Archive for August, 2009

Purely for my reference — tips for cleaning up Linux

Posted by Grg in Grg's Reference on Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Here’s a handy-dandy list of things to do to save some hard drive space on yer Linux box. If you’re like me, and have a very, very tiny hard drive (hey, it ain’t the size, its what you do with it that counts), then this could be useful for you.

Of course, the beauty of mucking about on my little netbook is that my boot USB drive makes all mistakes forgivable…provided I remember to save my documents on the SD card.

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Puppies of Jenkintown, Part VII: Nice Walk Edition

Posted by Grg in General stuff on Friday, August 7, 2009

Before I get to last night’s walk, here’s a shot of Sir Toby Belch, which Julia caught one night last week when her owner happened to stop in front of our house to chat with a friend of his.

Sir Toby Belch

His owner seemed a little taken aback by the sudden onslaught of a four year-old paparazzo, but that’s price you pay for an extended idle conversation in front of my home.

And, lest you think Julia only takes pictures of puppies, here is one of her frequent still life experiments:

still life with fake cat

From left to right, that’s her beloved pull toy Chris, the rabbit-skinned fake cat (thanks Ruth!) and her brother Benjamin’s pull toy, which Julia helpfully named Old Chris. (You see, he’s a dog and her Chris is just a puppy…)

But let’s get on with it… Continue Reading Puppies of Jenkintown, Part VII: Nice Walk Edition

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