April 2025 – Allyn Gibson

Plain Deranged

Lindsay Graham has an opinion on who the next Pope should be…. Graham is little more than an obsequious toady. He manages to get a “Trump 2028” in there, too. Malcolm Tucker deserves the last word…

Friday was a work-from-home day. I could have gone into the office — on the one hand, I felt unproductive on Thursday, despite getting a great deal done, because the one project on my board that I knew would take multiple days was left unfinished; on the other, the office flooded last weekend and wasContinue reading “A Day in FedoraLand”

Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts for Cinnamon

One of the things I have come to like about Linux is its workspaces — or, if you prefer, virtual desktops. I actually get a little frustrated when I’m at work, or working in the VPN and remote desktop to work, when I’m in Windows and I don’t have them. Yesterday, for example, after upgradingContinue reading “Workspace Keyboard Shortcuts for Cinnamon”

Don’t Forget Your Towel

Fedora 42 released today, and I upgraded my installation. With a release number like 42, that called for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy wallpaper. I liked this wallpaper, based on the movie. You can find it here. I really should have the Infocom Hitchhiker’s game running in the terminal — I have it hereContinue reading “Don’t Forget Your Towel”

The Curious Case of the False Rascal

Baseball teams have fun, cool mascots. For example, in Harrisburg we have Rascal, a river monster from the Susquehanna River. We took this selfie in August 2015 when the Washington Nationals’ Racing Presidents were in town. Big eyes, cream colored face, a wide smile, fur–Rascal is a friendly river monster. Tuesday of last week wasContinue reading “The Curious Case of the False Rascal”

A Court-Martialable Offense

Captain’s Log, Stardate 3100.0. Our routine survey mission in quadrant Capella I has been cut short. USS Enterprise has received word from Starfleet Command that a rogue Klingon fleet has crossed into Federation space. Orders from Admiral Turner are to intercept and destroy all 11 Klingon vessels in Federation space. We are going to redContinue reading “A Court-Martialable Offense”

Two 2001 Fan Films

Last week, a rather interesting fan film based on Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. What might the ending have been like had it followed the story of Clarke’s novel, which has its climax among the moons of Saturn, instead? Warning. This does contain generative AI. If that’s aContinue reading “Two 2001 Fan Films”