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Mulyadi Santosa [mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com]
Hi...
On Jan 28, 2008 9:08 AM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> You have nothing to be sorry about, and no reason to feel stupid; > everything worked exactly as it was supposed to. "Stupid" would be > beating up on yourself when you've done everything right and achieved a > good result.
And this is why I put more respect to you. Anyway, I share that tips
at the same time I celebrate my birthday
regards,
Mulyadi.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:04:30PM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> Hi... > > On Jan 28, 2008 9:08 AM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > You have nothing to be sorry about, and no reason to feel stupid; > > everything worked exactly as it was supposed to. "Stupid" would be > > beating up on yourself when you've done everything right and achieved a > > good result.
Happy birthday! "May you love as long as you live, and live as long as you wish".
...and because I'm feeling all eldritch and cryptic this morning (must have been those blueberry bagels), here's a birthday holler for you.
From my favorite "weird music" site: http://www.hostropolis.com/april/mp3/BirthdayHoller.mp3
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Amit Kumar Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
On 1/28/08, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From my favorite "weird music" site: > http://www.hostropolis.com/april/mp3/BirthdayHoller.mp3
Well, it happens to be my b'day as well some hours from now and just
allowed myself the pleasure to hear the holler, since it was one for
the occasion
It was seriously weird and super cool!
Thanks, Amit
-- Amit Kumar Saha *NetBeans Community Docs Coordinator* Writer, Programmer, Researcher http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com http://amitksaha.blogspot.com
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:21:21PM +0530, Amit Kumar Saha wrote:
> On 1/28/08, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From my favorite "weird music" site: > > http://www.hostropolis.com/april/mp3/BirthdayHoller.mp3 > > Well, it happens to be my b'day as well some hours from now and just > allowed myself the pleasure to hear the holler, since it was one for > the occasion
It's raining special days; today is also my wedding anniversary (English SUCKS at possessives. "Kat's and mine anniversary"? "Mine's''''sss's's's and Katsssssss'sss"??? Bleh.)
Happy birtday to you as well, then! Glad you enjoyed that bit of weirdness.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Martin J Hooper [martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk]
Ben Okopnik wrote:
> It's raining special days; today is also my wedding anniversary (English > SUCKS at possessives. "Kat's and mine anniversary"? > "Mine's''''sss's's's and Katsssssss'sss"??? Bleh.)
Congrats - Hows the little one..?
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 08:18:45PM +0000, Martin J Hooper wrote:
> Ben Okopnik wrote: > > It's raining special days; today is also my wedding anniversary (English > > SUCKS at possessives. "Kat's and mine anniversary"? > > "Mine's''''sss's's's and Katsssssss'sss"??? Bleh.) > > Congrats - Hows the little one..?
MishkaMichaelMiguel of the many names is doing well. He started crawling at 20 weeks, on the same day that Daddy ripped his bicep. It's been an exciting time for the Okopniks! Michael's also big on pulling himself to standing, jumping like a mad flea in his jumpy seat, taking a firm hold of Mommy's hair (or Daddy's beard), and helping out with the computer. Unsurprisingly, given his parentage, he's extremely social and neophilic; heaven forfend that we don't offer him a new experience and new people every day...
I've been (half) joking that we're going to wake up one morning to find that he's on top of the mast, with a VHF radio in one hand, inciting passing sport fishers to create a really good wake in the anchorage so he can get a better thrill up top.
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor [email protected]
Martin J Hooper [martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk]
Kat Tanaka Okopnik wrote:
> MishkaMichaelMiguel of the many names is doing well. He started crawling > at 20 weeks, on the same day that Daddy ripped his bicep. It's been an > exciting time for the Okopniks! Michael's also big on pulling himself to > standing, jumping like a mad flea in his jumpy seat, taking a firm hold > of Mommy's hair (or Daddy's beard), and helping out with the computer. > Unsurprisingly, given his parentage, he's extremely social and > neophilic; heaven forfend that we don't offer him a new experience and > new people every day...
sounds a cool little lad... Is he going to be a Linux user
when he grows up..? ;)
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 05:09:03PM +0000, Martin J Hooper wrote:
> Kat Tanaka Okopnik wrote: > > MishkaMichaelMiguel of the many names is doing well. He started crawling > > at 20 weeks, on the same day that Daddy ripped his bicep. It's been an > > exciting time for the Okopniks! Michael's also big on pulling himself to > > standing, jumping like a mad flea in his jumpy seat, taking a firm hold > > of Mommy's hair (or Daddy's beard), and helping out with the computer. > > Unsurprisingly, given his parentage, he's extremely social and > > neophilic; heaven forfend that we don't offer him a new experience and > > new people every day... > >
He already is. Yesterday, while propped in front of my laptop, he stared intently at my screen while I was running an Ubuntu update; then, he tapped-and-dragged on the keypad to select the whole screeen, pulled down the window menu (!!!) and closed the whole thing. Oh, and drooled all over the touchpad. Hell of a way to express an opinion, really - I thought I raised him better than that.
