them... but I'm guessing it means they won't be playing at my Halloween parties any more. Thad -- Yeah, I drank the Open Source cool-aid... Unlike the other brand, it had all the ingredients on the label.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:02:45 -0600, thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com <thad05@tux.glaci.delete-this.com> wrote: > Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> You are giving her something you got for free? That's generous of you >> Thad. Maybe some flowers and a meal would be nice too? What's your daily >> contracting rate? 1500$? > > And she is giving me something she had planned to throw out / donate > to charity. In truth, the two things are not really linked. She > offered the furniture before we even got on the topic of Linux, and > I will gladly give someone an Ununtu CD with nothing expected in > return. > > I'm just glad I found some friendly and interesting neighbors. > My furniture supplier is a local musician that dabbles in video > production, so we had a lot to talk about. I was especially > surprised to learn that she had heard of the band Beatallica > (friends of mine that I've mentioned here before). It turns > out they've been getting radio airplay, have a CD in the stores, > and have even played here in Connecticut. I think right now > they are touring in Europe again (they are really popular in > Germany evidently). I'm really happy for them... but I'm > guessing it means they won't be playing at my Halloween parties > any more. > > Thad Don't take it personally, Hadron is like that all the time. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHZr+Zd90bcYOAWPYRAjhPAJ9DNzZHd/w7QFfz/N6OsB+se7SM1wCg3t5P zja2kb15jlDrtV4XjOlwR4g= =KwQH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion