Great talk at PenLUG by Chander Kant of Linux Certified,
on Linux on Laptops. It was much the same talk he gave a month ago
at SVLUG, except at PenLUG he got to give his talk without being
pestered by a bunch of irritating flamers, and it was possible for
people to ask real questions and get answers.
The biggest revelation: "Suspend to Disk" in the 2.6 kernel is
actually ACPI S4 suspend, and won't do anything on a machine that
doesn't support ACPI S4. Why can't they say that in the help?
Sheesh!
Tags: linux, laptops
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We've been watching the mockingbird chicks in the nest outside the
laundry room for about a week now. The chicks (two, I think, but
it's possible there's a third) are growing fast, and at least one
is starting to grow some normal feathers on its back. That must
itch: yesterday the baby was wiggling around in the nest,
stretching, and preening itself madly.
I hear at least two different voices from the nest. One sounds
almost hoarse, the other is clear and high pitched.
The parents are getting increasingly agitated. Today I got
dive-bombed repeatedly while I was checking plants in the garden,
despite being careful to stay away from the guava tree where the
nest is. I keep wondering if somehow one of the chicks fell out and
is hiding in the rosemary, since the parents get so agitated when
I'm near there; but I never see them flying to the rosemary, and
the chicks are obviously far too young to fly yet.
Tags: nature, birds, urban wildlife
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