[sigh] Maybe he's more of a Puppy Linux kinda guy... I just don't know. Damn, religious wars in my own home...
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:22:17PM -0500, Benjamin Okopnik wrote:
> > [sigh] Maybe he's more of a Puppy Linux kinda guy... I just don't know. > Damn, religious wars in my own home...
Oh, and we're keeping lots of evidence on him for later blackmail. [shrug] You need every kind of leverage you can get when they get to be teenagers, and it pays to plan ahead.
http://okopnik.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/Baby2
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Martin J Hooper [martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk]
Ben Okopnik wrote:
> http://okopnik.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/Baby2
Awww He's lovely!!!
Mind you they all are at that age... ;)
What gallery software are you using out of interest Ben??
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 07:40:31PM +0000, Martin J Hooper wrote:
> Ben Okopnik wrote: > > http://okopnik.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/Baby2 > > Awww He's lovely!!! > > Mind you they all are at that age... ;) > > What gallery software are you using out of interest Ben??
It's LiveFrame plus a bunch of my own modifications; I've described it and made it available in one of my recent articles.
http://linuxgazette.net/144/okopnik.html
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Kapil Hari Paranjape [kapil at imsc.res.in]
Dear Ben,
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> Oh, and we're keeping lots of evidence on him for later blackmail. > [shrug] You need every kind of leverage you can get when they get to be > teenagers, and it pays to plan ahead.
Hey. Teenagers aren't all bad. Wait a minute ... she (my daughter) is claiming that MacOS is better/nicer than Debian. Can anything be better than Debian? I hate these clueless teens.
> http://okopnik.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/Baby2
Nice photos. Have fun. In another twelve years you'll be saying "They grow up so fast ..."
Kapil. --
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:46:57AM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> Dear Ben, > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > Oh, and we're keeping lots of evidence on him for later blackmail. > > [shrug] You need every kind of leverage you can get when they get to be > > teenagers, and it pays to plan ahead. > > Hey. Teenagers aren't all bad. Wait a minute ... she (my daughter) is > claiming that MacOS is better/nicer than Debian. Can anything be > better than Debian? I hate these clueless teens.
You see? Evil, pure evil. I keep telling Kat, "sure, he's unbearably cute and heart-meltingly sweet now, but the zits and the surly attitude are just around the corner - you just wait and see!" Not that it stops me from cuddling him for hours or blowing razzberries into his bellybutton till he squeals and chortles, but, y'know. Gotta keep up the dignified persona.
> > http://okopnik.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/Baby2 > > Nice photos. Have fun. In another twelve years you'll be saying "They > grow up so fast ..."
[rolling eyes] Kapil, we're saying that now. Just yesterday (+/- a small error factor), he was a tiny inanimate lump of goo. Today, he squeals and laughs and grins engagingly and crawls to the edge of the bed so he can take a flying leap over it [1] and has a personality of his own. And stands, after crawling up Daddy. All that while his parents blink in total bewilderment, stare at each other, and try to cope with the onslaught. Babies are just... the most amazing experience ever, even if you fully expect it.
[1] Taking A Header has become a major goal of Michael's life, especially while Daddy (who catches him and cuddles him) is nearby. We weren't trying to raise an adrenaline junkie, but this kid is pretty much fearless - even after he knows that there are consequences to a given action.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Ben Okopnik ([email protected]):
> It's raining special days; today is also my wedding anniversary (English > SUCKS at possessives. "Kat's and mine anniversary"? > "Mine's''''sss's's's and Katsssssss'sss"??? Bleh.)
"Kat's and my anniversary", surely.
All the best to you both, and Michael.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:09:02PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ben Okopnik ([email protected]): > > > It's raining special days; today is also my wedding anniversary (English > > SUCKS at possessives. "Kat's and mine anniversary"? > > "Mine's''''sss's's's and Katsssssss'sss"??? Bleh.) > > "Kat's and my anniversary", surely.
Rick, I'm glad you're comfortable with that construction. It makes me
squirm. There's just something... unwholesome about it.
Not that it's all that common, but how would you construct something with three people sharing an anniversary?
> All the best to you both, and Michael.
Thanks! We had a pretty good day topped off by a wonderful dinner, interspersed with Ubuntu distro upgrades for both of us (I'm going to make myself write "THE EASIEST UPGRADE IS A BACKUP AND REINSTALL" 1,000 times on a blackboard one of these days...) - a true geek occasion.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Ben Okopnik ([email protected]):
> Not that it's all that common, but how would you construct something > with three people sharing an anniversary?
I'd construct a bigamy prosecution. ;->
Assuming, on the other paw, that we're talking about an anniversary shared among several people who are not all married to each other (or at least not concurrently), it would go like Alice saying:
"Bob's, Carol's, Ted's, and my anniversary"
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 09:57:54PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ben Okopnik ([email protected]): > > > Not that it's all that common, but how would you construct something > > with three people sharing an anniversary? > > I'd construct a bigamy prosecution. ;->
The (famously polyamorous) Ravenheart-Zells are somewhere around your neck of the woods, aren't they? Just imagine writing a greeting card for them. "Dear Oberon and rest of yins: happy multiversary..."
> Assuming, on the other paw, that we're talking about an anniversary > shared among several people who are not all married to each other > (or at least not concurrently), it would go like Alice saying: > > "Bob's, Carol's, Ted's, and my anniversary"
Not disagreeing with you, but it still rubs me wrong. Like certain misspellings, it just makes me twitch.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Amit Kumar Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
On 1/28/08, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 10:21:21PM +0530, Amit Kumar Saha wrote: > > On 1/28/08, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From my favorite "weird music" site: > > > http://www.hostropolis.com/april/mp3/BirthdayHoller.mp3 > > > > Well, it happens to be my b'day as well some hours from now and just > > allowed myself the pleasure to hear the holler, since it was one for > > the occasion
Give me some more ways to express possessiveness and I am almost going
to lock up my GF with my words.
> > Happy birtday to you as well, then! Glad you enjoyed that bit of > weirdness.
Yeah, I did
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Mulyadi Santosa [mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com]
Hi...
On Jan 28, 2008 11:41 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Happy birthday! "May you love as long as you live, and live as long as > you wish".
I started the day after my birthday by doing greatest and boldest thing I ever do....: to propose a girl for marriage. Result: rejection. What a day...
> ...and because I'm feeling all eldritch and cryptic this morning (must > have been those blueberry bagels), here's a birthday holler for you. > > From my favorite "weird music" site: > http://www.hostropolis.com/april/mp3/BirthdayHoller.mp3Ah looks interesting....will download that soon..
regards,
Mulyadi.
Amit Kumar Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
On 1/29/08, Mulyadi Santosa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi... > > On Jan 28, 2008 11:41 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > Happy birthday! "May you love as long as you live, and live as long as > > you wish". > > I started the day after my birthday by doing greatest and boldest > thing I ever do....: to propose a girl for marriage. Result: > rejection. What a day...
Never say die in Love
Regards, Amit
-- Amit Kumar Saha *NetBeans Community Docs Coordinator* Writer, Programmer, Researcher http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com http://amitksaha.blogspot.com
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 08:57:46AM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> Hi... > > On Jan 28, 2008 11:41 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > Happy birthday! "May you love as long as you live, and live as long as > > you wish". > > I started the day after my birthday by doing greatest and boldest > thing I ever do....: to propose a girl for marriage. Result: > rejection. What a day...
An email that I just received - immediately before yours - says
Hi Ben, We ALL encounter roadblocks at some time! Me, you, everybody...
Don't let it get you down. Besides, it wasn't that bad: you tried it and
you're still alive - and there are lots of other fish in the sea.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Mulyadi Santosa [mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com]
Hi...
On Jan 29, 2008 12:19 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ben, > > We ALL encounter roadblocks at some time! > > Me, you, everybody... > '' > > Don't let it get you down. Besides, it wasn't that bad: you tried it and > you're still alive - and there are lots of other fish in the sea.
Damn agree! Yeah, what I need is just a fast recovery and go back fishing. Thanks for the inspiration!
regards,
Mulyadi.